Foreword by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Introduction.
Part I: Analytical Report. Section I: Regulation of thetreaty-making process. 1. The negotiating process.
2. Consent to be bound.
3. Reservations.
4. Provisional application.
5. Implementation.
Section II: National regulation of treaty-making at the internationallevel. 1. Comparison of how States express their consent at the international level.
2. Negotiation process.
Section III: Domestic legal processes governing the conclusion of treaties. 1. Analysis of municipal legal sources.
2. The involvement of different State organs.
Section IV: Reservations and declarations. 1. Executive competence.
2. Involvement of the parliament.
Section V: Provisional application. 1. Legal systems in which provisional application is generally permissible.
2. Provisional application subject to the rules of domestic law.
3. Provisional application generally excluded.
SectionVI: The place of treaties in domestic law. 1. Forms of incorporation.
2. Self-executing treaties.
3. Direct applicability.
4. Hierarchy of norms.
Part II: Country Reports.
Appendices.