ABSTRACT
TYPES OF AGREEMENTS Treaties and other forms of international agreements have been in evidence throughout recorded history. In Chapter 2 we noted an agreement between Umma and Lagash, defining the boundary between them, at the dawn of recorded history. On display in Ankara, one of the most noted ancient treaties involves a negotiated peace between Egypt and the Hittite Empire (modern Turkey) after the Battle of Kadesh (c. 1294 B.C.).1 In modern times, beginning with the writings of Grotius, writers and diplomats have depended mostly on rules of law governing contractual relations between private individuals in developing the principles regulating contractual arrangements between states. Only in the past few decades have states made serious attempts to develop systematic international rules governing treaties and other interstate agreements. Even so, the general principles applied by states in actual practice have achieved a high degree of uniformity.
