Course Overview

Part I The Setting

Chapter 1. What is Treaty Interpretation Anyway?

Chapter 2. Treaty Interpretation as Opposed to Statutory, Constitutional and Contractual Interpretations

Chapter 3. The VCLT as the First Round of Codification _ Its Customary Rules Nature

Chapter 4. The Desirability and Some Principles for a New Round of Codification



Part II Existing Issues to be Subject to Codified Rules

Chapter 5. Boundary of Treaty Interpretation and Possible Codification

Chapter 6. Difference between Treaty Interpretation and Treaty Application and Possible Codification

Chapter 7. Different between Treaty Interpretation and Finding/Assessment of Facts and Possible Codification

Chapter 8. International and Domestic Adjudicating Bodies for Treaty Interpretation and Possible Codification

Chapter 9. Interpreting Treaties of Private Law Nature and Possible Codification

Chapter 10. Methods of Searching for the Ordinary Meanings and Possible Codification

Chapter 11. Ways of Taking into Consideration the Object-and-Purpose and Possible Codification

Chapter 12. Means of Taking into Consideration the Context and Possible Codification

Chapter 13. Special Meaning, Supplementary Means and Different Languages and Their Possible Further Codification

Chapter 14. Other Interpretation Principles and Possible Codification

Chapter 15. Time Factor and Technology Development and Possible Codification

Chapter 16. Interpreting Treaty Terms by Establishing Some Formula and Possible Codification

Chapter 17. Sequence, Hierarchy, Good Faith and Holistic Interpretation and Their Possible Codification



Part III New Issues and Perspectives

Chapter 18. Introducing Fundamental Human Values into Treaty Interpretation and Possible Codification

Chapter 19. Coordination between Different Treaty Systems and Possible Codification

Chapter 20. Features and Perspectives of the New Codified Rules of Treaty Interpretation

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

*Restrict to graduate students.
*Restrict to students of College of Law.

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Changfa Lo

Other information

Graduate Institute of Law

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