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    India-Pakistan Relations: Legalization and Agreement Design


    Gopalan, Sandeep (2007) India-Pakistan Relations: Legalization and Agreement Design. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 40 (3). ISSN 0090-2594

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    Abstract

    This article examines agreements between India and Pakistan to determine if there are design features that played a role in their success or failure. I show that India and Pakistan share attributes that are particularly well suited for a positive correlation between increased legalization and compliance, that the law plays a role in strengthening norms, and that legalizing commitments can create compliance constituencies that act as constraining influences on governments.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: India; Pakistan; international law; Kashmir; Indus River Waters Treaty; Simla Agreement; Nuclear weapons;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
    Item ID: 2455
    Depositing User: Prof. Sandeep Gopalan
    Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2011 14:53
    Journal or Publication Title: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
    Publisher: Vanderbilt University Law School
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/2455
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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