No. You were making I recall a normative claim about how we should interpret international law. My response was about how that view undermines international law as law, and should be deprecated. ie my view was and is predicated on it being law.
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I was making a claim ... or the VCLT (which overlaps with customary international law on the point) clearly states?
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I have no problem with the VCLT (that is law too). What I have a problem with is your view of what "purpose" in art 31 entails. That view undermines international law as law: a Bad Thing. A Bad Thing because international law *is* law, not because it isn't. You've not followed the argument.
sep 2, 2025, 7:57 am • 0 0 • view
I've followed the number of leaps your argument takes, and they are far too many to be credible.
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