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Conditions In U.S. Treaty Practice: New Data And Insights Into A Growing Phenomenon, Cindy G. Buys
Conditions In U.S. Treaty Practice: New Data And Insights Into A Growing Phenomenon, Cindy G. Buys
Cindy G. Buys
The U.S. Senate often adds various types of conditions, also known as reservations, understandings, and declarations, to its advice and consent to multilateral treaties. The ability to add conditions to a treaty likely increases the number of States willing to join a treaty because it allows States to modify their treaty obligations to address domestic concerns. However, the use of conditions also has the potential to undermine the integrity of the treaty by allowing States to opt out of important legal obligations and to create legal uncertainty regarding treaty obligations and relationships. This article examines U.S. treaty practice with respect …
International Law In Antiquity, Caique Tomaz Leite Da Silva, João Paulo De Almeida Lenardon
International Law In Antiquity, Caique Tomaz Leite Da Silva, João Paulo De Almeida Lenardon
Caique Tomaz Leite da Silva
International law binds the construction of its classical paradigm to the Peace Treaties of Westphalia (1648). However, we can find numerous institutes related to international relations in antiquity. In the Middle East, Greece and Rome, treaties were celebrated with expected penalties in case of noncompliance, the wars were limited and diplomatic relations with other people were object of high political concern. Diplomacy and alliances between peoples obeyed some guidelines that had solidified long before the Westphalian paradigm. It was also found indications that parity between the peoples and “balance of power”, usually associated with Jean Bodin’s work, has directed international …