Research Catalog

Title

Consent and commitment in the world community : the classification and analysis of international instruments / Douglas M. Johnston.

Author

Johnston, Douglas M.

Publication

Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, c1997.

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Description

xxxviii, 346 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Consent and Commitment in the World Community: The Classification and Analysis of International Instruments recommends an empirically-premised and functionally-oriented system for classifying such instruments that serves splendidly not only to promote intellectual order in otherwise imperfectly revealed experience, but, as well, to satisfy the operational needs of making and shaping public policy. It demonstrates remarkably well that there is nothing quite so practical as a good theory. And, along the way, with Talmudic-style footnotes - providing every manner of useful example and keen insight - the author treats us to penetrating explorations of international law in the past, present, and potential future of world order."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Procedural aspects of international law book series ; v. 22

Uniform Title

Procedural aspects of international law series ; v. 22.

Subject

• Treaties
• International law

Genre/Form

• Treaties
• Traités.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-337) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Resort to Interstate Commitment -- 2. Theoretical Premises: Needs, Taxonomies, and Functionalist Logic -- 3. Framework for Analysis of Treaty Commitment and Behavior -- 4. Three Treaty Taxonomies -- 5. Conclusions.

ISBN

157105054X

LCCN

^^^97028463^

OCLC

37254468

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library