How interpretation makes international law : on semantic change and normative twists /

An account of how the practice of interpretation makes international law, drawing specific attention to the increasing authority of international courts and institutions. It analyses the role that language plays in shaping international law and addresses the key issue of how it contributes to the ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Venzke, Ingo
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	International law > Interpretation and construction. Droit international > Interprétation. LAW > International. International law > Interpretation and construction International law. Legal hermeneutics and legal interpretation. Interpretation. Norms. Folkrätt. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

In the beginning was the deed
The practice of interpretation : a theoretical perspective
UNHCR and the making of refugee law
Adjudication in the GATT/WTO : making general exceptions in trade law
Creative interpretations : normative twists Epilogue : in the end there is eternity.