书目名称 | Treaty Interpretation Under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
副标题 | A New Round of Codif |
编辑 | Chang-fa Lo |
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概述 | Explains the insufficiencies of the current VCLT rules of treaty interpretation in addressing some traditional treaty interpretation issues and the challenges encountered by the current rules.Provides |
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描述 | .This book is devoted to an idea of a second round of codification of certain new rules for treaty interpretation. Currently, treaty interpretation is guided by Articles 31 through 33 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). The fundamental rule is that a treaty shall be interpreted in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in the light of its object and purpose. These rules lay the foundation for treaty interpretation. They represent the first round of codification of the contents of some previous customary international law rules. The book argues that the current rules are overly simplified. After almost fifty years of codification of the VCLT, the codified text in it is practically insufficient in addressing some traditional treaty interpretation issues (such as the interpretation involving time factors or technology development) and in coping with some new development of international law (suchas the diversification and fragmentation of international treaties) and new challenges (such as the need of coordination between different treaties and the need of introducing external values, including |
出版日期 | Book 2017 |
关键词 | Treaty interpretation; VCLT (Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties); Ordinary meaning; Textual inter |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6866-9 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-13-4963-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-10-6866-9 |
copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 |