E. Von Overbeck, Alfred Keywords: The Hague | Conferences | Private international law | Mots clefs: La Haye | Conférence | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Alfred von Overbeck, Professeur Emeritus of the University of Fribourg, aims in this course to define the role of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the general development of the its field of law. The course of Professor von Overbeck is divided into four chapters. After giving a brief historic outline, the author examines the ways by which the H…

H. Van Hoogstraten, M. Keywords: Hague Conference on Private International Law | Private international law | Codification | Treaties | Mots clefs: Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé | Droit international privé | Codification | Traités | ABSTRACT The Hague Conference of Private International Law aims at working for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law (art. 1 of the Statute). Just like the other international organizations, the Conference seeks to accomplish its task by concluding intern…

Camdessus, Michel Keywords: Globalization | Economic development | Economic co-operation | Mots clefs: Mondialisation | Développement économique | Coopération économique | ABSTRACT In his lecture of July 2, 2002, Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, examines the reasons why global governance vis-a-vis globalization is such a burning issue, lists the too timid solutions that have been adopted for the moment, and identifies the principles and methods of a more pertinent approach. Organisations internationales et Mondialisation Mi…

Séfériadès, Stélio [p178] NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE [p179] Stélio Séfériadès, né à Smyrne le 1er août 1873, licencié en droit et plusieurs fois lauréat de la Faculté d’Aix. Doctenr en droit et lauréat de la Faculté de Droit de Paris (1897). Avocat à Smyrne. Délégué technique, chargé d’accompagner les consuls généraux de France, d’Angleterre et de Russie envoyés en mission à l’île de Samos pour pacifier l’île et présenter une nouvelle Constitution (1912). Professeur extraordinaire de droit international à la Facul…

Francisco Rezek, José Keywords: Nationality | International law | Mots clefs: Nationalité | Droit international | ABSTRACT This course aims to analyze the role and position of law of nationality law in international law. It begins by describing the concept of nationality, addressing issues such as the relationship between the individual and the State, the distinction between nationals of origin and those who have acquired the nationality, as well as the associated concepts of diplomatic protection and functional…

Volken, Paul Keywords: Insolvency law | Private international law | Unification of law | Insolvency | Mots clefs: Droit de la faillite | Droit international privé | Unification du droit | Faillite | ABSTRACT According to Paul Volken, Professor at the University of Fribourg, three reasons justify a new presentation of international bankruptcy law within the Academy: the European Convention held on 5 June 1990 on certain international aspects of the bankruptcy law, the tendency within the European Communities to resume the Communi…

Daudet, Yves Keywords: Codification | International law | Mots clefs: Codification | | | ABSTRACT Professor Daudet of the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) devotes his course mainly to the codification process of international law and to its transformation and future developments. Explaining that beyond the variety of codification permanent features can be found, and always in search of rationality that wants a more stable, protective and efficient legal rule, Professor Daudet develops his subject matt…

Kamto, Maurice Keywords: States | Will | Public international law | Mots clefs: Etats | Volonté | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In his general course on public international law, Maurice Kamto, Professor at the University of Yaoundé II, presents a detailed study of the will of the State in public international law. After a thorough review of the concepts of State and will in international legal thinking, Professor Kamto observes that, contrary to the claim of the followers of the radical and exclusivist volun…

Maljean-Dubois, Sandrine ABSTRACT The global nature and acuteness of the threats to biodiversity create a pressing need for international law. In 1992, under the aegis of the United Nations, States adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity, which has a very broad scope of application. But many sectoral and/or regional conventions coexist alongside it and are intended to protect biodiversity as such or some of its components, as well as a set of customary rules. The study of international biodi…

V. M. Struycken, A. Keywords: Hague Academy of International Law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Académie de droit international de La Haye | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Professor Struycken, Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, focuses in his course on the contribution of the Academy to the development of the science and the practice of private international law. Professor Struycker concludes by saying that "[the Academy] has made an immense contribution to the "globalisation…

Momtaz, Djamchid RÉSUMÉ L’ordre juridique international s’est longtemps distingué par l’équivalence de ses normes. Mais l’introduction de l’impérativité en droit positif porte en germe leur hiérarchisation substantielle. Confinée dans un premier temps au droit des traités, cette hiérarchisation tend progressivement à devenir un vecteur de l’évolution de la structure de l’ordre international par la voie non conventionnelle. Cette tendance est confirmée par l’accueil favorable de certains organes int…

Sur, Serge Keywords: Public international law | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT In this course, Serge Sur focuses on the principle of confronting the letter or forms of expression of international law with its spirit, objectives, and aims. The author clarifies the meaning of the term "existence" in international law. He focuses on the evolution of international law and the legal consistency of the existence of international law. The author discusses the foundations of international law so as to unde…

Ce cours général s’efforce de présenter un panorama synthétique du droit international tel qu’il est appliqué en ce premier quart du XXIe siècle. L’auteur considère le droit comme un outil irremplaçable de pacification des relations internationales et de coexistence entre les acteurs (que l’on ne saurait limiter aux seuls États). Il ne s’interdit pas de critiquer les doctrines qui se bornent à fustiger le droit positif sans faire aucune proposition constructive pour l’améliorer, qui l’utilisent …

Mahiou, Ahmed Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT Ahmed Mahiou, Honorary Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research, Aix-en-Provence, notes in the introduction to his course that the structure of international law and the movement that drives it are very different from those of domestic law, to an extent that there is a permanent quest for balance and compromise between contradictory and equally important demands, and a constant adjustme…

Freymond, Pierre Keywords: Banks | International commercial law | Mots clefs: Banques | Droit commercial international | ABSTRACT Pierre Freymond points out that the trade in money has been international at all times. However, with the development of international relations, the activity of the banks is growing day by day. The activity is subjected to the general principles governing contracts in international law. Pierre Freymond therefore begins the course by recalling the general principles and drawing the con…

R. KOLB [p11] R. KOLB [p22]NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE Robert Kolb, né le 11 mars 1967, est titulaire d’une licence en droit de l’Université de Berne, d’un diplôme d’études supérieures en droit international public (IUHEI, Genève), d’un LLM en droit de la mer (University College, University of London), d’un doctorat en droit international de l’IUHEI de Genève et d’une venia docendi suite à une thèse d’habilitation à l’Université de Berne. Nommé chargé de cours pour enseigner le droit international public à l’Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales de Gen…

Benattar, Raoul Keywords: Family law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit de la famille | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Raoul Benatter reminds us in the introduction of his course that the term country of personal law refers to countries whose legal systems, on one hand, determine the law applicable to the personal status by the sole criterion of the membership of an individual in an ethnic, a religious or a national community, and on the other hand, incorporate a personal law in the personal status…

Pocar, Fausto Keywords: Law of contracts | Private international law | International contracts | Mots clefs: Droit des obligations | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course, Fausto Pocar, Professor at the University of Milan, discusses whether and to what extent an objective of private international law, along with other possible objectives, is to ensure the protection of the weak against the strong, whether there are rules drawn from such an objective and, if so, what their characteristic features are. The a…

Turp, Daniel Keywords: Public international law | International law | Cultural diversity | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is Daniel Turp`s presentation at the 65th session of The Hague Academy of International Law. The cultural exception expresses a European-centrist or even Franco-French problem, corresponding to the economic and cultural interests of the developed countries alone, while cultural diversity, by virtue of its anthropological nature and its genesis within UNESCO, would reflect genuine recogniti…

Picone, Paolo Keywords: Methodology | Private international law | Mots clefs: Méthodologie | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Paolo Picone, Professor at the University of Naples, notes in the introduction to his course that contemporary private international law, as it is evolved during the 19th century, has developed different methods of coordination. There is one, however, which has been neglected by the doctrine of choosing the competent legal order, but not the competent law. After a presentation of the c…