The Continent of International Law

Explaining Agreement Design

AvBarbara Koremenos

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Every year, states negotiate, conclude, sign, and give effect to hundreds of new international agreements. Koremenos argues that the detailed design provisions of such agreements matter for phenomena that scholars, policymakers, and the public care about: when and how international cooperation occurs and is maintained. Theoretically, Koremenos develops hypotheses regarding how cooperation problems like incentives to cheat can be confronted and moderated through law's detailed design provisions. Empirically, she exploits her data set composed of a random sample of international agreements in economics, the environment, human rights and security. Her theory and testing lead to a consequential discovery: considering the vagaries of international politics, international cooperation looks more law-like than anarchical, with the detailed provisions of international law chosen in ways that increase the prospects and robustness of cooperation. This nuanced and sophisticated 'continent of international law' can speak to scholars in any discipline where institutions, and thus institutional design, matter.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-29
Mått:152 x 226 x 28 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:456
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107561441

Utforska kategorier

Folkrätt inom Juridik
Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik
Internationell ekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Barbara Koremenos is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. She has published in both political science and law journals, including the American Political Science Review, International Organization, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Legal Studies, and Law and Contemporary Problems. Koremenos received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her research - the first such winner to study international relations and law. She has been invited to give seminars at academic institutions in the United States, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland, and has spoken at the American Embassy in Copenhagen as well as forming part of a small-group panel at the State Department to discuss issues of nuclear proliferation.

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'International lawyers (and students of international governance) take note: this book is one of the most significant contributions yet from the growing interaction of international relations and international law. Barbara Koremenos shows how states carefully design and apply the technical provisions of treaties - from duration to monitoring to precision - to address incentives, constraints and actor characteristics. An analytical tour de force, the book sheds new light on legalized cooperation.' Kenneth W. Abbott, Jack E. Brown Professor of Law, Arizona State University

Innehållsförteckning

1. (Re)discovering the continent; Part I. Coil's Building Blocks: Theory and Data: Introduction to Part I; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. The coil sample; Appendix to chapter 3 coding rules; Part II. Flexibility Provisions in the Design of International Law: Introduction to Part II; 4. Duration provisions; 5. Escape clauses and withdrawal clauses; 6. (Im)precision and reservations; Part III. Centralization, Scope, and Control Provisions in the Design of International Law: Introduction to Part III; 7. Dispute resolution provisions; 8. Punishment provisions; 9. Monitoring provisions; 10. Asymmetric design rules, voting, and power; 11. Conclusion; Appendix 1. List of agreements in coil sample; Appendix 2. Selection issues in international cooperation data sets.