Arrighi, Jean-Michel Keywords: Organization of American States | Public international law | International law | Institutional law | Institutions and organs | Legal co-operation | Democracy | History | Mots clefs: Organisation des Etats américains | Droit international public | Droit international | Droit institutionnel | Institutions et organes | Coopération juridique | Démocratie | Histoire | ABSTRACT The Organization of American States (OAS), created in 1948, is just a link in a long chain of inter-American institutions that emerged from the first Am…

Müllerson, Rein Keywords: International organizations | Political systems | Democracy | Governance | European Union | United Nations | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Russian Federation | Central Asia | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Systèmes politiques | Démocratie | Gouvernance | Union européenne | Organisation de la sécurité et la coopération en Europe | Fédération de Russie | Asie centrale | ABSTRACT Rein Muellerson, Professor at King's College of London, devotes his course to the role of institutions, international law, …

Ben Achour, Rafâa Keywords: Politics | Government | Constitutional law | Political systems | Constitutional state | Democracy | International law | Regional organizations | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The rejection of unconstitutional change of government is increasingly evident at the international level. At the universal level, international law in this regard remains embryonic; the normative framework has advocated indifference before emerging towards a universal mechanism that enshrines the rule of law and democracy. The birt…

Charlesworth, Hilary Keywords: Democracy | Political systems | Political regimes | Public international law | International law | Concept | Peacebuilding | State-building | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course starts with the author sketching the diverse understanding of the term “democracy”, and what the meaning of democracy is through different debates. It then considers how the formal doctrines of international law have engaged with concepts of democracy, emphasizing the partial nature of this engagement. After that, a cha…