Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 547 p. A new edition of a book first published in 2000. Written from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner, it provides a comprehensive account of the law of treaties. As such, it is the first, and only, book ofits kind. Aust provides a wealth ofexamples ofthe problems experienced with treaties on a daily basis, not just when they are...
Oxford University Press, 2015. — 433 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-872574-9. The genesis of this collection of essays was a conference on interpretation in international law, which we convened at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge in August 2013. We were delighted to receive over 200 abstracts from around the world in...
Hart Publishing, 2007. — xvi, 313 p. This book deals with the nature of international organisations and the tension between their legal nature and the system of classic, state-based international law. This tension is important in theory and practice, particularly when organisations are brought under the rule of international law and have to be conceptualised as legal subjects....
Springer, 2017. — 343 p. — ISBN10: 3319624393, 13 978-3319624396. This book addresses the legal and contractual obligations of sea carriers regarding due care for the cargo under a contract of carriage. While the general framework employed is the leading international liability regime, the Hague-Visby Rules, the discussions in each chapter also account for the possible future...
Springer Verlag, 2018 - 1546 p. The Commentary on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides an in-depth article-by-article analysis of all of the Vienna Convention’s provisions. Each provision’s analysis consists of (I) Purpose and Function of the Article, (II) Historical Background with Negotiating History, (III) Elements of the Article and finally (IV) Treaties of...
Martinus Nijhoff; Brill, 2010. — xii, 372 p. Interpretation has always had a prominent place in international adjudication, yet its role has been further enhanced during the last few decades with the expansion of the regulatory range of international law and the proliferation of international judicial bodies. In such a diverse new world and celebrating the 30 years since the...
Martinus Nijhoff, 1996. — 307 p. Whether or not a certain norm is legally binding upon international actors may often depend on whether or not the instrument which contains the norm is to be regarded as a treaty. In this study, the author argues that instruments which contain commitments are, "ex" "hypothesi," treaties. In doing so, he challenges popular notions proclaiming the...
Springer, 2007. — 437 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4020-6361-9 ; ISBN: 978-1-4020-6362-6. This is the first comprehensive account of the modern international law of treaty interpretation expressed in 1969 Vienna Convention, Articles 31-33. As stated by the anonymous referee, it is the most theoretically advanced and analytically refined work yet accomplished on this topic. The style of...
A comprehensive treatment of the law of treaties written from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner: the first book of its kind. Aust providesa wealth of examples of the practical problems experienced with treaties on a daily basis, not just when the treaty is the subject of a court case The book contains numerous recent precedents of treaties and other related...
Kegan Paul. 1995. 2nd Edition. 314p. The law of treaties, a central field of international law, was also a central concern for Paul Reuter as a jurist. In close association with Jean Monnet, he made a decisive contribution to the Schuman Plan which led to the treaty instituting the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951. But it was mainly from 1964 onwards, when he became a...
Cambridge University Press, 2006. — 265 p. Much of international law, like much of contract, is enforced not by independent sanctions but rather throughcooperative interactionamongthe parties,with repeat dealings, reputation, and apreference for reciprocitydoing most of the enforcement work. The Limits of Leviathan identifies the areas in international law where formal...
Springer Netherlands, 1966. — 232 p. In a world still divided into sovereign states and possessed of no institutions for comprehensive centralised regulation of transnational interests and activities, treaties are steadily increasing in number and importance as an imperfect but indispensable substitute for such regulation. Through multilateral conventions, the world community...
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014. — 661 p. The idea to edit a Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties came as a reaction to the resurgence of interest in the subject in the late 2000s and early 2010s, which found expression in the publication of new treaty law handbooks and commentaries on the Vienna Convention(s) on the Law of Treaties (‘VCLT’). Yet we did not want to add...
Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 465 p. There is an increasing focus on the need for national implementation of treaties. International law has traditionally left enforcement to the individual parties, but more and more treaties contain arrangements to induce States to comply with their commitments. This book examines three forms of such mechanisms: dispute settlement...
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009. — 1093 p. The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, regulating treaties between States, lies at the heart of international law. This commentary interprets the Convention’s 85 articles clearly and precisely. It covers such major topics as reservations to treaties, their interpretation and the grounds for terminating a treaty, for...
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