The Failed Transparency Regime for Executive Agreements: An Empirical and Normative Analysis was published in the December 2020 issue of the Harvard Law Review. It analyzes data gleaned from 5,689 non-public cover memos that the Executive Branch included when it reported executive agreements to Congress, as required by law, from January 1989 to January 2017. Those cover memos, obtained under a negotiated settlement with the U.S. State Department, offer a window into the executive agreements reported to Congress. They also make it possible to compare those agreements reported to Congress with those made available to the public. The Article uses this data to evaluate the effectiveness of the transparency regime for executive agreements. Here, the Harvard Law Review and the Article’s authors collaborated with the Harvard Law School Library to make the underlying data, as well as the cover memos, available to readers.
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Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Mongolia for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit The Environment (GLOBE) Program, with Appendices. Signed At Ulaanbaatar May 6, 1997
Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Mongolia for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit The Environment (GLOBE) Program, with Appendices. Signed At Ulaanbaatar May 6, 1997
Jun 12, 2022
Oona A. Hathaway; Curtis A. Bradley; Jack L. Goldsmith, 2022, "Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Mongolia for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit The Environment (GLOBE) Program, with Appendices. Signed At Ulaanbaatar May 6, 1997", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MYZNTL, Harvard Dataverse, V1
TIAS 12853 cover memo
C06544567.pdf
C06544567.pdf
Jun 12, 2022 - Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Mongolia for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit The Environment (GLOBE) Program, with Appendices. Signed At Ulaanbaatar May 6, 1997
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Executive Agreements Database, Statement Concerning the Arrangement with Vietnam For The Exchange Of Technical Information and Cooperation In Nuclear Safety Matters, with Addenda Signed At Washington June 25, 2008 Entered Into Force June 25, 2008
Executive Agreements Database, Statement Concerning the Arrangement with Vietnam For The Exchange Of Technical Information and Cooperation In Nuclear Safety Matters, with Addenda Signed At Washington June 25, 2008 Entered Into Force June 25, 2008
Jun 12, 2022
Oona A. Hathaway; Curtis A. Bradley; Jack L. Goldsmith, 2022, "Executive Agreements Database, Statement Concerning the Arrangement with Vietnam For The Exchange Of Technical Information and Cooperation In Nuclear Safety Matters, with Addenda Signed At Washington June 25, 2008 Entered Into Force June 25, 2008", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OAG2FD, Harvard Dataverse, V1
TIAS 08-625.1 TIAS 08-625.1 cover memo
C06572862.pdf
C06572862.pdf
Jun 12, 2022 - Executive Agreements Database, Statement Concerning the Arrangement with Vietnam For The Exchange Of Technical Information and Cooperation In Nuclear Safety Matters, with Addenda Signed At Washington June 25, 2008 Entered Into Force June 25, 2008
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Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Agreement Between The United States and Russia Concerning the Transfer Of Source Material to the Russian Federation,with Annex And Administrative Arrangement Signed At Washington March 24, 1999 Entered Into Force March 24, 1999
Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Agreement Between The United States and Russia Concerning the Transfer Of Source Material to the Russian Federation,with Annex And Administrative Arrangement Signed At Washington March 24, 1999 Entered Into Force March 24, 1999
Jun 12, 2022
Oona A. Hathaway; Curtis A. Bradley; Jack L. Goldsmith, 2022, "Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Agreement Between The United States and Russia Concerning the Transfer Of Source Material to the Russian Federation,with Annex And Administrative Arrangement Signed At Washington March 24, 1999 Entered Into Force March 24, 1999", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Y9KOMN, Harvard Dataverse, V1
TIAS 13026 cover memo
C06541561.pdf
C06541561.pdf
Jun 12, 2022 - Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Agreement Between The United States and Russia Concerning the Transfer Of Source Material to the Russian Federation,with Annex And Administrative Arrangement Signed At Washington March 24, 1999 Entered Into Force March 24, 1999
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Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Trinidad and Tobago for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations To Benefit The Environment GLOBE Program with Appendices Signed At Port Of Spain July 16, 1996 Entered Into Force July 16, 1996
Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Trinidad and Tobago for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations To Benefit The Environment GLOBE Program with Appendices Signed At Port Of Spain July 16, 1996 Entered Into Force July 16, 1996
Jun 12, 2022
Oona A. Hathaway; Curtis A. Bradley; Jack L. Goldsmith, 2022, "Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Trinidad and Tobago for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations To Benefit The Environment GLOBE Program with Appendices Signed At Port Of Spain July 16, 1996 Entered Into Force July 16, 1996", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MKLIFX, Harvard Dataverse, V1
TIAS 12784 cover memo
C06541305.pdf
C06541305.pdf
Jun 12, 2022 - Executive Agreements Database, Background Statement Concerning the Agreement Between The United States and Trinidad and Tobago for Cooperation In The Global Learning and Observations To Benefit The Environment GLOBE Program with Appendices Signed At Port Of Spain July 16, 1996 Entered Into Force July 16, 1996
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Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Protocol Between The United States and Russia Extending The Agreement Of June 30, 1995, For Cooperation On Enhancing The Safety Of Russian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities and Research Reactors, Signed At Washington and Moscow January 31 and February 26, 2002
Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Protocol Between The United States and Russia Extending The Agreement Of June 30, 1995, For Cooperation On Enhancing The Safety Of Russian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities and Research Reactors, Signed At Washington and Moscow January 31 and February 26, 2002
Jun 12, 2022
Oona A. Hathaway; Curtis A. Bradley; Jack L. Goldsmith, 2022, "Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Protocol Between The United States and Russia Extending The Agreement Of June 30, 1995, For Cooperation On Enhancing The Safety Of Russian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities and Research Reactors, Signed At Washington and Moscow January 31 and February 26, 2002", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YGYS3D, Harvard Dataverse, V1
TIAS 02-226 cover memo
C06541611.pdf
C06541611.pdf
Jun 12, 2022 - Executive Agreements Database, Statement Regarding the Protocol Between The United States and Russia Extending The Agreement Of June 30, 1995, For Cooperation On Enhancing The Safety Of Russian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities and Research Reactors, Signed At Washington and Moscow January 31 and February 26, 2002
Adobe PDF - 98.4 KB - MD5: 8b9ed8b4bcec3e03ad7ede7c6fd1627b
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