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II. The Creation of International Norms – Treaties, Customary International Law, International Organizations, and Private Norm-Creation
A. Treaties
Case Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b
1. The Formation of Treaties
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Article 2
Restatement Section 301, Comment & Reporters Notes
a. United States-Japan FCN Treaty
b. Economic Cooperation Agreement
c. 2001 Declaration of G-7 Finance Ministers
Notes and Questions
Notes and Questions
2. Observance and Interpretation of Treaties
Restatement Section 325
Notes and Questions
3. Invalidity of Treaties
4. Jus Cogens
Edward McWhinney, United Nations Law Making
Anthony Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice
Questions
5. Termination and Suspension of the Operations of Treaties
Vienna Convention, Article 60
Notes and Questions
Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Porject (Hungary v. Slovakia)
Questions
6. Reservations
Richard W. Edwards, Jr., Reservations to Treaties
Vienna Convention, Articles 19, 20, 21, 23
Notes and Questions
7. Withdrawal from or Denunciation of a Treaty
Notes and Questions
B. Customary International Law
1. Formation of Customary International Law
I.A. Shearer, Starke's International Law
International Law Association, Statement of Principles Applicable to the Formation of General Customary International Law
Notes and Questions
2. The Effect of Treaties on Customary International Law
Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Rudolph Bernhardt ed.)
Restatement Section 102, Comment
3. The Effect of General Assembly Resolutions
Oscar Schachter, International Law in Theory and Practice
Notes and Questions
C. International Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) as Creators of Law
1. International Organizations
Notes and Questions
2. Multinational Corporations
Lung-Ghu Chen, An Introduction to Contemporary International Law
Notes and Questions
3. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Jessica T. Mathews, Power Shift
Debora Spar & James Dail, Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations
Questions
Jeff Gerth, Where Business Rules: Forging Global Regulations That Put Industry First
Questions
D. General Principles of Law
Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law
Notes and Questions
Bibliography
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