Donaldson, M;
(2017)
The Survival of the Secret Treaty: Publicity, Secrecy, and Legality in the International Order.
American Journal of International Law
, 111
(3)
pp. 575-627.
10.1017/ajil.2017.60.
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Abstract
This article offers the first detailed history of the norm of treaty publication as it has evolved over the last century. Drawing on both public debates and archives of foreign ministries, it traces how, and why, secret treaties have persisted, even in liberal democracies. It challenges assumptions of ever-greater transparency over time, and complicates the associations made—by interwar reformers and international lawyers today—between the norm of treaty publication and ideals of legality in the international order.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Survival of the Secret Treaty: Publicity, Secrecy, and Legality in the International Order |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ajil.2017.60 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2017.60 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081527 |
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