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Contents: Introduction -- Part I: International institutional law: "Constitutional" interpretation -- (Re) introducing international institutional law -- Revisiting the development of international law through the political organs of the UN -- The varied forms of international institutional law -- Part II: Multilateral treaty-making: International organizations as treaty-makers -- Have international organizations improved treaty-making? -- Part III: Institutionalized dispute settlement: Dispute settlement by "non-judicial" actors -- Dispute settlement by "quasi-judicial" bodies -- The nature of international adjudication -- Conclusion: the promise and perils of international organizations.