The Oxford Guide to Treaties

Duncan Hollis: Introduction; Part I. Foundational Issues; 1 Duncan B. Hollis: Defining Treaties; 2 Anthony Aust: Alternatives to Treaty-Making: MOUs as Political Commitments; 3 Olufumi Elias: Who Can Make Treaties? International Organizations; 4 Marise Cremona: Who Can Make Treaties? The European Union; 5 Thomas Grant: Who Can Make Treaties? Other Subjects of International Law; 6 Kal Raustiala: NGOs in International Treaty-Making; Part II: Treaty Formation; 7 George Korontzis: Making the Treaty; 8 Curtis A Bradley: Treaty Signature; 9 Robert E Dalton: Provisional Application of Treaties; 10 Arancha Hinojal-Oyarbide and Annebeth Rosenboom: Managing the Process of Treaty Formation-Depositaries and Registration; 11 Edward T Swaine: Treaty Reservations; Part III: Treaty Application; 12 Symeon Karagiannis: The Territorial Application of Treaties; 13 David J Bederman: Third Party Rights and Obligations in Treaties; 14 Jutta Brunnee: Treaty Amendments; 15 David Sloss: Domestic Application of Treaties; 16 Gerhard Hafner and Gregor Novak: State Succession in Respect of Treaties; 17 Geir Ulfstein: Treaty Bodies and Regimes; 18 Christopher J Borgen: Treaty Conflicts and Normative Fragmentation; Part IV: Treaty Interpretation; 19 Richard Gardiner: The Vienna Convention Rules on Treaty Interpretation; 20 Catherine Brolmann: Specialized Rules of Treaty Interpretation: International Organizations; 21 Basak Cali: Specialized Rules of Treaty Interpretation: Human Rights; Part V: Avoiding or Exiting Treaty Commitments; 22 Jan Klabbers: The Validity and Invalidity of Treaties; 23 Bruno Simma and Christian Tams: Reacting against Treaty Breaches; 24 Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Exceptional Circumstances and Treaty Commitments; 25 Larry Helfer: Terminating Treaties; Part VI: Treaty Clauses and Instruments; Initial Decisions on Treaty-Making; Conditions on Joining a Treaty; Constituting the Treaty and its Dissemination; Applying the Treaty; Amendments; The End of Treaty Relations

Duncan B. Hollis is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Temple University's Beasley School of Law. Professor Hollis's scholarship focuses on treaties and other forms of international agreement, examining the formation, interpretation, and application of treaties and political commitments in international, comparative and constitutional contexts. He co-edited and co-authored National Treaty Law & Practice (2005) and his writings have appeared in journals such as the American Journal of International Law, Harvard International Law Journal, Texas Law Review, and the Virginia Journal of International Law. Prior to joining the Temple faculty, Professor Hollis served from 1998 to 2004 in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. During his tenure at the State Department, he worked for several years as the attorney-adviser for treaty affairs, addressing legal and constitutional issues associated with U.S. treaties.