Research Guides: Treaty Research: Treaty Law

Books on Treaty Law and Practice

Modern treaty law and practice (3rd ed 2013) by Anthony Aust
The Oxford guide to treaties (2nd ed) by Duncan B. Hollis
Call Number: online via Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law
National treaty law and practice by Duncan B. Hollis, Merritt R. Blakeslee & L. Benjamin Ederington
Call Number: KZ1301 .N38 2005
Adopts a comparative approach to treaty law and practice. Information on how states define treaties as a matter of domestic law, the scope of the executive’s authority over treaty making, the role of the legislature, how treaties are incorporated into national law. Each chapter focuses on a different nation, and contains an introduction to the constitutional framework for that state’s legal system, a description of that state’s treaty law and practice authored by an expert from that state, relevant legal instruments and texts, and a bibliography of works relevant to treaty law and practice for that state. Nations included are Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, and United States.
The law of treaties by Scott Davidson
Call Number: KZ1301 .L38 2004
Also available online to the U of T community
The role of domestic courts in treaty enforcement : a comparative study by David Sloss
The law of treaties; a guide to the legislative history of the Vienna convention. by Shabtai Rosenne
Call Number: JX4165 .R65

Coming Into Force

Treaties do not automatically come into force when signed.
Most have a clause specifying the requirements of the treaty entering into force.
A treaty usually only binds parties to the agreement.
Bilateral treaties usually enter into force when both parties agree to be bound as of a certain date.

Vienna Convention

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 1155 U.N.T.S. 331, 8 I.L.M. 679 is the UN agreement that governs the law relating to treaties and it can be used as a guide to basic concepts for treaties. Canada is a party to this Convention and consented to be bound by it.

U.N. Treaty Handbook

Developed by the UN's Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs to provide basic information on the UN's multilateral treaty registration and depository functions, the Treaty Handbook also touches on many aspects of treaty law and practice, and includes a useful glossary of treaty terms.

Books on Treaty Interpretation

On the interpretation of treaties : the modern international law as expressed in the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties by Ulf Linderfal
Treaty interpretation by Richard K. Gardiner
Call Number: KZ1304 .G37 2017 Stacks
2015 ed available online to the U of T community

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