Röpke, Wilhelm Keywords: Economy | Public international law | Mots clefs: Economie | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, Wilhelm Ropke intends to make explicit the connection between international law and international economy, as the belief in an autonomous economic sphere is erroneous, since economic life depends on a series of meta-economic circumstances, which constitute a moral, political, social and legal framework. After a presentation of the problem it arises, the author studies internat…

E. Corbett, P. Keywords: Sociology | Public international law | Mots clefs: Sociologie | Droit international public | ABSTRACT P. E. Corbett emphasizes in the introduction to his course on the Social Basis of a Law of Nations, we are struck by the extreme rarity of consideration of fixed and precise ones when we examine in detail the mass of materials classified on behalf of international law. The author argues that this lack of precision is certainly inherent in the particular nature of the subject to which inter…

A. Wortley, O.B.E., LL.D., B. Keywords: Public international law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT In his course on the Interaction of Public International Law and Private International Law, B. A. Wortley seeks to explain how the rules of these two branches of law are interlinked and how the growth of one branch can affect the other. The author offers a series of examples to illustrate his general thesis that public international law and private i…

Kelsen, Hans Keywords: Public international law | Legal theory | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Théorie du droit | ABSTRACT Hans Kelsen devotes his course to the presentation of the theory of international law. He seeks to answer the following questions: What is the nature of international law? Is it a right in the true sense of the word; that is to say, is it comparable to domestic law by being like it and to the same extent mandatory for the subjects submitted to it? Hans Kelsen thus examines how interna…

S. Mcdougal, Myres Keywords: Public international law | International relations | Legal theory | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Relations internationales | Théorie du droit | ABSTRACT After an introduction to the tasks of a politically-oriented law in the 1950s, Myres S. McDougal presents the inadequate aspects of contemporary theory about international law. He then discusses public international law as a research framework as it relates to world social and power contexts and processes. Finally, he focuses on the…

Herrero, Alejandro Keywords: Spain | Public international law | Legal history | Mots clefs: Espagne | Droit international public | Histoire du droit | ABSTRACT After a general presentation of Spain's international law practice in the 18th century, Alejandro Herrero presents some authors and their works. He focuses on the concept of Jus Gentium among the 18th century Spanish authors. He presents a debate on the domination or instead on the freedom of the sea. The author discusses the subsequent developments on the issue of maritime warfare. Après une présentation générale de la pro…

Quadri, Rolando Keywords: Legal philosophy | Public international law | Legal theory | Mots clefs: Philosophie du droit | Droit international public | Théorie du droit | ABSTRACT The life of the international community, not less than the life of the state communities, is the object of a system of rules, which are regarded as compulsory by States and have always evoked the idea of law. In this course, Rolando Quadri explains the reasons why the rules of international law are compulsory and the reasons why the rules force St…

Guggenheim, Paul Keywords: Public international law | Legal principles | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Principes de droit | ABSTRACT In this course, Paul Guggenheim first examines the position of natural law in positive law and the concept of legal sociology. The author discusses the rules related to the modern law of nations: the rules that have not changed in substance since their creation; the norms that are influenced by changes in the political and economic infrastructure; and the rules that are rapi…

G. Fenwick, Charles Keywords: Development of international law | Public international law | Mots clefs: Développement du droit international | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, Charles Fenwick does not intend to apply the standard approach found in the textbooks to the general principles of international law, but to review the progress of international law during the past forty years and to present the benefits of broadening the scope of application and the accompanying progress in defining and clarifying the fundamental principles. Charles Fenwick n'entend …

Paradisi, Bruno Keywords: Public international law | International relations | History | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Relations internationales | Histoire | ABSTRACT Bruno Paradisi in 1951 points out that the term "international friendship" has almost completely lost its legal content and significance. Although the States continue to conclude friendship treaties, it should be recognized that their significance for modern legal organization is rather limited. They serve only to emphasize, at the time of a so…

Moreau-Reibel, Jean Keywords: Public international law | Legal history | Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Histoire du droit | Grotius (H.) | ABSTRACT The objective of Jean Moreau-Reibel’s course is to study the two concepts or rather two groups of concepts: the concept of jus gentium and jus humanae societatis, which can be deduced from a long elaboration. After a preamble devoted to the advent of these concepts on the International Forum of Carneades in Cicero, the author shows the development of these concepts i…

Rolin, Henri Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Henri Rolin begins his course on The Principles of Public International Law with a presentation of some general considerations on the law and on the law of nations. He deals with the issues of the State, the determination of nationality and the delimitation of the territory, the division of powers in the exercise of public authority, and legislative matters. He then focuses on e…

B. Cowles, Willard Keywords: Federal states | Public international law | United States of America | Mots clefs: Etats fédéraux | Droit international public | Etats-Unis d’Amérique | ABSTRACT Willard B. Cowles devotes his course to the way in which International law is applied between subdivisions of federations. After a general part of his study focusing on ancient Greece and Rome, the American Indian tribes, the Swiss Cantons, and Germany, the author offers an in-depth examination of the position of the United States of Am…

Salvioli, Gabriele Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT Gabriele Salvioli begins his course with a presentation of the question of the definition of the rule of international law. He focuses on the element of the application, and then examines the presentation of positive international law on one hand, and natural law on the other hand. Gabriele Salvioli commence son cours par une présentation de la question de la définition de la règle de droit international. Il s'intéresse ensuite à l'élément de l'applic…

Keywords: Soviet Union | Public international law | Mots clefs: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Serge Krylov begins his course with a presentation of the concept of international law as understood by the Soviet doctrine in 1947. The author then presents the sources of international law and the methods of international regulation. The author also focuses on the State as a subject of international law. Serge Krylov commence son cours par une présentation de la notion de droit international telle que l'entend la do…

Bourquin, Maurice Keywords: Science | Public international law | Technical sciences | Mots clefs: Sciences | Droit international public | Sciences techniques | ABSTRACT Maurice Bourquin points out in the introduction to his course that we are now looking at a contradiction. On one hand, the progress of science shows the anarchy of sovereignty as an anachronism incompatible with the needs of modern society; but on the other hand, the establishment of an effective international order is confronted with the resistance of …

Hostie, Jean Keywords: United States of America | Supreme court | Public international law | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Cour suprême | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Jean Hostie explains that the Supreme Court of the United States holds a unique position in the Law of nations because of two particularities: the Supreme Court has inherited the jurisdiction over disputes between States of the Union and, in the disputes between individuals, its freedom of judgment with respect to other governmental powers is m…

Bilfinger, Carl Keywords: States | Public international law | Mots clefs: Etats | Droit international public | ABSTRACT There is one word of Goethe in an allusion, which refers to the nature of conversation of Madame de Stael, notes Carl Bilfinger: “Philosophizing, in the world, indicates conversing in an animated manner on unresolvable problems”. One can be tempted to affirm the same thing about a conversation on the fundamental bases of human rights. There is, perhaps, a way of getting away, continues the autho…

Rechid, Ahmed Keywords: Islam | Public international law | Mots clefs: Islam | Droit international public | ABSTRACT After a presentation of some preliminary concepts on Islam and Law of Nations, especially with regard to the political state of the world at the time of Muhammad, Ahmed Rechid focuses on the international relations in the state of peace, then on international relations in the state of war and on what Islam authorizes and prohibits in international relations. Après l'exposé de quelques notions préliminaires sur l'Islam et le droit des gens, notamment en ce …

Keywords: Political regimes | Public international law | Totalitarian regimes | Dictatorship | Democracy | Mots clefs: Régimes politiques | Droit international public | Régimes totalitaires | Dictature | Démocratie | ABSTRACT Joseph-Barthelemy, who does not conceal the difficulties of his company, intends to study the relationships between domestic policy and international law in this course. In the first chapter, he focuses on the international solidarity of systems or tendencies of domestic policies. He next studies the prob…