A treaty is a binding agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely states and international organizations. Treaties are called by several names: treaties, international agreements, protocols, covenants, conventions, exchanges of letters, exchanges of notes, etc. Regardless of the name chosen, all of these international agreements under international law are equally treaties and the rules are the same. However, under United States constitutional law, only a treaty that has achieved advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate present is properly designated as a "treaty." If, instead, the President presents a negotiated instrument to the whole Congress for majority approval, the agreement is typically called a congressional-executive agreement." For example, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and most other U.S. trade agreements are executive agreements.
Treaties can be loosely compared to contracts: both are means of willing parties assuming obligations among themselves, and a party to either that fails to live up to their obligations can be held liable under international law for that breach. The central principle of treaty law is expressed in the maxim pacta sunt servanda--"pacts must be respected." However, in the United States, treaties are equal in stature to legislation. Because of this rule, treaties and statutes can override each other--whichever is latest in time is controlling.
For following pl. click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty
1 Bilateral and multilateral treaties
2 Adding and amendment treaty obligations
2.1 Reservations
2.2 Amendments
2.3 Protocols
3 Execution and implementation
3.1 Interpretation
3.2 Consequences of terminology
4 Ending treaty obligations
4.1 Withdrawal
4.2 Suspension and termination
5 Invalid treaties
5.1 Ultra vires treaties
5.2 Misunderstanding, fraud, corruption, coercion
5.3 Peremptory norms
6 Role of the United Nations
7 United States law
8 Treaties and indigenous peoples
Also visit:
http://europa.eu.int/en/record/mt/top.html
2006-12-08 00:56:21
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answered by Anonymous
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How LAZY can a person be? Maybe if you asked a q about finding info?
Hey, tell you what, save yourself and your support team some hard earned cash and just go and sign up for the burger flipper job around your local corner.
Pull your finger out and THINK
2006-12-08 08:02:04
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answered by RodneyOZ 3
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I will be a little nicer than the former person, I dop think you could find it yourself though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty
http://europa.eu/abc/treaties/index_en.htm
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/treaties.html
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/
2006-12-08 08:38:05
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answered by Josephine 7
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