The Oxford Guide to Treaties

• Comprehensive coverage of treaty law and practice providing a single reference point for practitioners and academics
• Expert contributions drawn from academia, governments, and international organizations to provide a wide range of perspectives
• Accompanied by an appendix of sample treaty clauses and instruments, drawn from real world examples

Readership: Practitioners in international relations law, government and NGO legal advisors, officials in international organizations, and diplomats

Edited by Duncan B. Hollis, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University Beasley School of Law

Duncan B. Hollis is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. Professor Hollis's scholarship focuses on treaties and other forms of international agreement, examining the formation, interpretation, and application of treaties and political commitments in international, comparative and constitutional contexts. He co-edited and co-authored National Treaty Law & Practice (2005) and his writings have appeared in journals such as the American Journal of International Law, Harvard International Law Journal, Texas Law Review, and the Virginia Journal of International Law. Prior to joining the Temple faculty, Professor Hollis served from 1998 to 2004 in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. During his tenure at the State Department, he worked for several years as the attorney-adviser for treaty affairs, addressing legal and constitutional issues associated with U.S. treaties.

Duncan Hollis: Introduction
Part I. Foundational Issues
1: Duncan B Hollis: Defining Treaties
2: Anthony Aust: Alternatives to Treaty-Making: MOUs as Political Commitments
3: Olufumi Elias: Who Can Make Treaties? International Organizations
4: Marise Cremona: Who Can Make Treaties? The European Union
5: Thomas Grant: Who Can Make Treaties? Other Subjects of International Law
6: Kal Raustiala: NGOs in International Treaty-Making
Part II: Treaty Formation
7: George Korontzis: Making the Treaty
8: Curtis A Bradley: Treaty Signature
9: Robert E Dalton: Provisional Application of Treaties
10: Arancha Hinojal-Oyarbide and Annebeth Rosenboom: Managing the Process of Treaty Formation-Depositaries and Registration
11: Edward T Swaine: Treaty Reservations
Part III: Treaty Application
12: Syméon Karagiannis: The Territorial Application of Treaties
13: David J Bederman: Third Party Rights and Obligations in Treaties
14: Jutta Brunnée: Treaty Amendments
15: David Sloss: Domestic Application of Treaties
16: Gerhard Hafner and Gregor Novak: State Succession in Respect of Treaties
17: Geir Ulfstein: Treaty Bodies and Regimes
18: Christopher J Borgen: Treaty Conflicts and Normative Fragmentation
Part IV: Treaty Interpretation
19: Richard Gardiner: The Vienna Convention Rules on Treaty Interpretation
20: Catherine Brölmann: Specialized Rules of Treaty Interpretation: International Organizations
21: Basak Çali: Specialized Rules of Treaty Interpretation: Human Rights
Part V: Avoiding or Exiting Treaty Commitments
22: Jan Klabbers: The Validity and Invalidity of Treaties
23: Bruno Simma and Christian Tams: Reacting against Treaty Breaches
24: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Exceptional Circumstances and Treaty Commitments
25: Larry Helfer: Terminating Treaties
Part VI: Treaty Clauses and Instruments
Initial Decisions on Treaty-Making
Conditions on Joining a Treaty
Constituting the Treaty and its Dissemination
Applying the Treaty
Amendments
The End of Treaty Relations