L. Bindschedler, Rudolf Keywords: United Nations | Competence | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Compétence | ABSTRACT Rudolf Bindschedler begins his course by making general remarks on the division of powers. He next examines, within the framework of the United Nations, the division of formal powers and later examines the division of substantive powers. The author also discusses the powers of the United Nations toward non-member States and other international organizations. Rudolf Bindschedler commence son cours en formulant des remarques générales sur la répartition d…

Scerni, Mario Keywords: States | Sea | Competence | Mots clefs: Etats | Espace maritime | Compétence | ABSTRACT Mario Scerni thus defines the subject of his course: the Maritime Areas and the Power of the States. It consists of the critical examination of rules in 1968, which govern the different areas of the sea. The waters of the sea, which draw so much maritime areas, are the internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous area, the adjacent sea, and finally the high sea. The author proceeds to the study of these different areas. Mario Scerni définit ainsi l'objet de son cours : …

Bruns, Viktor Keywords: Permanent Court of International Justice | Competence | Mots clefs: Cour permanente de Justice internationale | Compétence | ABSTRACT It should be noted, as Viktor Bruns writes in 1937, that we do not yet have, strictly speaking, a theory or a system of international jurisdiction, although the publications of the Court relating to its activity may constitute a sufficient basis for the construction of the system. For this reason, the author endeavours to study carefully the issues which, from a…

A. Vallat, C. M. G., F. Keywords: United Nations | General Assembly | Competence | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Assemblée générale | Compétence | ABSTRACT Francis Vallat views his course on the Competence of the United Nations General Assembly in a certain way as an essay on the interpretation of the United Nations Charter. He examines not only the effect of some of the provisions governing the competence of the general assembly, but also the methods of interpretation that could be applied to the charter. The author begin…

J. Hahn, Hugo Keywords: Europe | International organizations | Competence | European Coal and Steel Community | European Economic Community | European Atomic Energy Community | Treaties | Community law | Mots clefs: Europe | Organisations internationales | Compétence | Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier | Communauté économique européenne | Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique | Traités | Droit communautaire | ABSTRACT Hugo Hahn devotes his course to Constitutional Limitations in the Law of International Organizations. By constitution, it m…

Berlia, Georges Keywords: International courts | Competence | Mots clefs: Tribunaux internationaux | Compétence | ABSTRACT Georges Berlia asks does the international judge have jurisdiction over his jurisdiction? in the introduction of his course. If he has it, to what extent does it have? If it is contested, does international jurisprudence allow it to reject this claim? If it authorizes it, does it offer guarantees to the States by the limits that it would pose on judge’s freedom? These are the essential fact…

Burdeau, Geneviève Keywords: Currencies | Monetary policy | Competence | International law | Mots clefs: Monnaies | Politique monétaire | Compétence | Droit international | ABSTRACT Geneviève Burdeau notes in the introduction of her course that the conditions for the exercise of monetary powers by the State are naturally linked not only to a certain political and economic context, but also and very largely to the historical circumstances that might affect the territory in its relationship with political power. Here, Prof…

Salmon, Jean Keywords: States | Sovereignty | Competence | Globalization | Legal personality | Public international law | European Union | Mots clefs: Etats | Souveraineté | Compétence | Mondialisation | Personnalité juridique | Droit international public | Union européenne | ABSTRACT Jean Salmon, Professor Emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles, was convinced, while attending Paul Reuter’s doctoral course on international organizations in Paris in 1955, that the sovereign State was destined to disappear and would otherwise be re…