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Interpretation and the Constraints on International Courts


Marjan Ajevski


Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
June 13, 2012

MultiRights Research Paper No. 12-05

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This paper argues that methodologies of interpretation do not do what they promise – they do not constrain interpretation by providing neutral steps that one can follow in finding out a meaning of a text – but nevertheless do their constraining work by being part of what can be described as the legal practice.

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Keywords: Interpretation in international law, Methodologies of interpretation, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, International Courts, Intentionalism, Pragmatism

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Date posted: June 14, 2012 ; Last revised: July 25, 2012

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Ajevski, Marjan, Interpretation and the Constraints on International Courts (June 13, 2012). MultiRights Research Paper No. 12-05. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2083616 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2083616

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Marjan Ajevski (Contact Author)
Norwegian Centre for Human Rights ( email )
P.O box 6706
St. Olavs plass 5
Oslo, 0130
Norway

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