The continent of international law : explaining agreement design / Barbara Koremenos.
2016
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The continent of international law : explaining agreement design / Barbara Koremenos.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (xviii, 437 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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(Re)discovering the continentTheoretical framework
The coil sample
Duration provisions
Escape clauses and withdrawal clauses
(Im)precision and reservations
Dispute resolution provisions
Punishment provisions
Monitoring provisions
Asymmetric design rules, voting, and power
Conclusion.
The coil sample
Duration provisions
Escape clauses and withdrawal clauses
(Im)precision and reservations
Dispute resolution provisions
Punishment provisions
Monitoring provisions
Asymmetric design rules, voting, and power
Conclusion.
Summary
Every year, states negotiate, conclude, sign, and give effect to hundreds of new international agreements. Koremenos argues that the detailed design provisions of such agreements matter for phenomena that scholars, policymakers, and the public care about: when and how international cooperation occurs and is maintained. Theoretically, Koremenos develops hypotheses regarding how cooperation problems like incentives to cheat can be confronted and moderated through law's detailed design provisions. Empirically, she exploits her data set composed of a random sample of international agreements in economics, the environment, human rights and security. Her theory and testing lead to a consequential discovery: considering the vagaries of international politics, international cooperation looks more law-like than anarchical, with the detailed provisions of international law chosen in ways that increase the prospects and robustness of cooperation. This nuanced and sophisticated 'continent of international law' can speak to scholars in any discipline where institutions, and thus institutional design, matter.
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Cambridge Core.
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English
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9781316415832 ebook
9781107124233 (hardback)
9781107561441 (paperback)
9781107124233 (hardback)
9781107561441 (paperback)
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