Kamil Yasseen, Mustafa Keywords: Treaties | Interpretation | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969) | Mots clefs: Traités | Interprétation | Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités (Vienne, 23 mai 1969) | ABSTRACT Mustafa Kamil Yasseen begins his course on the Interpretation of Treaties under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which has not yet entered into force at the time of writing this course, with a presentation of the general rule of interpretation, Article 31 of the Convention (good wil…

S. Kerno, Ivan Keywords: United Nations | International Court of Justice | Charter | Interpretation | Advisory opinions | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Cour internationale de Justice | Charte | Interprétation | Avis consultatifs | ABSTRACT In this course, Ivan Kerno reviews the first five years of operation of the International Court of justice. After a historical presentation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the Court concerning advisory opinions, he analyzes Article 96 (2) of the Charter, ex…

Berlia, G. Keywords: Interpretation | Treaties | Mots clefs: Interprétation | Traités | ABSTRACT The question of the interpretation of a legal act raises two main types of problems: the authority competent to interpret and the act to be interpreted. It is precisely the nature of the act to be interpreted, considers G. Berlia, as an essential element of his study. The author successively focuses on the true meaning of the terms "intention of the parties", the so-called clear act rule, the rule of useful effect…

Lauterpacht, H. Keywords: Treaties | Preparatory work | Interpretation | Mots clefs: Traités | Travaux préparatoires | Interprétation | ABSTRACT H. Lauterpacht, in the introduction of his course, writes that the study of the cases of interpretation of treaties by the international and national courts enable proving the utility of the various rules of interpretation, elaborated with care, which we encounter in the treaties of international law; it leads us to conclude on their less practical significance, he notes. …

B. Sohn, Louis Keywords: Treaties | Interpretation | Judicial settlement of international disputes | Mots clefs: Traités | Interprétation | Règlement judiciaire des différends internationaux | ABSTRACT Louis Sohn, Professor at Harvard University, devotes his course to the settlement of disputes relating to the treaty interpretation and application. After an introduction in which he addresses, inter alia, the question of the Dispute Settlement Code for the Law of the Sea Convention, the author examines the history of compr…

Ehrlich, Ludwik Keywords: Law of treaties | Interpretation | Mots clefs: Droit des traités | Interprétation | ABSTRACT After some methodological observations, Ludwik Ehrlich begins his course with a history of the issue. He presents some basic questions related to terminology, the legal nature of interpretation, and the rules for the interpretation of treaties. He then studies the essential assumptions of interpretation, and then addresses the issue of the search for willingness in the text and the issue of the search for the willingness outside the text. Après quelques observatio…