Rosenne, Shabtai Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT The title of Shabtai Rosenne's general course on public international law is inspired by the major work of the medieval Jewish philosopher and jurist, Moses Maimonides. These perplexities follow from the conviction that universal peace will become a reality when the world will have a workable, rational, balanced and accepted general system of international law and impartial and appropriate instruments to en…

Ziccardi, Piero Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, Piero Ziccardi, Professor at the University of Milan, proposes to develop, with regard to the subject of knowledge of international law, the assumptions proposed in the earlier studies on relations between the processes of the legal knowledge and the result of the processes. To do this, the author begins by examining common law and institutional law in international society. He then focuses o…

Šahović, Milan Keywords: International co-operation | Public international law | Legal principles | Codification | Mots clefs: Coopération internationale | Droit international public | Principes de droit | Codification | ABSTRACT To find the elements that reflect the importance of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations of cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, Milan Sahovic analyzes three fundamental aspects, namely the historical aspect, which …

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…

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…

Chaumont, Charles Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT Charles Chaumont points out that the study of general principles is equally very ambitious and very modest: ambitious, by pretending to provide a global vision of international law; modest, by the very acute awareness of the limitations of efficiency thus achieved. In this General Course on Public International Law, the author proposes observations limited to certain methods and certain problems concerning…

I. Charney, Jonathan Keywords: International courts | Public international law | Mots clefs: Tribunaux internationaux | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, Jonathan I. Charney, Professor at Vanderbilt University, Nashville wonders if the coherence of international law is threatened by the increasing number of international tribunals. Professor Charney endeavours to answer this question by investigating various themes: treaty interpretation and reservations, sources of international law, State respo…

H. Oxman, Bernard Keywords: Public international law | Legal education | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Enseignement juridique | ABSTRACT In the inaugural lecture of the 2010 Public International Law Session, Mr. Oxam, Professor of Law at Miami University School of Law, examines some characteristics of international law relating to ideals that might, or should, be the ideals of students interested in this field of study. He does not understand the term "ideal" in the pure philosophical sense, but rather in the pursuit of a noble goal. Dans cette conférence inaugurale de l…

Brierly, J.-L. Keywords: International obligations | Public international law | Mots clefs: Obligations internationales | Droit international public | ABSTRACT J.-L. Brierly writes that the road to international progress has always been sufficiently obstructed by the multitude of particular national interests, the importance of which it is the duty of Statesmen to weigh up before their countries take the initiative in new experiments in international cooperation; however, the author continues, a reform of the theor…

Udina, Manlio Keywords: State succession | Obligations | Public international law | Mots clefs: Succession d états | Obligations | Droit international public | ABSTRACT The problem of succession of States in international law is one of the most serious problems of the general theory of the law of nations and one of the most important ones for international practice. After a few preliminary considerations on the succession to international rights and duties in general, the author addresses the issue of the succession of …

Tunkin, Grigory Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT International law, according to Grigory Tunkin, is a normative subsystem of the international system, which is itself a component of human society as a whole. That is why the laws of social development generally determine the development of the international system and international law. After a general presentation of the Marxist-Leninist theory of society and international law and the emergence of contempo…

Tomuschat, Christian Keywords: Obligations of the state | Law of treaties | Public international law | Legal principles | Mots clefs: Obligations des états | Droit des traités | Droit international public | Principes généraux du droit | ABSTRACT According to Christian Tomuschat, Professor at the University of Bonn, the place to be assigned to the will of States is crucial for the understanding of the international legal order. But though the will of States plays a considerable role in the appearance of obligations that are the States…

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…

Barile, Giuseppe Keywords: Public international law | Law of treaties | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Droit des traités | ABSTRACT Giuseppe Barile proposes in this course to give a plausible description of what is the law of international community. He says that it is necessary to try to discover the truth by allowing himself to be transported and guided solely by the logic inherent in the multiform experiences offered by the part of reality in which the phenomenon, that interests him, has its roots. The a…

Giraud, Emile Keywords: Politics | Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Politique | ABSTRACT Emile Giraud devotes his course to the study of the relations of public international law and policies. He writes that the law in general, and not only international law, has a very close relation with policies, and not more or less close relations as exist between all the social activities and between the various sciences studying the activities. The law is dependent on the policies that do…

Alexidze, Levan Keywords: Ius cogens | Public international law | Mots clefs: Jus cogens | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Levan Alexidze notes in the introduction to his course that the problem of jus cogens in contemporary international law has been widely commented by specialists representing various existing legal systems. Indeed, the question of whether there are rules of international law from which subjects of law cannot derogate even by mutual consent has become not only a theoretical topic of importa…

Goyau, Georges Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT Georges Goyau begins his course on the International Condition of Catholic missions with a presentation of the supra-national nature of Catholic missions. He then focuses on the protection of Christians in Muslim countries, and then on the protection of missions in "Pagan" countries and in particular to the French protectorate in China. The last chapter of the course is devoted to the changes in the international condition of missions by the Great War and subsequent treaties. Georges…

Enrique Alvarez, José Keywords: Foreign direct investment | Public international law | Legal regime | Economy | Globalization | Sovereignty | United States of America | Bilateral investment treaties | Argentina | Mots clefs: Investissements directs à l'étranger | Droit international public | Régime juridique | Economie | Mondialisation | Souveraineté | Etats-Unis d'Amérique | Traités bilatéraux d'investissement | Argentine | ABSTRACT This course considers the ramifications of the legal regime that governs transborder capital flows. This regime consists pri…

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…

Stanislaw Korowicz, Marek Keywords: Sovereignty | Public international law | Mots clefs: Souveraineté | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, M.S. Korowicz presents Some Present Aspects of Sovereignty in International Law. After a presentation of the prevailing doctrine, the author focuses on the sovereignty and equality of States in international law practice. The author discusses the topics of domestic jurisdiction and non-intervention. Finally, the author examines the scope and limits of sovereignty. Dans ce cours, M.S. Korowicz présente quelques as…