ABSTRACT
This chapter revisits ‘Exiting Treaties’, an article published in the Virginia Law Review in 2005. The article aimed to remedy a notable omission in international law and international relations scholarship relating to the design and use of withdrawal and denunciation clauses in international agreements. ‘Exiting Treaties’ made several contributions to these literatures and laid a foundation for more rigorous and systematic study of the law and politics of treaty withdrawals. This chapter first summarises the core arguments of the 2005 article, identifying its theoretical, empirical, and normative contributions. It then discusses how ‘Exiting Treaties’ shaped my own research agenda and influenced other legal scholars and political scientists who study the design of international agreements. The chapter concludes by suggesting avenues for future research.
