How interpretation makes international law : on semantic change and normative twists /

Challenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them, this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting point of legal authority. Interpretation can shift the meaning of texts and, in its own way, make law. In the practi...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Venzke, Ingo
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2012
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Challenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them, this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting point of legal authority. Interpretation can shift the meaning of texts and, in its own way, make law. In the practice of interpretation actors debate the meaning of the written and customary laws, and so contribute to the making of new law. In such cases it is the actor's semantic authority that iskey - the capacity for their interpretation to be accepted and become established as new reference points for legal
Umfang:
1 online resource (804 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-174222-8
0-19-175311-4
1-283-71272-5
0-19-163196-5
0-19-163195-7
Schlagworte:
International law > Interpretation and construction.
International law > Language.
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