Law of treaties

Law of treaties

The law of treaties is that part of international law which deals with legally binding agreements between states, generally referred to as treaties. In 1969, the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties codified the existing customary international law of treaties.

External links

* [http://se1.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent?serviceID=ISN&fileid=DA1C2DDA-39E7-0726-93BA-AEC559001316&lng=en Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (PDF)]
* [http://www.burneylawfirm.com/international_law_primer.htm A Brief Primer on International Law] With cases and commentary. Nathaniel Burney, 2007.
* [http://www.un.org. Official United Nations website]
* [http://www.un.org/law. Official UN website on International Law]
* [http://www.icj-cij.org/. Official website of the International Court of Justice]


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