Richard Gardiner was an assistant legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for some twelve years. For the next twenty years he was lecturer, then senior lecturer, and latterly visiting professor, at University College London. He also practiced as a barrister. He is the author of a book on international law and has written many articles on international law topics and in other areas of law.

An impressive work of scholarship regarded as a classic in this field, the book builds its close and minute analysis with the support of references to real-life examples as part of its practical approach. A valuable resource for researchers, academics and diplomats as well as international lawyers. It will certainly be regarded as indispensable for anyone professionally involved in the law of treaty interpretation.

• I. OVERVIEW, HISTORY, MATERIALS, AND INTERPRETERS; II. INTERPRETATION APPLYING THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES; A. THE GENERAL RULE; B. SUPPLEMENTARY MEANS OF INTERPRETATION; C. LANGUAGES; III. CONCLUSION

Richard Gardiner was an assistant legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for some twelve years. For the next twenty years he was lecturer, then senior lecturer, and latterly visiting professor, at University College London. He also practiced as a barrister. He is the author of a book on international law and has written many articles on international law topics and in other areas of law.

An impressive work of scholarship regarded as a classic in this field, the book builds its close and minute analysis with the support of references to real-life examples as part of its practical approach. A valuable resource for researchers, academics and diplomats as well as international lawyers. It will certainly be regarded as indispensable for anyone professionally involved in the law of treaty interpretation.

• I. OVERVIEW, HISTORY, MATERIALS, AND INTERPRETERS; II. INTERPRETATION APPLYING THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES; A. THE GENERAL RULE; B. SUPPLEMENTARY MEANS OF INTERPRETATION; C. LANGUAGES; III. CONCLUSION

Richard Gardiner was an assistant legal adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for some twelve years. For the next twenty years he was lecturer, then senior lecturer, and latterly visiting professor, at University College London. He also practiced as a barrister. He is the author of a book on international law and has written many articles on international law topics and in other areas of law.

An impressive work of scholarship regarded as a classic in this field, the book builds its close and minute analysis with the support of references to real-life examples as part of its practical approach. A valuable resource for researchers, academics and diplomats as well as international lawyers. It will certainly be regarded as indispensable for anyone professionally involved in the law of treaty interpretation.

• I. OVERVIEW, HISTORY, MATERIALS, AND INTERPRETERS; II. INTERPRETATION APPLYING THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES; A. THE GENERAL RULE; B. SUPPLEMENTARY MEANS OF INTERPRETATION; C. LANGUAGES; III. CONCLUSION