This book brings together world experts on the United Nations and international law, to examine not only the content of that legal regime but how it has been transformed since the second half of the twentieth century.

Crandall, Samuel B. Treaties, Their Making and Enforcement. Washington, D.C.: John Bryne & Co., 1916. xxxii, 663 pp. Reprint available March, 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-492-4. Cloth. $140. * Reprint of the second edition. Crandall analyzes agency and the right of ratification, the essentials of validity, the reality of consent and the operation of treaties from the date they take effect to their interpretation and termination. It explores treaty-making in the United States in great depth, including treaties made before and during the Articles of Confederation era, and discusses treaty-making in Germany, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland and other countries. This important treatise was first published in 1904. The second edition is preferable because it is a substantially expanded work.

Deep trade agreements (DTAs) cover not just trade but additional policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor and the protection of intellectual property rights and the environment. Their goal is integration beyond trade or deep integration. These agreements matter for economic development. Their rules influence how countries (and hence, the people and firms that live and operate within them) transact, invest, work, and ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent of economic integration, competition rules affect economic efficiency, intellectual property rights matter for innovation, and environmental and labor rules contribute to environmental and social outcomes. This Handbook provides the tools and data needed to analyze these new dimensions of integration and to assess the content and consequences of DTAs. The Handbook and the accompanying database are the result of collaboration between experts in different policy areas from academia and other international organizations, including the International Trade Centre (ITC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and World Trade Organization (WTO).