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Customary international law and its interpretation by international courts : theories, methods, and interactions /

"In elucidating customary international law (CIL) interpretation before and by international courts and tribunals, the volume chooses three focal points: theory, method and normative interactions. Viewing CIL and its interpretation from these vantage points leads to a more complete picture of t...

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Other Authors: Fortuna, Marina, 1995- (Editor), Gorobets, Kostia (Editor), Merkouris, Panos (Editor), Føllesdal, Andreas (Editor), Ulfstein, Geir, 1951- (Editor), Westerman, Pauline (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Rules of interpretation of customary international law ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Customary law, International > Interpretation and construction.
International courts.
Droit coutumier international > Interprétation.
Tribunaux internationaux.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The illusion of gold-digging : interpretation of state practice / Pauline Westerman
  • Addressing the chronological paradox : constitutive rules and the constructive interpretation of CIL / Henrique Marcos
  • Interpreting the plural sources of CIL / Harlan Grant Cohen
  • Interpretation dynamics in CIL : an entropic approach / Eleni Micha
  • The application of logic and reason in CIL interpretation / William Worster
  • The interpretation of 'direction and control' in the investor state arbitration : the case of state-owned enterprises / Paula Baldini Miranda da Cruz
  • The Court of Justice of the EU and CIL interpretation : close encounters of a third kind? / Tamás Molnár
  • Judicial effectiveness or judicial ambiguity : is CIL an instrument for judicial activism in excess? / Leoni Ayoub
  • Judicial dialogue between international courts in the interpretation of customary international human rights law / Silviana Cocan
  • 'General principles of law' and the interpretation of CIL / Craig Eggett
  • The role of treaties and general principles of law in the interpretation of customary rules / Marina Fortuna
  • Reconciling conflicting norms of CIL-towards a mode of practical concordance at the ICJ / Raphael Oidtmann
  • Indicators of coherence and interpretation of CIL / Charalampos Giannakopoulos.