Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Table of Cases; Arbitral Tribunals; Committee of Jurists, League of Nations; EFTA Court; European Commission of Human Rights (ECommHR); European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); Court of Justice of the European Communities/European Union; 1. Court of Justice (ECJ); 2. Court of First Instance (CFI)/General Court (GC); 3. Civil Service Tribunal; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACommHR); Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR); International Criminal Court (ICC); International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

International Court of Justice (ICJ)International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg); International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS); National Courts; 1. Argentina; 2. Australia; 3. Austria; 4. Bangladesh; 5. Belgium; 6. Canada; 7. Denmark; 8. Dominican Republic; 9. France; 10. Germany; 11. Greece; 12. Hong Kong; 13. Hungary; 14. India; 15. Israel; 16. Italy; 17. Netherlands; 18. New Zealand; 19. Peru; 20. Poland; 21. Russian Federation; 22. South Africa; 23. Spain

24. Switzerland25. United Kingdom; 26. United States; Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ); Special Court for Sierra Leone; Special Tribunal for Lebanon; UN Human Rights Committee (HRC); WTO Appellate Body and Panel Decisions; 1. Appellate Body; 2. Panels; Abbreviations; General Bibliography; General Works; Reports of ILC Special Rapporteurs; Draft Articles; Conference Documents; Introduction: On the Role of Treaties in the Development of International Law; References; Preamble; Preamble; A. Purpose and Function; B. Negotiating History; C. Elements of the Preamble

I. 1st Recital: Fundamental Role of Treaties in HistoryII. 2nd Recital: Treaties as a Source of International Law and a Means of Peaceful Cooperation; III. 3rd Recital: Free Consent, Good Faith and Pacta Sunt Servanda; IV. 4th Recital: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes; V. 5th Recital: Condition under Which the Respect for Obligations Arising from Treaties Can Be Maintained; VI. 6th Recital: Principles of UN Charter; VII. 7th Recital: Codification and Progressive Development; VIII. 8th Recital: Role of Customary International Law; D. Treaties of International Organizations (VCLT II)

I. 7th and 8th Recital of the VCLT II: Relationship Between VCLT I and IIII. 10th Recital of the VCLT II: Specific Features of Treaties to which International Organizations are Parties; III. 11th Recital of the VCLT II: Functional Treaty Making Capacity; IV. 12th Recital of the VCLT II: Compliance with Constituent Instruments; V. 13th Recital of the VCLT II: Relationship between Member States and IOs; References; Part I: Introduction; Article 1; Scope of the present Convention; A. Purpose and Function; B. Historical Background and Negotiating History; C. Elements of Article 1; I. Treaties