The Travaux of Travaux
Is the Vienna Convention Hostile to Drafting History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9542202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Davis Mortenson (University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 780-822 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5305/amerjintelaw.107.4.0780 |
| OpenAlex | W779221497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
It is often asserted that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) relegates drafting history to a rigidly subsidiary role in treaty interpretation. Many commentators go so far as to suggest that the VCLT entrenches a categorical prejudice against travaux préparatoires (travaux)—the preparatory work of negotiation, discussions, and drafting that produces a final treaty text. Because of this alleged hostility to history as a source of meaning, the conventional wisdom is that when an interpreter thinks a text is fairly clear and produces results that are not manifestly unreasonable or absurd, she ought to give that prima facie reading preclusive effect over anything the travaux might suggest to the contrary
Convention · Epistemology · International law · Interpretation (philosophy · Interpreter · Meaning (existential · Negotiation · Political science · Prima facie · Public international law · Treaty · Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties · European and International Law Studies · International Arbitration and Investment Law · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy
Treaty Interpretation and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Varieties of Approach to Treaty Interpretation
The International Law Commission’s Draft Articles upon Interpretation
The Treaty on Treaties
The Travaux Préparatoires of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Vae Victis or Woe to the Negotiators! Your Treaty or Our “Interpretation” of it
Interpreting Treaties for the Benefit of Third Parties
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |