Ingo Venzke is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. He completed his doctorate in law at the University of Frankfurt while working at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg where he co-directed a research project on the exercise of public authority by international courts. Ingo was a Hauser Research Scholar at New York University and a Visiting Scholar at the Cegla Center for the Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Tel Aviv University. He received his LL.M. from the University of London and his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Dresden.

It is an impressive and thought-provoking book for scholars and practitioners alike, as it addresses key issues of interpretation in a way that, until now, has remained more or less unexplored ... Readers of Venzke's book will find it the work of a talented writer and lawyer - a truly enjoyable read, and this being backed by solid research and well-structured arguments, the whole is a brilliantly executed piece of work. Last not least, Venzke also succeeds in building a bridge between legal theory and what is sometimes too pedestrian - the practitioner's perspective; both kinds of reader can benefit from reading this book.

• 1. In the Beginning was the Deed ; 2. The Practice of Interpretation: Theoretical Perspectives ; 3. UNHCR and the Making of Refugee Law ; 4. Adjudication in the GATT/WTO: Making General Exceptions ; 5. Lawmaking in the Practice of Interpretation: Normative Twists ; 6. Epilogue: In the End there is Eternity

Ingo Venzke is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. He completed his doctorate in law at the University of Frankfurt while working at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg where he co-directed a research project on the exercise of public authority by international courts. Ingo was a Hauser Research Scholar at New York University and a Visiting Scholar at the Cegla Center for the Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Tel Aviv University. He received his LL.M. from the University of London and his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Dresden.

It is an impressive and thought-provoking book for scholars and practitioners alike, as it addresses key issues of interpretation in a way that, until now, has remained more or less unexplored ... Readers of Venzke's book will find it the work of a talented writer and lawyer - a truly enjoyable read, and this being backed by solid research and well-structured arguments, the whole is a brilliantly executed piece of work. Last not least, Venzke also succeeds in building a bridge between legal theory and what is sometimes too pedestrian - the practitioner's perspective; both kinds of reader can benefit from reading this book.

• 1. In the Beginning was the Deed ; 2. The Practice of Interpretation: Theoretical Perspectives ; 3. UNHCR and the Making of Refugee Law ; 4. Adjudication in the GATT/WTO: Making General Exceptions ; 5. Lawmaking in the Practice of Interpretation: Normative Twists ; 6. Epilogue: In the End there is Eternity

Ingo Venzke is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam. He completed his doctorate in law at the University of Frankfurt while working at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg where he co-directed a research project on the exercise of public authority by international courts. Ingo was a Hauser Research Scholar at New York University and a Visiting Scholar at the Cegla Center for the Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Tel Aviv University. He received his LL.M. from the University of London and his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Dresden.

It is an impressive and thought-provoking book for scholars and practitioners alike, as it addresses key issues of interpretation in a way that, until now, has remained more or less unexplored ... Readers of Venzke's book will find it the work of a talented writer and lawyer - a truly enjoyable read, and this being backed by solid research and well-structured arguments, the whole is a brilliantly executed piece of work. Last not least, Venzke also succeeds in building a bridge between legal theory and what is sometimes too pedestrian - the practitioner's perspective; both kinds of reader can benefit from reading this book.

• 1. In the Beginning was the Deed ; 2. The Practice of Interpretation: Theoretical Perspectives ; 3. UNHCR and the Making of Refugee Law ; 4. Adjudication in the GATT/WTO: Making General Exceptions ; 5. Lawmaking in the Practice of Interpretation: Normative Twists ; 6. Epilogue: In the End there is Eternity