Naslov
International law of interpretation: an ambiguous response to ambiguity

Autori
Pehar, Dražen

Izvornik
Journal of diplomatic language

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ekspertiza

Godina
2006

Ključne riječi
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ; interpretation articles ; legal/treaty interpretation

Sažetak
The paper explores the two 'interpretation' articles of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Arts 31 and 32. Drawing on the details of the long negotiating process that led to adoption of the two articles, it makes the case for the thesis that the 'interpretation' articles are themselves ambiguous and/or widely open to interpretation. The argument's explanatory worth consists primarily in its ability to explain the international legal conflicts over the meaning of the 31 and 32, for instance at the International Court of Justice, as well as in its ability to make sense of some apparently incoherent scholarly comments on the two articles. In the author's opinion, the main moral of the argument is that, in our dealing with the problem of diplomatic/legal/international- political ambiguity, we need to move beyond the '(compulsory) rules of interpretation' approach.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo, Politologija, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

Napomena
The Journal of diplomatic language was an e-journal
based on the American University-Paris (ed. Harold
Bashor).

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