Rodrik seems to discount the possibility that domestic governments, in the exercise of sovereignty or “autonomy,” may recognize that they could achieve greater results in terms of national welfare or political support by accepting constraint over national measures. International lawyers recognize that local autonomy is not an all-or-nothing game, but a selective exercise in which international law is the tool for selectively compromising local autonomy. There is much potential nuance in international commitments, which might require a certain result, but leave it to local autonomy to achieve that result. International legal rules can permit a wide variety of mechanisms for customization or conditional constraint. This incomplete contracting function of international law and organization, allowing international law to apply selectively under particular contingencies, is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 9