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Modern Treaty Law and Practice. By Anthony Aust. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xxxix, 443. Index. $120, cloth; $44.95, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Jamison Borek
Jamison Borek*
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 468 - 470
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23, 1969,1155 UNTS 331, reprinted in 8 ILM 679, 691 (1969).

2 Sinciair, I. M., The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (2d ed. 1984).Google Scholar Another good reference is Elias, T. O., The Modern Law of Treaties (1974).Google Scholar

3 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, July 28, 1994, 33 ILM 1309 (1994).

4 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, opened for signature Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 UNTS 397, reprinted in 21 ILM 1261 (1982).

* See, for example, the discussion by Zimmerman, Andreas, State Succession in Respect of Treaties, in State Practice Regarding State Succession and Issues of Recognition 80 (Klabbers, Jan, Koskenniemi, Martti, Ribbelink, Olivier, & Zimmermann, Andreas eds., 1999).Google Scholar

6 See, e.g., Rosenne, Shabtai, Developments in the Law of Treaties l945–1986, at 116–l7 (1989)Google Scholar (memorandum of understanding is similar to communiqué, which “may or may not constitute a treaty”); Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, supra note 1. Art. 2, para. 1 (a) (“‘treaty’ means an international agreement concluded between States . . . whatever its particular designation”).

7 Aust’s own comparative critique of leading works (pp. 2-3) mentions Sinclair, supra note 2, Daniel, O’connell, International Law (2nd ed. 1970)Google Scholar, Blix, Hans & Emerson, Jirina, The Treaty Maker’s Handbook (1973)Google Scholar, Satow, Ernst, Satow’s Guide to Diplomatic Practice (5th ed. 1979),Google Scholar Reuter, Paul, Introduction to the Law of Treaties (2d English ed. 1995)Google Scholar, and Oppenheim’s International Law (Jennings, Robert & Watts, Arthur eds,, 9th ed. 1992)Google Scholar. As Aust notes, die last remains perhaps “the best concise modern guide’ (p. 3). One should also note Elias, supra note 2, and Rosenne, supra note 6.

8 See supra note 2.