Treaties and subsequent practice / edited by Georg Nolte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nolte, Georg, 1959- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treaties--Interpretation and construction.

Treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 393 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Subsequent practice by states is crucial to the interpretation of treaties. This book examines its potential to serve as a substitute for formal treaty amendments. It combines both practical and theoretical contributions on the subject.

Contents:

Introduction / Georg Nolte

Subsequent agreements and subsequent practice within and outside the Vienna Convention / Luigi Crema

A consensualist interpretation of Article 31(3) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties / James Crawford

Keeping subsequent agreements and treaties in their right limits / Marcelo G. Kohen

Miscellaneous thoughts on subsequent agreements and practice / Bruno Simma

Subsequent practice, practices, and "family-resemblance" : towards embedding subsequent practice in its operative milieu / Laurence Boisson de Chauzournes

The evolution of treaty obligations in international law / Campbell McLachlan

The relevance of subsequent agreement and subsequent practice for interpretation of treaties / Sean D. Murphy

Subsequent agreements and practice : the battle over interpretive power / Anthea Roberts

Subsequent agreements and practice : between interpretation, informal modification, and formal amendment / Gerhard Hafner

Limits of change by way of subsequent agreements and practice / José E. Alvarez

Law, time, and change : the self-regulatory function of subsequent practice / Andrea Bianchi

Domestic constitutional concerns with respect to the use of subsequent agreements and practice at the international level / Stefan Kadelbach

Treaty interpretation, subsequent agreements and practice, and domestic constitutions / Ingrid Wuerth

Subsequent practice, domestic separation of powers, and concerns of legitimacy / Hélène Ruiz Fabri

Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice and arbitral tribunals of ad hoc jurisdiction relating to subsequent agreements and subsequent practice / Georg Nolte

Jurisprudence under special regimes relating to subsequent agreements and subsequent practice / Georg Nolte

Subsequent agreement and subsequent practice of states outside of judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings / Georg Nolte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-166842-7

0-19-166841-9