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Borgen on Treaty Conflicts

by Chris Borgen

Just in time for beach reading season, I have just posted to SSRN my newest article, Resolving Treaty Conflicts, which is coming out in the George Washington International Law Review.

I grapple with the question of what States should do when they are signatories to multiple treaties (such as, say, a trade agreement and an environmental agreement) that frustrate each other’s goals. While there are rules that States have written to resolve these conflicts, I argue that the rules are not really followed much. In a world where treaties are rapidly proliferating, is there any principled way that these conflicts can be solved? And, if there is not, can one say that international law is a coherent legal system?

The abstract and download are available here.

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Thanks! I look forward to reading it after the bar exam.

Rich S.

6.29.2005
at 12:34 pm EST Rich Santalesa

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