Essential for students and scholars in politics and law, Pelcprovides a comprehensive account of the politics of treaty flexibility.
All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional 'flexibility' is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoret…
Essential for students and scholars in politics and law, Pelc provides a comprehensive account of the politics of treaty flexibility.
List of tables Acknowledgements 1. The 'architectural challenge' of international rules 2. Theory: the design of flexibility 3. Flexibility in law: a brief intellectual history 4. The twin GATT exceptions: fears and solutions 5. The evolving design of flexibility 6. The bad news…
All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional 'flexibility' is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoret…
All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional "flexibility" is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoret…
All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional "flexibility" is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoret…