CHICAGO JoHN M. OLIN LAW &z ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER NO 216 (2D SERIES) The economics of public international law Alan O. Sykes THE LAW SCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO July 2004 This paper can be downloaded without charge at TheChicagoWorkingPaperSeriesIndex:http://www.lawuchicago.edu/lawecon/index.html and at the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=564383CHICAGO JOHN M. OLIN LAW & ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER NO. 216 (2D SERIES) The Economics of Public International Law Alan O. Sykes THE LAW SCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO July 2004 This paper can be downloaded without charge at: The Chicago Working Paper Series Index: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Lawecon/index.html and at the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=564383