How interpretation makes international law :
Venzke, Ingo.
How interpretation makes international law : on semantic change and normative twists. / Ingo Venzke. - [Place of publication not identified] : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xxiv, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
i.IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE DEED p.1 -- Probl�ematique, p.2 -- Agenda, p.10 -- Programme, p.14 -- THE PRACTICE OF INTERPRETATION: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE p.16 -- Lawmaking in communicative practice, p.18 -- On the sources of international law, p.19 - Sovereignry, sources, and semantic change, p.27 -- From sources to communicative practice, p.29 -- Semantic struggles in the practice of legal imerpretation, p.37 -- Practice berweer� ageney and strucrure, p.38 -- On the form and substance of legal interpretation, p.46 -- Power and authority in semantic struggles, p.57 -- Actors in the practice of interpretation, p.64 -- Private norm entrepreneurs, p.65 -- The disaggregated state, p.67 -- International institutions: Bureaucracies and judicial bodies, p.69 -- UNHCR AND THE MAKING OF REFUGEE LAW p.72 -- International bureaucracies as actors in legal discourse, p.76 -- Delegation from principals to agents, p.77 -- The authority of international bureaucracies, p.82 -- The expansion of UNHCR's Statute, p.87 -- Expectations and concerns, p.90 -- International protection and humble beginnings, p.95 -- Material assistance, good offices, and displaced persons, p.98 -- Humanitarian aid and voluntary repatriation, p.104 -- UNHCR and the meaning of the Convention, p.109 -- UNHCR's role in developing the Convention, p.110 -- Semantic change at work: Shifting elements in the meaning of 'refugee', p.122 -- Conclusions: Change and contexts, p.130 I. II. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. III. A. 1. 2. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. C. 1. 2. D. ADJUDICATION IN THE GATT/WTO: MAKING GENERAL EXCEPTIONS IN TRADE LAW p.135 -- International adjudicators as actors in legal discourse, p.139 -- Historiography: Longing for international adjudication, p.140 -- Judicial decisions and precedents, p.144 -- The GATT/WTO context, p.147 -- Article XX in the era of the GATT, p.150 -- General exceptions: A general prologue, p.150 -- The creation of a high threshold, p.157 -- A territoriallimitation?, p.163 -- Artide XX in the era of the wro, p.167 -- Institutional changes and the working of precedents, p.167 -- A new beginning with the Appellate Body, p.172 -- Proportionality, interpretation, and legitimacy, p.180 -- Conclusions: Adjudication, precedents, and legitimacy, p.190 -- CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: NORMATIVE TWISTS p.196 -- The bittersweet taste of justice in legal discourse, p.198 -- Narratives of progress and advents of justice, p.200 -- Scepticism and realism, p.207 -- The practice of inrerpretation and communicative action, p.214 -- The centrality of law: Dissonances and developments in legal dowine, p.223 -- The appeal and futiliry of soft law, p.225 -- Intertemporal law and subsequent practice: shortening the leash?, p.230 -- Global administrarive law and international public authotiry, p.240 -- Evasive foundations: Semantic authority in a normative pluriverse, p.245 -- Principles of democracy and ultimate authority, p.248 -- Architectural renovation and institutional design, p.252 -- Attitudes and interpretarion at critical junctures, p.256 -- EPILOGUE: IN THE END THERE IS ETERNITY p.262. IV. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. D. V. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. VI.
9780198712978
GBB3B7550 bnb
016588561 Uk
International law--Interpretation and construction.
International law--Language.
International law--Interpretation and construction.
International law--Language.
KZ1285 / .V46 2014
How interpretation makes international law : on semantic change and normative twists. / Ingo Venzke. - [Place of publication not identified] : Oxford University Press, 2014. - xxiv, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
i.IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE DEED p.1 -- Probl�ematique, p.2 -- Agenda, p.10 -- Programme, p.14 -- THE PRACTICE OF INTERPRETATION: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE p.16 -- Lawmaking in communicative practice, p.18 -- On the sources of international law, p.19 - Sovereignry, sources, and semantic change, p.27 -- From sources to communicative practice, p.29 -- Semantic struggles in the practice of legal imerpretation, p.37 -- Practice berweer� ageney and strucrure, p.38 -- On the form and substance of legal interpretation, p.46 -- Power and authority in semantic struggles, p.57 -- Actors in the practice of interpretation, p.64 -- Private norm entrepreneurs, p.65 -- The disaggregated state, p.67 -- International institutions: Bureaucracies and judicial bodies, p.69 -- UNHCR AND THE MAKING OF REFUGEE LAW p.72 -- International bureaucracies as actors in legal discourse, p.76 -- Delegation from principals to agents, p.77 -- The authority of international bureaucracies, p.82 -- The expansion of UNHCR's Statute, p.87 -- Expectations and concerns, p.90 -- International protection and humble beginnings, p.95 -- Material assistance, good offices, and displaced persons, p.98 -- Humanitarian aid and voluntary repatriation, p.104 -- UNHCR and the meaning of the Convention, p.109 -- UNHCR's role in developing the Convention, p.110 -- Semantic change at work: Shifting elements in the meaning of 'refugee', p.122 -- Conclusions: Change and contexts, p.130 I. II. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. III. A. 1. 2. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. C. 1. 2. D. ADJUDICATION IN THE GATT/WTO: MAKING GENERAL EXCEPTIONS IN TRADE LAW p.135 -- International adjudicators as actors in legal discourse, p.139 -- Historiography: Longing for international adjudication, p.140 -- Judicial decisions and precedents, p.144 -- The GATT/WTO context, p.147 -- Article XX in the era of the GATT, p.150 -- General exceptions: A general prologue, p.150 -- The creation of a high threshold, p.157 -- A territoriallimitation?, p.163 -- Artide XX in the era of the wro, p.167 -- Institutional changes and the working of precedents, p.167 -- A new beginning with the Appellate Body, p.172 -- Proportionality, interpretation, and legitimacy, p.180 -- Conclusions: Adjudication, precedents, and legitimacy, p.190 -- CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: NORMATIVE TWISTS p.196 -- The bittersweet taste of justice in legal discourse, p.198 -- Narratives of progress and advents of justice, p.200 -- Scepticism and realism, p.207 -- The practice of inrerpretation and communicative action, p.214 -- The centrality of law: Dissonances and developments in legal dowine, p.223 -- The appeal and futiliry of soft law, p.225 -- Intertemporal law and subsequent practice: shortening the leash?, p.230 -- Global administrarive law and international public authotiry, p.240 -- Evasive foundations: Semantic authority in a normative pluriverse, p.245 -- Principles of democracy and ultimate authority, p.248 -- Architectural renovation and institutional design, p.252 -- Attitudes and interpretarion at critical junctures, p.256 -- EPILOGUE: IN THE END THERE IS ETERNITY p.262. IV. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. D. V. A. 1. 2. 3. B. 1. 2. 3. C. 1. 2. 3. VI.
9780198712978
GBB3B7550 bnb
016588561 Uk
International law--Interpretation and construction.
International law--Language.
International law--Interpretation and construction.
International law--Language.
KZ1285 / .V46 2014