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The interpretation of acts and rules in public international law /

Orakhelashvili, Alexander.

The interpretation of acts and rules in public international law / created by Alexander Orakhelashvili. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xxviii, 594 pages ; 24 cm. - Oxford monographs in international law .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-591) and index.

Doctrinal treatment of the effectiveness of legal regulation -- Characteristics and implications of the effectiveness of legal regulation -- The essence of the threshold of legal regulation -- Customary law and inherent rules -- Fact as non-law and the limits on its relevance -- Interest as non-law -- Values as non-law -- Quasi-normative non-law -- Conceptual aspects of interpretation -- Treaty interpretation : rules and methods -- Treaty interpretation : effectiveness and presumptions -- Interpretation of jurisdictional instruments -- Interpretation of unilateral acts and statements -- Interpretation of institutional decisions -- Interpretation of customary rules -- The agencies of interpretation -- The essence of and response to the indeterminacy of treaty provisions -- Equity and equitable considerations in treaties.

9780199546220 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008019538


International law--Interpretation and construction.
Treaties--Interpretation and construction.

KZ1285