A world without treaties is a world without order. Treaties regulate state behavior in times of peace and in times of war. Treaties regulate trade, the environment, communications, space exploration, the protection of cultural heritage in wartime, and even the postal system.

Definition: Formation; Interpretation; Reservations; Modification; Termination; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; Jus cogens.

On-Camera Participants
(In order of appearance)

Professor Elizabeth F. Defeis
Seton Hall University School of Law
Course Host and Narrator

Professor Maria Frankowska
Southern Illinois University School of Law

Ambassador Jose Luis Jesus
Permanent Representative to the UN

Dr. Roy S. Lee
Legal Office, United Nations

Dr. Rebecca M. Wallace
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

Professor Kathleen Barry
Pennsylvania State University

Professor Anthony D'Amato
Northwestern University School of Law