While the end goal of international treaties is full participation, states are often resistant to ratification. As such, it is worthwhile to examine the effects that international law, including international treaties, have on states prior to ratification. This paper endeavors to determine the extent to which non-state-parties utilize international legal instruments, including the ways in which such law is included in domestic legal regimes and by looking at case studies where international law, used as a proxy for “rejoining the international community” has played a significant role in policy making despite a lack of ratification. The paper also examines the pushback on this framing and potential negatives. By examining the effects of inte...
International commitments generally become binding domestic law through a complex process of "domest...
Can international treaties generate broadly influential norms when the legal agreements themselves a...
We study the effects of treaty design and domestic institutional hurdles on the ratification behavio...
While the end goal of international treaties is full participation, states are often resistant to ra...
This project examines the untapped area of international legal engagement and the dynamic ways that ...
This article documents the rise of nonconsensual international lawmaking and analyzes its consequenc...
Who supports multilateral treaties and who doesn’t? We offer a systematic account of treaty ratifica...
How and when do commitments to international institutions affect the behavior of national government...
Over 50,000 international treaties are in force today, covering nearly every aspect of international...
This project considers the pace of change in international law, focusing on sources of evolution and...
Unilateral acts of States, which are extremely varied in both form and content, contribute to the fo...
International law has enjoyed a recent renaissance as an important subfield of study within internat...
International law is a largely consensual system, consisting of norms that states in sovereign equal...
The role of subsequent state practice in the procedural law of treaties, and in the determination of...
Soft law is a common feature of international governance, occupying a grey zone between the realms o...
International commitments generally become binding domestic law through a complex process of "domest...
Can international treaties generate broadly influential norms when the legal agreements themselves a...
We study the effects of treaty design and domestic institutional hurdles on the ratification behavio...
While the end goal of international treaties is full participation, states are often resistant to ra...
This project examines the untapped area of international legal engagement and the dynamic ways that ...
This article documents the rise of nonconsensual international lawmaking and analyzes its consequenc...
Who supports multilateral treaties and who doesn’t? We offer a systematic account of treaty ratifica...
How and when do commitments to international institutions affect the behavior of national government...
Over 50,000 international treaties are in force today, covering nearly every aspect of international...
This project considers the pace of change in international law, focusing on sources of evolution and...
Unilateral acts of States, which are extremely varied in both form and content, contribute to the fo...
International law has enjoyed a recent renaissance as an important subfield of study within internat...
International law is a largely consensual system, consisting of norms that states in sovereign equal...
The role of subsequent state practice in the procedural law of treaties, and in the determination of...
Soft law is a common feature of international governance, occupying a grey zone between the realms o...
International commitments generally become binding domestic law through a complex process of "domest...
Can international treaties generate broadly influential norms when the legal agreements themselves a...
We study the effects of treaty design and domestic institutional hurdles on the ratification behavio...