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To: Prokopton

The question then becomes which sense of the word was intended by the drafters of the conventions, sense #1 or sense #2? Evidently the court decided that it was sense #1.


13 posted on 07/10/2006 12:50:43 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel
Unless the drafters of the Convention defined what they meant by "international", trying to decipher their intent without evidence is not the proper way to interpret a legal document.
Both definitions can be read in pari materia as there is no conflict between the two. International meaning "transcending national boundaries" is a common legal definition of the word and is in international common usage.
14 posted on 07/10/2006 1:06:59 PM PDT by Prokopton
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