Fragmentation of international law: the application of WTO law by Brazilian courts

Diplôme Thèse Fragmentation of international law: the application of WTO law by Brazilian courts eng 2019-12-05 author Amaral Correa Munch Luciane 829443 director Marceau Gabrielle Zoe 133814 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:132159 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1321590 D. 982 International legal scholars debate fragmentation of international law as a possible effect of domestic courts' engagement with it. Among proposals to avoid fragmentation, scholars believe that using the VCLT is necessary for domestic courts to interpret international law “correctly”. This thesis contends that fragmentation depends on one's perspective on the nature of international law, proposing a linguistic approach to analyse it which distinguishes problems of coherence and consistency, a distinction that impacts on accountability for fragmentation. Analysing over 400 cases on GATT-related matters before Brazilian courts in the period between 2014-2018, and comparing national and international interpretations of the same legal rules, this thesis has not found a statistic relevant level of inconsistency. Although Brazilian courts never used the VCLT to interpret GATT, nor referred to WTO case law or WTO adjudicating bodies' interpretation, their interpretation of the same legal rules did not differ from that of WTO adjudicating bodies. International law in domestic courts WTO Law in domestic courts Domestic court interpretation of international law Interpretation of international law and language Fragmentation of international law Brazilian courts GATT Brazil Treaty interpretation methods VCLT VCLT in domestic courts Coherence Consistency Dewey 341 98 Département de droit international public et organisation internationale 5E false fdfcc9f5-b3d9-40ae-88f0-4cff77b05566 Thesis Public thesislucianemünch.pdf 2336920 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de droit / Département de droit international public et organisation internationale

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