Patterns of Treaty Interpretation as Anti-Fragmentation Tools
A Comparative Analysis with a Special Focus on the ECtHR, WTO and ICJ
Authors: Popa, Liliana
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This book investigates whether treaty interpretation at the ECtHR and WTO, which are sometimes perceived as promoting ‘self-contained’ regimes, could constitute a means for unifying international law, or, conversely, might exacerbate the fragmentation of international law. In this regard, the practice of the ICJ on treaty interpretation is used for comparison, since the ICJ has made the greatest contribution to the development and clarification of international law rules and principles. Providing a critical analysis of cases at the ICJ, ECtHR and WTO, both prior to and since the adoption of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the book reveals how the ECtHR and WTO apply the general rules of treaty interpretation in patterns which are similar to those used by the ICJ to address difficulties in interpreting the text of treaties. Viewed in the light of the ECtHR’s and WTO’s interpretative practices, both the VCLT’s general rules of interpretation and the ICJ’s interpretative practice serve to counteract the fragmentation of international law.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-13
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Does Proliferation of International Judicial Bodies Lead to the Fragmentation of International Law?
Pages 15-78
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Treaty Interpretation
Pages 79-143
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PCIJ/ICJ Practice on Treaty Interpretation
Pages 145-216
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Treaty Interpretation at the European Court of Human Rights
Pages 217-286
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Patterns of Treaty Interpretation as Anti-Fragmentation Tools
- Book Subtitle
- A Comparative Analysis with a Special Focus on the ECtHR, WTO and ICJ
- Authors
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- Liliana Popa
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-65488-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-65488-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-65487-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09741-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVI, 390
- Topics