I. INTRODUCTION
"Treaty law covers every imaginable subject."1 This is hardly surprising given the rapid pace and increasing scope of globalization. While it is certainly true that globalization in one form or another has long been at work in world affairs,2 its contemporary form, as Joseph Nye pointed out, is "thicker and quicker."3 Thomas Friedman in The Lexus and the Olive Tree described today's globalization as going "farther, faster, cheaper and deeper."4 In other words, modern globalization does not represent a mere expansion of markets and trade; rather, " [i] t also represents an acceleration of the speed of communications, computer networks, and transportation systems …