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2 - Treaty Genesis

Concept of a Treaty in International Law, Including Its Formation and Motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2020

Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
Panos Merkouris
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
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This Chapter concerns the formation (genesis) of a treaty. It deals with the substantive and formal elements of a treaty, ie when international obligations emerge through a treaty, when is a treaty a treaty, and who is entitled to bind a State through a treaty. This Chapter examines numerous cases by international courts and tribunals relating to this subject matter. It also analyses the debate ssurrounding memoranda of understanding (MOUs), soft law and modern law-making, such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which comprises hard and soft law obligations. Finally, it looks at the registration of a treaty, ie to what extent, if any at all, it contributes to its formation and identification.

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Treaties in Motion
The Evolution of Treaties from Formation to Termination
, pp. 23 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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