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The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary. Edited by Olivier Corten and Pierre Klein. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 2 vols. Pp. lxxxiii, 2071. Index. $750.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert E. Dalton
Robert E. Dalton*
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Georgetown University Law Center
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 106 , Issue 4 , October 2012 , pp. 898 - 903
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References

1 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, opened for signature May 23, 1969, 1155 UNTS 331; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Between States and International Organizations or Between International Organizations, opened for signature Mar. 21, 1986, 25 ILM 543 (1986) (not yet in force).

2 In addition to the original 2006 French version, the others are Mark E. Villiger, Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (2009), and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary (Oliver Dörr & Kirsten Schmalenbach eds., 2012).

3 Yearbooks of the International Law Commission are available online at http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/yearbooks.htm.

4 E.g., Charles Rousseau, Droit International Public (1971); Arnold McNair, the Law or Treaties (1961).

5 The second edition of this work in 1984 substantially expanded Sinclair’s original treatise on the Convention published in 1973.

6 Reuter, Paul, Introduction to the Law of Treaties (Mico, José & Haggenmacher, Peter trans., 2d ed. 1995)Google Scholar (English translation).

7 Villiger, supra note 2.

8 Eisemann, Pierre Michel, Bibliographic critique: Sources, 52 Annuaire Français de Droit International 875 (2006)Google Scholar (book review).

9 Id. at 875-76.

10 Id.

11 The Commentary explains the combination of article and margin number references (pp. LIX, 1879).

12 Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Gares. 2625 (XXV) (Oct. 24, 1970), available at http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ddalfl04.html.

13 Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Advisory Opinion, 1951 ICJ Rep. 15 (May 28).

14 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-Fifth Session, Supp. No. 10 (A/65/10, p. 192).

15 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-Sixth Session, Supp. No. 10 (A/66/10 and Add. 1, pp. 26, 524-542).

16 Villiger, supra note 2.

17 Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1851).

18 the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is available online at http://www.mpepil.com.

19 For a discussion of an effort to apply Article 60, paragraphs 2(b), (c), and 3, of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties to Russia’s suspension of its obligations under the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law, 61 AJIL 138, 166-67 (2012)Google Scholar.

20 Information relating to the work of the United Nations is available online at htp://www.un.org.