Static and Evolutive Treaty Interpretation : A Functional Reconstruction (Hardcover)

Part I. Definitions, Assumptions and Method: 1. Two paths to interpretative method; 2. Suggested solutions; 3. Mode of inquiry: functional reconstruction; Part II. The Rule of Interpretation in the VCLT: Method and Methodology: 4. Historical account of the means of interpretation; 5. Cardinal cores of the rule: features of the process; 6. Interpretative knots: the system of the VCLT revisited; 7. Shout of encore: evolutive interpretation in the context of the VCLT; Part III. Court Practice: 8. Profiling courts: a framework of analysis; 9. The International Court of Justice: peacemakers and disputants; 10. The European Court of Human Rights: an aging activist; Part IV. Summary and Conclusions: 11. Summary and conclusions.