Sovereignty and Interpretation of International Norms
In an International Community characterized by the weight of state sovereignty the interpretation of international norms (by states, International Organizations and judicial and arbitral bodies) is one of the key points of this legal order. State sovereig
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Carlos Fernández de Casadevante y Romani
Sovereignty and Interpretation of International Norms
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Professor Carlos Fernández de Casadevante y Romani Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales Paseo de los Artilleros s/n 28032 Vicálvaro (Madrid) Spain [email protected]
The author wishes to thank Prof. John Mullen (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid) for its work in the revision and correction of the English drafting.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007920844
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Table of Contents
Part One:
Interpretation of International Norms: Sovereignty, Power of Discretion, Delimitation of the Discrepancy CHAPTER I: Sovereignty and Interpretation: A Relationship of Dependence.......... 3 1 The sovereignty of the State conditions the interpretation of international norms: Discrepancy, discretion. Persistence of the problem........ 3 2 The efforts to modulate the power of discretion of the State: Good faith or a principle with blurred edges..................................................................... 14 3 Types and methods of interpretation: A classification based on international practice ....................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER II: The Text, the Authentic Expression of the Will of the Parties, Constitutes the Subject of the Discrepancy: The Conventional Rules ......................................................................... 37 1 Language, the instrument of sovereignty ........................................................ 37 2 The judicial limiting of a process which is heavily dependent on the autonomy of the will of the State: The interpretative norms of the Vienna Conventions of 1969 and 1986 ........................................................... 44 CH
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