This chapter discusses what is a treaty and what is its significance in international law; the process by which treaties are formed and the legal effects of treaties at various stages of their formation; the nature, validity and legal consequences of reservations to treaties; the process of...

This chapter discusses the role and importance of the law on state responsibility within the wider context of international law; the sources of law on state responsibility, and in particular the significance of the ILC Articles on State Responsibility; the structure of the normative regime...

This chapter discusses the nature of international dispute resolution and the obligation to settle disputes peacefully; the means by which international arbitral and judicial bodies are established; the impacts of new judicial and quasi-judicial bodies and tribunals upon international law; the...

This chapter provides some background on the theoretical underpinnings of the citizen's right to participate in the government of his or her state. It then considers the extent to which these underpinnings can be extended to employees in their relationship with their employer firms, and the...

Most modern preferential trade agreements (PTAs) contain formal state– state dispute settlement mechanisms, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) will be no exception. The addition of Mexico and Canada to the TPP negotiations brings the total number of TPP parties to 11,...

In this chapter, we explain and evaluate the AUSFTA primarily from an Australian perspective, given that most countries will be in a more or less analogous position to Australia when negotiating an FTA with the US. AUSFTA provides an illustration of the outcomes that countries with relatively...

The growth of digital trade is dependant upon greater interconnectivity across borders. Several countries strive to achieve such interconnectivity and integration in digital trade through international trade agreements. Digital trade integration is a complex, multidimensional process that...

This short article addresses a report released in June 2005 by the Australian Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee that calls for wholesale reform of Australia's military justice system. The authors call for immediate implementation of the Committee's recommendations,...

This chapter examines the prominent role that Australia has played in the multilateral trading system, with a specific focus on the WTO and Australia's preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Australia has been actively involved in the WTO, through GATT and WTO negotiations, WTO committee work,...