This new edition of a textbook first published in 2000 provides a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner. As such, it is the first, and only, book of its kind. Aust provides a wealth of examples of the problems experienced with treaties on a daily basis, not just when they are the subject of a court case. He explores numer...(展开全部)

On the publication of its first edition, this textbook was welcomed as the definitive study of treaty law written from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner. As with the first, this edition aims to provide the student and practitioner with a full understanding of the law and updates existing information and refines previous arguments. New to its scope of examination is t...(展开全部)

John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.

John King Fairbank was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University.

费正清（John King Fairbank），美国著名历史学家、中国问题专家、哈佛大学教授。曾任美国亚洲研究协会主席、美国历史协会主席，是哈佛大学费正清东亚研究中心的创始人。著有《中国沿海的贸易与外交》《伟大的中国革命》《中国：传统与变迁》《美国与中国》等著作。 译者：牛贯杰，中国人民大学历史学院副教授，译有《中国历史的结构》《中国皇权的多维性》等，主编《清史译丛》“罗威廉专辑”，《新史学》“前近代清朝与奥斯曼帝国的比较研究”等译作。

费正清（John King Fairbank），美国著名历史学家、中国问题专家、哈佛大学教授。曾任美国亚洲研究协会主席、美国历史协会主席，是哈佛大学费正清东亚研究中心的创始人。著有《中国沿海的贸易与外交》《伟大的中国革命》《中国：传统与变迁》《美国与中国》等著作。 译者：牛贯杰，中国人民大学历史学院副教授，译有《中国历史的结构》《中国皇权的多维性》等，主编《清史译丛》“罗威廉专辑”，《新史学》“前近代清朝与奥斯曼帝国的比较研究”等译作。

Through eight empirical studies, this volume explores the interplay between institutional change and economic performance in a constructed model of the treaty port economy in late-Qing and Republican China. "Where previous generations of researchers sought to account for China's failures, we now face the novel problem of explaining massive success. This volume offers a timely r...(展开全部)