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…

Jacquet, Jean-Michel Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT This course of Jean-Michel Jacquet aims to measure up to what point choice-of-law rules, the fruits of a private international law that is still today dominated by its state character, take into account the international legal system in their functioning. With this in mind, Professor Jacquet reminds us of the models that lie at the origin of the choice-of-law rules created within the national legal syst…

Abellán Honrubia, Victoria Keywords: Individuals | International responsibility | International law | Mots clefs: Individus | Responsabilité internationale | Droit international | ABSTRACT The object of the course of Victoria Abellán Honrubia, Professor at the University of Barcelona, is to study the international responsibility of the individual according to public international law. Professor Abellán Honrubia proposes to clarify up to what point the standards for international responsibility of the individual can be…

Kiss, Alexandre-Charles Keywords: Common heritage of mankind | Mots clefs: Patrimoine commun de l humanité | ABSTRACT In his course, Alexandre-Charles Kiss discusses about the extent to which the concept of the common heritage of mankind is part of international law, and if so, what is its precise scope. He conducts his investigation by examining the different situations in which the concept of the common heritage of mankind has been invoked or in which it can be considered as underlying: Antarctica, radio frequ…

Audit, Bernard Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In this course, Bernard Audit, Professor at the University of Paris V, examines whether it is currently legitimate to speak of a crisis and, if so, how it is possible to overcome the crisis. To do this, the author begins by precisely determining the goal and extent of the crisis. It appears, according to him, that what is at issue is the traditional process of the conflict rule as a means of resolving conflic…

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…

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 …

Jayme, Erik Keywords: Private international law | Globalization | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | Mondialisation | ABSTRACT Erik Jayme, Professor em. of Law and former Director of the Institute for Foreign and International Privat and Commercial Law of the University of Heidelberg, suggests in his course that that our time is marked by three characteristics: speed, ubiquity, and freedom. We are witnessing the fact that speed itself becomes a legal value, having a visible impact in private international la…

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…

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…

Kolb, Robert Keywords: United Nations | Charter of the United Nations (San Francisco, 26 June 1945) | Member states | International agreements | International obligations | Obligations of the state | International law | Hierarchy | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course, after a brief general introduction, begins by explaining the conceptual and historical environment of Section 103. Two purposes and two objectives stand out clearly: to map the general place of article 103 in the context of current trends towards the "verticalization" of t…

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…

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…

de Vareilles-Sommières, Pascal Keywords: Foreign law | Law of public order | Private international law | Conflict of laws | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is devoted to the public order exception, and first, to the construction of the paradigm of international substantive regularity. The notions relating to the public policy exception and the regularity of foreign law are approached from the perspective of private international law. This course is divided into a first part on the international regularity of foreign …

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…

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…

Vrellis, Spyridon Keywords: Norms | Private international law | Cultural Diversity and Private International Law | Mots clefs: Normes | ABSTRACT In this course, Spyridon Vrellis, Professor at the University of Athens, invites us to ask ourselves if it is possible and appropriate in conflicts or in the coordination of values in private international law, to take a step ahead and move from a weighing of interests towards an evaluation of the solutions on the basis of fundamental values; from Interessenjurisprudenz tow…

Schreiber, Marc Keywords: United Nations | Human rights | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New York, 16 December 1966) | Racial discrimination | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Droits de l homme | Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques (New York, 16 décembre 1966) | Discrimination raciale | ABSTRACT The subject of Marc Schreiber's course is that of the second breakthrough in the barriers that traditional law of nations have established to protect the States, the topical subjects in international law, against a…

Dominicé, Christian Keywords: Public international law | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The first part of this course is devoted to the international legal order. The reflection focuses in particular on its autonomy and its constitutional aspects, on international norms and their diversity. A study of the actors of the international legal order and their legal personality is offered, including the State, international organizations, private persons, individuals and other diverse entities. The various forms of implementation of international law are then studied. In a…