Since its birth New York Convention 1958 has been subject to interpretation and application by National judges of State courts parties to the convention. Whereas, there is no central court to issue an authoritative interpretation and its...
moreSince its birth New York Convention 1958 has been subject to interpretation and application by National judges of State courts parties to the convention. Whereas, there is no central court to issue an authoritative interpretation and its practical consistent application, convention has undergone variant and sometimes conflicting interpretations in various legal systems. While according to the principle of autonomous interpretation as per Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties, New York Convention shall be interpreted in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty, sometimes, justice demands, under circumstantial evidence, judges to apply and interpret the convention’s terms expansively.
