Treaty Interpretation (Oxford International Law Library) - Hardcover

Gardiner, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199669236 ISBN 13: 9780199669233

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This series features works on substantial topics in international law which provide authoritative statements of the chosen areas. Taken together they map out the whole of international law in a set of scholarly reference works and treatises intended to be of use to scholars, practitioners, and students.

This book provides a guide to interpreting treaties properly in accordance with the modern rules for treaty interpretation which are codified in the 'Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties'. These rules now apply to virtually all treaties both in an international context and within many national legal systems where treaties have an impact on a large and growing range of matters. Lawyers, administrators, diplomats, and officials at international organisations are increasingly likely to encounter issues of treaty interpretation which require not only knowledge of the relevant rules but also how these rules have been, and are to be, applied in practice.

There is now a considerable body of case law on application of the codified rules. This case law, combined with the history and analysis of the rules, provides a basis for understanding this most important task in the application of treaties internationally and within national systems of law. Any lawyer who ever has to consider international matters, and increasingly any lawyer whose work involves domestic legislation with any international connection, is at risk nowadays of encountering a treaty provision which requires interpretation, whether the treaty provision is explicitly in issue or is the source of the relevant legislation.

This expanded edition includes consideration of a range of recent cases, takes account of relevant work of the International Law Commission, and has new material addressing matters raised in the growing body of literature on treaty interpretation.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Gardiner, Visiting Professor, University College London

Richard Gardiner practiced as a barrister, was a legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and is a Visiting Professor at University College London.

Review:

Review from previous edition: "Gardiner has structured his material in a lucid and intelligble manner...the book reads well, is informative and rich in useful material, and manages to tackle an issue that, at least to this reviewer, seems tremendously difficult, if not terrifying: that of
intelligibly interpreting the rules on treaty interpretation. It should be of good use to advanced students and practitioners alike."

--Antonios Tzanakopoulos, German Yearbook of International Law 2010.

Review from previous edition: "Treaty interpretation is analysed in the wider context of the law of treaties, of which Gardiner has unparalleled knowledge. It is very rarely that the whole subject of treaty interpretation is dealt with in such detail in one study, and the achievement of the
author is therefore even more significant...The book will undoubtedly become a classic study on the interpretation of treaties - of great use to both practitioners and academics."

--Malgosia Fitzmaurice, European Journal of International Law 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199669236
• ISBN 13: 9780199669233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 523