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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at …
Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice, Cambridge, 2000
McNair, The Law of Treaties, 2nd edn, Oxford, 1961
O'Connell, International Law, 2nd edn, London, 1970, pp. 195–280
Sinclair, The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 2nd edn, Manchester, 1984
Blix and Emerson, The Treaty Maker's Handbook, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1973
Summary of Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Treaties 1999 (ST/LEG/7/Rev.1) (‘UN Depositary Practice’)
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General (‘UN Multilateral Treaties’)
UN Treaty Collection: http://untreaty.un.org/english/treaty.asp (which has both of the above)
Anyone interested in international law needs to know the law of treaties. Because the subject is so important, this chapter is the longest, although the author's book on treaties should be consulted for more detail. The Vienna Convention itself is essential reading, in particular the definitions in Article 2, of which the following should be especially noted:
‘negotiating state’ means a state, which took part in the drawing up and adoption of the text of the treaty;
‘contracting state’ means a state, which has consented to be bound by the treaty, whether or not the treaty is in force;
‘party’ means a state, which has consented to be bound by the treaty and for which the treaty is in force. (Emphasis added)
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