Read the Preamble and Article 1 of the UN Charter. Read Casebook, pp. 1-3. Read Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38, on the ICJ website at http://www.icj-cij.org/. Read Aldisert, et al, "Logic for Law Students: How to Think Like a Lawyer," Vol. 69, No. 1, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 2007. Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=966597 . Supplemental reading: Keitner, Ch. 1, pp. 3-12.

Taking the lessons of the readings for this week, how can an agreement between two states be best designed to achieve a treaty's goals (what elements are most important to cover)? Taking the lessons of the readings for this week, how can your suggestions for elements of a treaty be accepted by two states who are trying to reach agreement from different perspectives (why would a state agree to be bound by the treaty elements you proposed above?)