International law lacks what H.L.A. Hart called a "rule of recognition"--a single basic rule that validates and systematizes norms as law. The lack of an authoritative process for establishing a hierarchy among various types of international laws causes the uncertainty problem Hart identified. However, Hart wrote that we must "emancipate ourselves from the assumption that international law must contain a basic rule". (The Concept of Law, p. 236) Hart thinks international law resembles a primitive legal structure having primary rules but no secondary rules. But the primary rules can still bind. He writes, "The rules of the simple structure are...binding if they are accepted and function as such." (CoL, p. 235) Do you think international law would benefit from a rule of recognition--or is a relatively primitive legal structure more conducive to peace