Binding and Non-Binding Instruments in Intergovernmental Relations: A diplomat's guide to understand the concepts of treaty, memorandum of understanding, and ratification in theory and practice

"Binding and Non-Binding" is a much needed and anticipated guide written by experts for an audience of diplomats and specialists in international relations. It answers seemingly simple (but tricky) questions, such as "what is a treaty?" "what is ratification?" and "how can I tell if an international instrument is binding (a treaty) or not?"This book also tackles the difficult issue of the "MOU vs Treaty" classification which is extremely confusing and often leads to grave misunderstandings....