Boissier, Léopold Keywords: Inter-Parliamentary Union | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Union Interparlementaire | ABSTRACT Leopold Boissier, writes in the introduction to his course, that if the Parliamentary Union, created in 1889, was able to survive two world wars and overcome the discouragement crises that have been fatal to so many international institutions, it is because the principles of its action have always been founded on living but changing realities, of the existence of people. Afte…

Gerald Fitzmaurice, Sir Keywords: Institute of International Law | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Institut de droit international | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT Gerald Fitzmaurice devotes his course to the contribution of the Institute of International Law to the development of international law. After a presentation of the Institute itself, the author reviews the work of the Institute from 1873 to 1890-1892 (war and neutrality, law of peace), from 1890 to 1939 (war, neutrality and hostilities, law of peace). Le cours de Gerald Fitzmaurice es…

Berezowski, Cezary Keywords: Development of international law | Air law | Mots clefs: Développement du droit international | Droit aérien | ABSTRACT Cezary Berezowski, points out that the object of air law, is the relations in airspace, which may be national relations or, international relations by possessing a foreign element. The author begins his course on air law, after some preliminary observations, with a study of the development of legal rules and airspace. He then focuses on the development of legal rules rel…

P. Zhukov, Guennady Keywords: Space | Development of international law | Space law | Mots clefs: Espace cosmique | Développement du droit international | Droit cosmique | ABSTRACT Guennady Zhukov, Professor at the Institute of the State and Law of Moscow, points out that international space law is formed and developed literally before our eyes, while international maritime law has been formed over several centuries and international air law has been formed over a few decades. The author successively focuses on the main the…

L. Lange, Christian Keywords: Pacifism | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Pacifisme | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT Christian Lange explains in the introduction to his course that a pacifist doctrine combats war as harmful, contrary to the interests well understood by mankind, and as crime, contrary to the precepts of morality. By following the historical development of this doctrine, the author focuses in particular its influence on international law. To do so, the author reviews in …

Lauterpacht, Q.C., E. Keywords: International courts | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Tribunaux internationaux | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT In this course on the Development of the Law of International Organizations by the Decisions of International Tribunals, the author focuses on the central and allied issues of personality of organizations and the interpretation of constitutions. The author successively examines the place of law in international organizations, the common law of …

Lachs, Manfred Keywords: Public international law | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT Manfred Lachs, Judge and Former president of the International Court of Justice, focuses on the study of roots of international law, its fundamental presuppositions, and some of its major questions of particular relevance at the time of writing this course. He aims to define the relationship between the State and nature, the relationship between …

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 …

Dupuy, René-Jean Keywords: Hague Academy of International Law | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Académie de droit international de La Haye | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT Rene-Jean Dupuy's lesson is a research, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Academy, on the contribution that the Academy could give to the development of public international law. This contribution is manifested on two levels: on one hand by the revelation of the development of international law, and on the other hand by the anticipation of the present state of positive law. L…

Kawano, Mariko Keywords: International Court of Justice | Judicial settlement of international disputes | Procedure | Jurisdiction | International community | Public interest | Pacific settlement of disputes | Development of international law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The course of Ms. Mariko Kawano, Professor of Waseda University in Tokyo, is devoted to the role of judicial proceedings in the peaceful settlement of disputes. The main objective of the course is to examine the different types of roles that the International Court of Ju…

Basedow, Jürgen Keywords: Private international law | Conflict of laws | Development of international law | Globalization | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course looks into private international law from a new perceptive, by first focusing on the actor of international areas, private as public and what are their common point. The goal is to understand how closed nation-States, by globalization, showed an evolution leading to open society. After that, different form of private ordering intended to reduce the risk of inter…

Crawford, James Keywords: Obligations of the state | Public international law | Development of international law | Ius cogens | International Law Commission | State responsibility | United Nations | Charter | International Court of Justice | Mots clefs: Obligations des états | Droit international public | Développement du droit international | Jus cogens | Commission du droit international | Responsabilité des Etats | Nations Unies | Charte | Cour internationale de Justice | ABSTRACT The author, director of the Lauterpacht Center for International Law, examines in this…

Wehberg, Hans Keywords: The Hague | Peace conferences | Development of international law | Mots clefs: La Haye | Conférences de la paix | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT For Hans Wehberg, the work of the Hague Conferences represented in a way the culmination of international law before the First World War. For the first time in the history of the organization of the international society, a solid center was thus created, which would serve as a starting point for all future progress. The author thus presents t…

Pellet, Alain Keywords: Public international law | Development of international law | International Law Commission | International Court of Justice | United Nations | General Assembly | Security Council | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this inaugural conference of the public international law session 2007, Alain Pellet, Professor at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, attempts to clarify the following theme: how does international law adapt to the changing needs of the international society? The question is …

Père Henri de Riedmatten, O.P., le Keywords: Catholicism | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Catholicisme | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT Henri de Riedmatten’s course focuses on the legal impact of the teaching about international life by the Magisterium in the Catholic Church (supreme doctrinal authority of the church, Pope and Ecumenical Council), during the pontificates of John XXIII and Paul VI. The author successively presents a teaching commanded by the search for peace, two sources…

Yepes, J.-M. Keywords: Latin America | Public international law | Development of international law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Droit international public | Développement du droit international | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT J.-M. Yepes describes the Latin American legal doctrines stated by the Latin American publicists and statesmen and underlines the liberal nature in this course. After a presentation of Latin America’s place in the international organization, the author focuses on the role o…

H. Arsanjani, Mahnoush Keywords: United Nations | Public international law | International law | Development of international law | International relations | International politics | Charter of the United Nations (San Francisco, 26 June 1945) | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT International law has been developing and expanding its scope remarkably in the last few decades. The United Nations is entitled to considerable credit for signal past law-making accomplishment. This opening lecture commences with a note on the Charter of the United Nation…

Michael Reisman, W. Keywords: International law | International regime | Development of international law | Decision-making | Sovereignty | Human rights | Subjects of international law | Individuals | Use of force | Mots clefs: Droit international | Régime international | Développement du droit international | Prise de décisions | Souveraineté | Droits de l'homme | Sujets du droit international | Individus | Force | ABSTRACT The point of these lectures, given in 2012, is to elaborate a framework to understand the place of practitioners, and others affected by …

Liang, Yuen-Li Keywords: Codification | International law | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Codification | Droit international | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT After a presentation of the position and role of international law in the Charter of the United Nations, Yuen-Li Liang offers a historical overview of the development of international law through conferences and the efforts made toward the codification. He focuses on the methods of encouraging the progressive development of internat…

Mirkine-Guetzévitch, B. Keywords: Eastern Europe | Revolutions | Development of international law | Mots clefs: Europe orientale | Révolutions | Développement du droit international | ABSTRACT After a presentation of the method of study of the history of international law, the author focuses on the relations between the old regime and the French Revolution in international relations. He then presents the principle of the unity of public law and discusses the international problems in Eastern Europe. The continuation of t…