Revision Clauses in Treaties since the World War

When the Constitution of the United States was before the states for adoption, James Iredell of North Carolina made the following observation: "The misfortune attending most constitutions which have been deliberately formed has been that those who formed them thought their wisdom equal to all possible contingencies, and that there could be no error in what they did. The gentlemen who framed this Constitution thought with much more diffidence of their capacities; and, undoubtedly, without a provision for amendment it would have been more justly liable to objection, and the character of its framers would have appeared much less meritorious. This, indeed, is one of the greatest beauties of the system, and should strongly recommend it to every candid mind

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• The Continent of International Law

  Open Access•Barbara Koremenos•Continent of International Law•2016

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• The Problem of Revision in International Law

  Open Access•Josef L Kunz•American Journal of International…•1939

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• Loosening the Ties that Bind

  Open Access•Barbara Koremenos•International Organization•2001

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