Economics of Public International Law

Edited by Eric A. Posner, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, US

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Eric A. Posner PART I COMPLIANCE 1. Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner (1999), 'A Theory of Customary International Law' 2. Andrew T. Guzman (2002), 'A Compliance-Based Theory of International Law' PART II TREATIES 3. Oona A. Hathaway (2002), 'Do Human Rights Treaties Make a Difference?' 4. Francesco Parisi and Catherine Sevcenko (2003), 'Treaty Reservations and the Economics of Article 21(1) of the Vienna Convention' 5. Zachary Elkins, Andrew T. Guzman and Beth A. Simmons (2006), 'Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000' PART III INSTITUTIONS 6. Kenneth W. Abbott, Robert O. Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Duncan Snidal (2000), 'The Concept of Legalization' 7. Andrew T. Guzman (2002), 'The Cost of Credibility: Explaining Resistance to Interstate Dispute Resolution Mechanisms' 8. Eric A. Posner and John C. Yoo (2005), 'Judicial Independence in International Tribunals' 9. Giovanni Maggi and Massimo Morelli (2006), 'Self-Enforcing Voting in International Organizations' 10. Alan O. Sykes (2005), 'Public versus Private Enforcement of International Economic Law: Standing and Remedy' 11. Eric A. Posner and Alan O. Sykes (2007), 'An Economic Analysis of State and Individual Responsibility Under International Law' PART IV SECURITY 12. Jonathan Eaton and Maxim Engers (1992), 'Sanctions' 13. Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley (2001), 'Economics of Alliances: The Lessons for Collective Action' 14. Eric A. Posner and Alan O. Sykes (2005), 'Optimal War and Jus ad Bellum'