Patterns of Treaty Interpretation as Anti-Fragmentation Tools A Comparative Analysis with a Special Focus on the ECtHR, WTO and ICJ /

• Main Author: Popa, Liliana E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International law.; Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Trade.; Human rights.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Human Rights.

This book investigates whether treaty interpretation at the ECtHR and WTO, which are sometimes perceived as promoting 'self-contained' regimes, could constitute a means for unifying international law, or, conversely, might exacerbate the fragmentation of international law. In this regard,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Does Proliferation of International Judicial Bodies Lead to the Fragmentation Law?
• 3. Treaty Interpretation
• 4. PCIJ/ICJ Practice on Treaty Interpretation
• 5. Treaty Interpretation at the European Court of Human Rights
• 6. Treaty Interpretation at the World Trade Organization
• 7. Conclusions.