Sovereignty and Interpretation of International Norms

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In an International Community characterized by the weight of state sovereignty the interpretation of international norms (by states, International Organizations and judicial and arbitral bodies) is one of the key points of this legal order. State sovereignty conditions the creation and application of International Law as well as the settlement of disputes. That’s why the intervention of judicial and arbitral bodies acquire a great importance. This work contents a comprehensive and critic approach to international judicial and arbitral case law concerning interpretation of international norms and international institutions as well as to the way the International Court of Justice conceives access to its jurisdiction ant its exercise. So, conventional instruments and instruments of a statutory nature, customary norms, institutional norms of the United Nations, unilateral declarations, as well as procedural instruments, facts alleged and the exercise of the jurisdiction attributed to the International Court of Justice – in the way they have been interpreted by the Court – constitute the object of a work surely useful for persons involved in international practice, studies or teaching. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Sovereignty and Interpretation: A Relationship of Dependence....Pages 3-35 The Text, the Authentic Expression of the Will of the Parties, Constitutes the Subject of the Discrepancy: The Conventional Rules....Pages 37-62 The Institutionalisation of the International Community Gives a New Dimension to Law Making: The Institutional Norms....Pages 63-84 Conduct, the Expression of the Will of the State, Constitutes the Subject of the Discrepancy: The Customary Norms....Pages 85-105 Does the Declaration Express the Will of the State or Is It the Interpreter Who Builds It? The Unilateral Declarations....Pages 107-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 The International Court of Justice (I.C.J.)....Pages 129-158 Arbitral Tribunals....Pages 159-178 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Conventional Instruments or Instruments of a Statutory Nature....Pages 181-218 Customary Norms....Pages 219-242 Institutional Norms of the United Nations....Pages 243-246 Unilateral Declarations....Pages 247-249 Procedural Instruments, Facts Alleged and Exercise of the Jurisdiction Attributed to the I.C.J.....Pages 251-285 Conclusions....Pages 287-302 Back Matter....Pages 303-324