The Interpretation of Acts and Rules in Public International Law

Abstract

There are frequent claims that the international legal regulation in one or another field of international law is uncertain, vague, ambiguous, or indeterminate, which does not support the stability, transparency, or predictability of international legal relations. This monograph examines the framework of interpretation in international law based on the premise of the effectiveness and determinacy of international legal regulation, which is a necessary prerequisite for international law to be viewed as law. This study examines this problem for the first time since these questions were addressed, and taken as the basic premises of the international legal analysis in the works of J. L. Brierly and Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. Addressing the different aspects of the effectiveness of legal regulation, this monograph examines the structural limits on and threshold of legal regulation, and the relationship between the established legal regulation and non-law. Once the limits of legal regulation are ascertained, the analysis proceeds to examine the legal framework of interpretation that serves the maintenance and preservation of the object and intendment of the existing legal regulation. The final indispensable stage of analysis is the interpretation of those treaty provisions that embody the indeterminate conditions of non-law. Given that the generalist element of international legal doctrine has been virtually silent on the problem and implications of the effectiveness and determinacy of international legal regulation, this study examines the material accumulated in doctrine and practice for the past several decades, including the relevant jurisprudence of all major international tribunals.

Die ontologie der Auslegung der internationalen rechtlichen realität

“…Alle anderen wenden die Auslegung dieser Rechtsnorm an, sie haben nicht das Recht, mit ihrer Auslegung die gleiche Rechtskraft zu verleihen, die die ursprüngliche Norm hat. Für diese anderen Ausleger schränkt das "Original" der Norm ihre Auslegungsaktivitäten ein, und die daraus resultierenden Auslegungen sind den Gesetzgebungsakten hierarchisch untergeordnet 7 .…”

El deber de consultar las concesiones y servidumbres mineras: un comentario a la sentencia Rol Nº91-2017 (acumuladas 92-2017 y 93-2017) de la Corte de Apelaciones de Copiapó

“…31 Nº 1. Así, si se tiene en cuenta que una interpretación de buena fe implica buscar aquel significado que permita dar efectividad a las obligaciones contenidas en los tratados (Orakhelashvili, 2008); que los propios términos del Convenio no especifican, en modo alguno, la naturaleza o forma jurídica que debiese adoptar el acto o título por el cual se autorice la exploración/explotación; y que, al fin, una interpretación que esté en línea con el objeto y fin del Convenio -cual es, que los pueblos indígenas puedan mantener y desarrollar sus propias identidades y puedan ejercer control sobre sus formas de vida (Véase el Párrafo Preambular Nº4 del Convenio y Rombouts, 2017, p. 183) -supondría ampliar las posibilidades de que estos pueblos puedan participar lo antes posible de las decisiones que pudiesen afectarlos, entonces la conclusión lógica es que la regla del art. 15 Nº 2 no discrimina respecto de la naturaleza del acto por el cual se efectúa la autorización.…”

Terminological definition of the category “Interpretation in international law”: historical transformations of the definitions and new approaches

“…Interpretation is also indicated as a manifestation describing the content of the treaty and its consequences, identifying the intentions of the parties in the text of the treaty and their general intention. 51 Researchers such as L. Huseynov, I. Kretova, I. Lukashuk, A. Lukashuk, I. Protsik, A. Talalayev, and O. Tragniuk rightly point out that the interpretation of international law is complicated, since the application of the general principles of interpretation has certain peculiarities. 52 I. Lukashuk and O. Lukashuk, in particular, note that interpretation is very important in the functioning of law.…”