This short article responds to observations made by Alina Miron and Paolo Palchetti about the treaty sections of the Restatement of the Law (Fourth): The Foreign Relations Law of the United States. We describe the nature of the Restatement process and explain why the choices made in the Restatement (Fourth) were more constrained than what might be suggested by Miron and Palchetti’s critique. We also engage with some of their specific observations about the Restatement (Fourth)’s approach to treaties, resisting the suggestion that the approach marks a retreat from engagement with international law.

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重述美国外交关系法：条约材料的教训

这篇简短的文章回应了 Alina Miron 和 Paolo Palchetti 关于《法律重述（第四）：美国对外关系法》中条约部分的意见。我们描述了重述过程的性质，并解释了为什么在重述（第四）中所做的选择比 Miron 和 Palchetti 的批评所暗示的更受限制。我们还与他们对重述（第四次）对条约的处理方式的一些具体意见进行了交流，反对这种方式标志着退出国际法的建议。