On quasi-constitutional treaties

Q2 Social Sciences

Regions and Cohesion Pub Date : 2019-03-01 DOI:10.3167/RECO.2019.090104

S. Mumme

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Through analysis of North American water treaties, this article specifies criteria for determining the quasi-constitutionality of freshwater treaties in order to determine if some of them have quasi-constitutional standing. These criteria, temporal, substantive, and contextual, are applied to treaties found in the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database at Oregon State University (TFDD). Of 74 agreements (with 50 years standard duration), only six agreements meet or come close to meeting the quasi-constitutional standard, not counting the North American treaties. We conclude that while quasi-constitutional treaties are rare among the more than 600 in the TFDD, they reinforce international water law and strengthen social cohesion among the contracting states. They also highlight the importance of both substantive and contextual conditions in consolidating support for such treaties.

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关于准宪法条约

本文通过对北美水条约的分析，明确了判定淡水条约准宪法性的标准，以确定其中一些条约是否具有准宪法地位。这些时间、实质性和上下文标准适用于俄勒冈州立大学跨界淡水争端数据库(TFDD)中的条约。在74项协议(标准期限为50年)中，只有6项协议符合或接近符合准宪法标准，不包括北美条约。我们的结论是，虽然准宪法条约在tdd的600多个国家中很少见，但它们加强了国际水法，加强了缔约国之间的社会凝聚力。它们还强调了实质性和背景条件在巩固对这些条约的支持方面的重要性。

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Regions and Cohesion Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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2.00

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