Interpretation and the Constraints on International Courts

Ajevski, Marjan (2012). Interpretation and the Constraints on International Courts. PluriCourts.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2083616

Abstract

This paper argues that methodologies of interpretation do not do what they promise – they do not constrain interpretation by providing neutral steps that one can follow in finding out a meaning of a text – but nevertheless do their constraining work by being part of what can be described as the legal practice.

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 51690
  • Item Type
  • Other - Working Paper
  • ISSN
  • 1556-5068
  • Keywords
  • Interpretation in international law; Methodologies of interpretation; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; International Courts; Intentionalism; Pragmatism
  • Academic Unit or School
  • Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Law
    Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
  • Depositing User
  • Marjan Ajevski

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