"Table of cases": pages xi-xxvi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of treaty interpretation : developed for and applied by national courts? / Michael Waibel -- Grounds for the application of international rules of interpretation in national courts / Andr�e Nollkaemper -- "Contractual" and "statutory" treaty interpretation in domestic courts? : convergence around the Vienna Rules / Eirik Bjorge -- Judicial dialogue as a means of interpretation / Antonios Tzanakopoulos -- The role of the international rules of interpretation for the determination of direct effect of international agreements / Mathias Forteau -- The interpretation of unwritten international law by domestic judges / Peter Staubach -- Interpretation of treaties in an international law-friendly framework : the case of South Africa / Dire Tladi -- The law and politics of the pro persona principle in Latin America / Alejandro Rodiles -- Dynamic and evolutive interpretation of the ECHR by domestic courts? : an inquiry into the judicial architecture of Europe / Christian Djeffal -- Deference to the executive : the US debate in global perspective / Julian Arato -- Gingerly walking on the VCLT frontier? : reflections from a survey on the interpretive approach of the Japanese courts to treaties / Yukiko Takashiba -- Treaty interpretation in Indian courts : adherence, coherence, and convergence / Vik Kanwar -- Diffusion theories and the interpretive approaches of domestic courts / Theresa Reinold -- Treaty interpretation and global governance : the role of domestic courts / Achilles Skordas -- National courts and interpretive approaches to international law / Olga Frishman and Eyal Benvenisti -- Between universal aspiration and local application : concluding observations / Helmut Philipp Aust.

"The Interpretation of International Law by Domestic Courts : Uniformity, Diversity, Convergence assesses the increasingly important role of domestic courts in the interpretation of international law. It asks whether and, if so, to what extent domestic courts make use of the international rules of interpretation set forth in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Given the expectation that treaties are to have a uniform interpretation and application throughout the world, the practice of domestic courts is considerably more diverse. The contributions to this book analyze three key questions: first, whether international law requires a uniform interpretative approach by courts; second, whether a common or convergent methodological outlook can be found in domestic court practice; and third, whether a uniform interpretive approach is desirable from a normative perspective. The book identifies a considerable tension between the goal of universal and uniform application of international law and a plurality of different approaches. This tension between uniformity and diversity is analyzed by a group of scholars from a wide range of geographical, disciplinary and methodological approaches. Drawing on the practice of a number of domestic jurisdictions including, among others, Colombia, France, Japan, India, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the book puts the interpretative practice of domestic courts into a comparative perspective. Its chapters offer doctrinal and practical as well as theoretical perspectives on a central question for the future development of international law"--Unedited summary from book jacket.