1. (Re)discovering the continent; Part I. Coil's Building Blocks: Theory and Data: Introduction to Part I; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. The coil sample; Appendix to chapter 3 coding rules; Part II. Flexibility Provisions in the Design of International Law: Introduction to Part II; 4. Duration provisions; 5. Escape clauses and withdrawal clauses; 6. (Im)precision and reservations; Part III. Centralization, Scope, and Control Provisions in the Design of International Law: Introduction to Part III; 7. Dispute resolution provisions; 8. Punishment provisions; 9. Monitoring provisions; 10. Asymmetric design rules, voting, and power; 11. Conclusion; Appendix 1. List of agreements in coil sample; Appendix 2. Selection issues in international cooperation data sets.
This book demonstrates theoretically and empirically how international law's detailed design provisions help states cooperate despite harsh international political realities.
Barbara Koremenos is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. She has published in both political science and law journals, including the American Political Science Review, International Organization, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Legal Studies, and Law and Contemporary Problems. Koremenos received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her research - the first such winner to study international relations and law. She has been invited to give seminars at academic institutions in the United States, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland, and has spoken at the American Embassy in Copenhagen as well as forming part of a small-group panel at the State Department to discuss issues of nuclear proliferation.
'International lawyers (and students of international governance)
take note: this book is one of the most significant contributions
yet from the growing interaction of international relations and
international law. Barbara Koremenos shows how states carefully
design and apply the technical provisions of treaties - from
duration to monitoring to precision - to address incentives,
constraints and actor characteristics. An analytical tour de force,
the book sheds new light on legalized cooperation.' Kenneth W.
Abbott, Jack E. Brown Professor of Law, Arizona State
University
'The Continent of International Law is an insightful and
thought-provoking analysis of treaty design. Koremenos illuminates
the rich diversity of international agreements, shining light on
procedural clauses often buried in the back of treaties that many
scholars, government officials and lawyers overlook. The book's
theoretical contributions are as important as the extensive
empirical data it presents. A tour de force of rational design
scholarship.' Laurence R. Helfer, Harry R. Chadwick, Sr, Professor
of Law, Duke University, North Carolina
'The Continent of International Law brilliantly generates empirical
generalizations about the design of international agreements,
demonstrating that a functional, or rational design, theory
explains institutional design remarkably well.' Robert O. Keohane,
Princeton University, New Jersey
'Barbara Koremenos demonstrates the surprising reach and variation
of international law and shows the extent to which the provisions
of agreements reflect rational institutional design. International
law is indeed a continent that we can clearly map using the tools
of modern social science.' Stephen D. Krasner, Graham H. Stuart
Professor of International Relations, Stanford University,
California
'This is one of the most systematic rationalist accounts ever of
the cooperative dilemmas states face and the legal structures they
create to resolve them. Koremenos's book is a triumph of
argumentation and evidence that will spark debate across the
disciplines of international law and international relations.
Brava, Barbara!' Beth Simmons, Harvard University,
Massachusetts
'Koremenos … offers an important addition to the literature. The
core of the text draws on a unique new data set (COIL) derived from
a random sample of all international agreements submitted to the
UN. This data allows Koremenos to test a series of hypotheses
connected to the rational design of institutions by states … The
text is one of the first to move beyond case studies in examining
international agreements and organizations. In doing so, it is one
of the first to allow making broad generalizations across all
organizations and agreements … Highly recommended. Upper-division
undergraduates through faculty.' K. Buterbaugh, Choice
'The book contains many elements which in one way or the other can
be used for the analysis of international law pertaining to both
polar regions. … The Continent of International Law should indeed
be an inherent part of the analysis of polar legal design,
contributing to the understanding of polar legal dynamics and actor
behavior.' Nikolas Sellheim, Polar Record
'Koremenos' book does a great job in bringing a sense of purpose
back into public international law and balancing some of the
premises pertaining to anarchy and state-centredness - present in
disciplines such as international relations - and the fact that
treaties do matter and are drafted with the intention of being
functional. Also, providing a detailed empirically grounded
explanation of various treaty strategies and provisions, this book
can easily serve as a manual for diplomats actually involved in the
drafting process. As a result, the book has a very broad appeal,
since it is likely to offer valuable insights for students of
public international law, researchers and practitioners alike.
Koremenos' clear and accessible writing style clearly does the
topic justice for that broad audience while simultaneously
reinforcing her commitment to break the previously hermetic mould
of the discipline.' Ignas Kalpokas, LCC International University,
Lithuania and Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
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