Le dialogue entre les juridictions et quasi-juridictions internationales de protection des droits de la personne: L’exemple de la prohibition de la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants. Par Silviana Cocan. Paris, LGDJ, 2020. 666 pages.

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international law issues to support their interpretation of international rules; on the other hand, domestic court rulings must be sufficiently well known beyond their national borders to meaningfully contribute to the formation of international law. As a way forward to improve accessibility, Ammann suggests strengthening existing sources such as the International Law Reports and theOxford Reports of International Law in Domestic Courts with a view to reducing their current regional bias. She also proposes, quite ambitiously, to entrust the United Nations Office for Legal Affairs with the task of collecting and making available domestic case law. In conclusion, Ammann’s monograph is an innovative and very wellresearched work that lays down, from a normative perspective, the theoretical foundations for improving the domestic judicial interpretation of international law. Thanks to its systematic approach, the book will surely become a point of reference for scholars in the field. The theoretical chapters usefully serve as a point of departure to assess the domestic interpretation of international law in other jurisdictions. Besides opening new research paths, the book also offers practical guidance to domestic judges and, in more general terms, to legal practitioners, whether in Switzerland or elsewhere. As such, Ammann’s book successfully demonstrates that legal theory is not confined to Plato’s world of ideas but, rather, carries important implications for the practice of international law.