Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law.

Ancient custom has the force of law

The burden therefore rests with the American legal community and with the American human-rights lobbies and non-governmental organizations. They can either persist in averting their gaze from the egregious impunity enjoyed by a notorious war criminal and lawbreaker, or they can become seized by the exalted standards to which they continually hold everyone else. The current state of suspended animation, however, cannot last. If the courts and lawyers of this country will not do their duty, we shall watch as the victims and survivors of this man pursue justice and vindication in their own dignified and painstaking way, and at their own expense, and we shall be put to shame.

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.