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Between the Lines of the Vienna Convention?: Canons and Other Principles of Interpretation in Public International Law

Between the Lines of the Vienna Convention?: Canons and Other Principles of Interpretation in Public International Law

Author: Joseph Klingler; Yuri Parkhomenko; Constantinos Salonidis
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789041184030
Published In: February 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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About this book:
Between the Lines of the Vienna Convention? is a uniquely useful handbook that analyses certain particularly recognizable canons and principles of interpretation that are not expressly codified in the Vienna Convention, but that are arguably still authorized ‘between the lines’. This volume represents the first modern, freestanding analysis of such canons and principles, their utility in public international law, their role in treaty interpretation and their relationship with the Vienna Convention regime.

What’s in this book:
A top-flight roster of respected scholars and practitioners of public international law offers an in-depth examination of, among other things:

the origins of canons and interpretive principles;
their utility and limits in treaty interpretation; and
the application of numerous individual canons and interpretive principles, including effet utile, expressio unius, lex specialis, ejusdem generis, in dubio mitius, in pari materia, ex abundante cautela, the principles of contemporaneity and evolutive interpretation and more.

How this will help you:
Extensive analysis of case law and scholarship provides insightful interpretive guidance across virtually every subfield of public international law. With its valuable insights into when the application of particular canons or principles of interpretation is most likely to be appropriate and persuasive, the volume will be of great value to lawyers representing parties (whether states, corporations or individuals) before international dispute resolution bodies, as well as to judges and arbitrators, legal officials at ministries of foreign affairs and scholars of public international law.

Editors

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

CHAPTER 1
Canons of Interpretation under the Vienna Convention
Alain Pellet

CHAPTER 2
The Utility and Limits of Canons and Other Interpretive Principles in Public International Law
Sean D. Murphy

CHAPTER 3
The Origins of Interpretive Canons in Domestic Legal Systems
Michael Waibel

CHAPTER 4
Effet Utile
Céline Braumann & August Reinisch

CHAPTER 5
Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Alterius
Joseph Klingler

CHAPTER 6
Ex Abundante Cautela
Alison Macdonald QC

CHAPTER 7
Ejusdem Generis and Noscitur a Sociis
Freya Baetens

CHAPTER 8
Lex Specialis Derogat Legi Generali/Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant
Dirk Pulkowski

CHAPTER 9
Per Argumentum a Fortiori
Alina Miron

CHAPTER 10
In Pari Materia Interpretation in Treaty Law
Paula F. Henin

CHAPTER 11
Contra Proferentem
Pierre d’Argent

CHAPTER 12
In Dubio Mitius
Panos Merkouris

CHAPTER 13
Compliance with Domestic Law: An Implied Condition in Treaties Conferring Rights and Protections on Foreign Nationals and Their Property?
Rumiana Yotova

CHAPTER 14
The Rule of Necessary Implication
Andrew D. Mitchell & Tania Voon

CHAPTER 15
Exceptions to a Rule Must Be Narrowly Construed
Alexia Solomou

CHAPTER 16
The Principles of Contemporaneous and Evolutionary Interpretation
Peter Tzeng

Index