Abstract
This Article challenges the conventional wisdom that states are always free to choose whether to participate in multilateral regimes. International law often mandates multilateralism to ensure that state laws and practices are compatible with sovereign equality and joint stewardship. The Article maps mandatory multilateralism's domain, defines its requirements, and examines its application to three controversies: the South China Sea dispute, the United States' withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement, and Bolivia's case against Chile in the International Court of Justice.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2019
Publication Information
113 American Journal of International Law 272-325 (2019)
Repository Citation
Criddle, Evan J. and Fox-Decent, Evan, "Mandatory Multilateralism" (2019). Faculty Publications. 2056.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2056
Comments
This article has been accepted for publication by the American Journal of International Law and is made available here for personal use only. The final publication is available from Cambridge University Press at https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2019.3.