| Interpretation of International Norms: Sovereignty, Power of Discretion, Delimitation of the Discrepancy | |
| Sovereignty and Interpretation: A Relationship of Dependence | p. 3 |
| The sovereignty of the State conditions the interpretation of international norms: Discrepancy, discretion. Persistence of the problem | p. 3 |
| The efforts to modulate the power of discretion of the State: Good faith or a principle with blurred edges | p. 14 |
| Types and methods of interpretation: A classification based on international practice | p. 23 |
| The Text, the Authentic Expression of the Will of the Parties, Constitutes the Subject of the Discrepancy: The Conventional Rules | p. 37 |
| Language, the instrument of sovereignty | p. 37 |
| The judicial limiting of a process which is heavily dependent on the autonomy of the will of the State: The interpretative norms of the Vienna Conventions of 1969 and 1986 | p. 44 |
| The Institutionalisation of the International Community Gives a New Dimension to Law Making: The Institutional Norms | p. 63 |
| The need for an open mind or the teaching of practice: The resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly | p. 63 |
| The examination of the attitude of the State is the determining factor: Criteria | p. 75 |
| Conduct, the Expression of the Will of the State, Constitutes the Subject of the Discrepancy: The Customary Norms | p. 85 |
| The conduct of the State and its appreciation are tributaries of sovereignty | p. 85 |
| The interpreter limits the discretion of the State. The conception of the interpreter prevails as regards the discrepancy: The dependence of the State | p. 94 |
| Does the Declaration Express the Will of the State or Is It theInterpreter Who Builds It? The Unilateral Declarations | p. 107 |
| Another sign of the dependence of the State with regard to the interpreter: The determination of the effects of the declaration | p. 107 |
| The criteria retained by the interpreter in order to affirm the binding character of the declaration | p. 108 |
| The declarations of acceptance of the obligatory jurisdiction of the ICJ | p. 121 |
| Analysis of International Practice: The Interpretative Canons Employed by International Case Law | |
| The International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) | p. 129 |
| Introduction | p. 129 |
| General canons employed | p. 134 |
| The natural and ordinary meaning of the terms | p. 134 |
| The context | p. 138 |
| The object and purpose of the treaty | p. 141 |
| The subsequent practice | p. 143 |
| The preparatory work | p. 145 |
| Treaties authenticated in two or more languages | p. 147 |
| The intention of the Parties | p. 148 |
| The rule of practical effect | p. 151 |
| The spirit of the treaty | p. 151 |
| Equity | p. 152 |
| Inter-temporal law | p. 153 |
| Does the I.C.J. use the interpretative canons as they were conceived by the I.L.C.? | p. 155 |
| Arbitral Tribunals | p. 159 |
| Introduction | p. 159 |
| General Criteria Employed | p. 160 |
| The natural and the ordinary meaning of the terms | p. 160 |
| The context | p. 163 |
| The object and purpose of the treaty | p. 166 |
| The subsequent practice | p. 167 |
| Preparatory works | p. 169 |
| Treaties authenticated in two or more languages | p. 172 |
| The intention of the Parties | p. 174 |
| The rule of practical effect | p. 176 |
| Does the arbitral jurisprudence use the interpretative canons as they were conceived by the I.L.C.? | p. 176 |
| Rules and Criteria Employed in Relation to the Interpretation of Certain Categories of Norms and International Instruments | |
| Conventional Instruments or Instruments of a Statutory Nature | p. 181 |
| Interpretation of treaties stricto sensu | p. 181 |
| The Charter of the United Nations | p. 181 |
| The system of Mandates and the validity of the obligations inherent to it despite the disappearance of the League of Nations | p. 191 |
| The right of self-determination of peoples | p. 194 |
| A joint communiqué can be an international agreement or the question of the form of international agreements | p. 198 |
| The exercise of consular functions relating to nationals of the sending State | p. 199 |
| Article 36, paragraph (b) creates individual rights | p. 202 |
| The presence of two elements: The right to be informed (A) "without delay" (B) | p. 203 |
| The "centre of the main channel" as a criterion in order to determine the boundary of an international river | p. 206 |
| The application of international humanitarian law and international conventions of human rights to occupied territories | p. 212 |
| The competence of the General Assembly to make recommendations | p. 216 |
| Customary Norms | p. 219 |
| The general theory of custom | p. 219 |
| Reservations to treaties | p. 219 |
| The concept of "terra nullius" | p. 221 |
| The principle of equidistance in the delimitation of continental shelves between two or more States | p. 222 |
| The principle of "uti possidetis juris" | p. 224 |
| The legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons | p. 226 |
| Immunity from criminal jurisdiction in other States and also inviolability of an incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs | p. 229 |
| Immunities in customary international law | p. 230 |
| The concept of occupied territory and international obligations resulting for the occupying Power | p. 235 |
| Legal consequences of the commission of an internationally wrongful act | p. 238 |
| Institutional Norms of the United Nations | p. 243 |
| Resolutions of the General Assembly | p. 243 |
| Resolutions of the Security Council | p. 245 |
| Unilateral Declarations | p. 247 |
| Unilateral declarations stricto sensu | p. 247 |
| Declarations of acceptance of the jurisdiction of the I.C.J | p. 247 |
| Procedural Instruments, Facts Alleged and Exercise of the Jurisdiction Attributed to the I.C.J | p. 251 |
| Access to the Court in the light of Article 35, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the I.C.J | p. 251 |
| The liberty of the I.C.J. to interpret the request and the conclusions of the Parties | p. 258 |
| Appraisal of the facts alleged and their proof | p. 262 |
| Has the I.C.J. discretional powers to decide the exercise of the jurisdiction attributed to it? | p. 263 |
| Value and legal effects of an order stating provisional measures | p. 265 |
| The jurisdiction of the Court to give advisory opinions | p. 271 |
| The "legal question" as object of the advisory opinion requested | p. 279 |
| The lack of clarity of the terms of the request and its effects on the "legal nature" of the question referred to the Court | p. 279 |
| The "abstract nature" of the question posed to the Court | p. 281 |
| The lack of jurisdiction because of the "political" character of the question posed to the Court | p. 281 |
| The question of the lack of consent to the Court's jurisdiction by interested States and its consequences on the Court's jurisdiction to give an advisory opinion | p. 282 |
| The question of the purpose of advisory opinions | p. 284 |
| The use the General Assembly would make of an advisory opinion | p. 284 |
| Conclusions | p. 287 |
| Bibliography and International Case Law | |
| Bibliography | p. 305 |
| International Case Law | p. 317 |
| Arbitral | p. 317 |
| P.C.I.J | p. 320 |
| I.C.J | p. 321 |
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