Abstract
Aim of this recension essay is contextualisation of John Rawls´thought in the Theory of international relations area. Conception of The Law of Peoples is interpreted according Rawls´earlier texts in the first part of essay.
Later, the Law of Peoples is confronted with its critique. Source of these critiques is mainly refusal of the state and borders from the stadtpoint of universalist normative concept of individual.
Finally rawlsian thoughts were confronted with the ideas of Hedley Bull and his concept of "anarchical society", with Henry Kissiners´ concept of "concert of powers" and with Alexander Wendts´"culures of anarchy". Rawls is depicted as representant of different form of liberalism from the one whicht is usually thought in Theory of international relations.
Rawls´theory has much in common with some basically realist traditions in TIR, with "English school" and classical realism.