Charlesworth, Hilary Keywords: Democracy | Political systems | Political regimes | Public international law | International law | Concept | Peacebuilding | State-building | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course starts with the author sketching the diverse understanding of the term “democracy”, and what the meaning of democracy is through different debates. It then considers how the formal doctrines of international law have engaged with concepts of democracy, emphasizing the partial nature of this engagement. After that, a cha…