TY - BOOK AU - Koremenos,Barbara TI - Continent of international law : explaining agreement design SN - 9781107561441 AV - KZ1301 .K668 2016 U1 - 341.37 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge Univerisity Press KW - Treaties N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-425) and index; (Re)discovering the continent -- Theoretical 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 N2 - "Every year, states negotiate, conclude, sign, and give effect to hundreds of new international agreements. In 2013, 500 separate agreements officially entered into force; an additional 248 agreements were modified. All told, a substantial body of international law was enacted or changed to adapt to the evolving needs of international cooperation. Adding these new pieces of international law to the body of already existing agreements, the total number of international agreements and agreement updates now in force approaches 200,000"-- ER -