Static and Evolutive Treaty Interpretation: A Functional Reconstruction

ISBN-13: 9781107543645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 450 str.

Christian Djeffal

Opis

How should international treaties be interpreted over time? This book addresses what evolutive interpretation looks like in reality.

Spis treści

Part I. Definitions, Assumptions and Method: 1. Two paths to interpretative method; 2. Suggested solutions; 3. Mode of inquiry: functional reconstruction; Part II. The Rule of Interpretation in the VCLT: Method and Methodology: 4. Historical account of the means of interpretation; 5. Cardinal cores of the rule: features of the process; 6. Interpretative knots: the system of the VCLT revisited; 7. Shout of encore: evolutive interpretation in the context of the VCLT; Part III. Court Practice: 8. Profiling courts: a framework of analysis; 9. The International Court of Justice: peacemakers and disputants; 10. The European Court of Human Rights: an aging activist; Part IV. Summary and Conclusions: 11. Summary and conclusions.