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Zusatztext The international lawyer and legal scholar faced with a question concerning the evolutionary interpretation of treaties in 2020 will find no better friend than Evolutionary Interpretation and International Law … the book is valuable both in collecting the conclusions of scholars in the field and in providing the reader with the most up-to-date source for decisions of adjudicators and other actors in the different subfields of international law. Informationen zum Autor Georges Abi-Saab is Honorary Professor at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and former Chairman of the Appellate Body, World Trade Organization. Kenneth Keith Professor Emeritus at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where he taught for more than 20 years, and a member of the Institut de Droit International. Gabrielle Marceau is Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva. She is also Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty. She is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law. Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the Secretariat World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division. Clément Marquet is Research and Teaching Assistant at the Law Faculty, University of Geneva. Klappentext This unique book brings together leading experts from diverse areas of public international law to offer a comprehensive overview of the approaches to evolutionary interpretation in different international legal regimes. It begins by asking what interpretation is, offering the views of expert authors on the question, its components and definitions. It then comments on situations that have called for evolutionary interpretation in different international legal regimes, including general international law, environmental law, human rights law, EU law, investment law, international trade law, and how domestic courts have, on occasions, interpreted treaties and other international legal instruments in an evolutionary manner. This timely, authoritative compendium offers an in-depth understanding of the processes at work in evolutionary interpretation as well as a prime selection of the current trends and future challenges. Vorwort Timely collection of authoritative perspectives from both academia and practice offering an in-depth understanding of the processes at work in evolutionary interpretation as well as a prime selection of the current main trends and future challenges. Zusammenfassung This unique book brings together leading experts from diverse areas of public international law to offer a comprehensive overview of the approaches to evolutionary interpretation in different international legal regimes. It begins by asking what interpretation is, offering the views of expert authors on the question, its components and definitions. It then comments on situations that have called for evolutionary interpretation in different international legal regimes, including general international law, environmental law, human rights law, EU law, investment law, international trade law, and how domestic courts have, on occasions, interpreted treaties and other international legal instruments in an evolutionary manner. This timely, authoritative compendium offers an in-depth understanding of the processes at work in evolutionary interpretation as well as a prime selection of the current trends and future challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. About the Book Gabrielle Marceau and Cl é ment Marquet 2. Introduction: A Meta-Question Georges Abi-Saab PART I EVOLUTIONARY INTERPRETATION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW GENERALLY 3. Evolutionary Interpretation in Internatio...
