E. Herzog, Peter Keywords: United States of America | Conflict of laws | Constitutional law | Common law | Civil law | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d'Amérique | Droit interrégional | Droit constitutionnel | Pays de Common law | Droit civil | ABSTRACT The point of this class is to understand the manner in which constitutional rules impact the choice of law depending on the countries. This study starts with a casuistic understanding of the position of United States, followed by Canada and Australia, as they are federal countries under common la…

Zoller, Elisabeth Keywords: Federal states | Constitutional law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Etats fédéraux | Droit constitutionnel | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Elizabeth Zoller, Professor at the University of Paris II, examines in this course the ability of an internal constitutional system to contain international elements. Federalism, so argues Professor Zoller, is an international process par excellence, insofar as its object is to bring people and States closer together, withou…

Morin, Jacques-Yvan Keywords: Constitutional state | Human rights | Constitutional law | Legal principles | International law | Mots clefs: Etat de droit | Droits de l'homme | Droit constitutionnel | Principes généraux du droit | Droit international | ABSTRACT Jacques-Yvon Morin, Professor at the University of Montreal, proposes in his course to measure the effectiveness of the principles of rule of law and the rules which result from it, not only within the State, but also on the international stage, where their increasing interdepen…