J. A. Salmon, Jean Keywords: Factfinding | Public international law | Mots clefs: Faits | Droit international public | ABSTRACT The course of Jean Salmon, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Université libre de Bruxelles, is devoted to the study of fact in the application of law. The author intends to analyze the role of juridical fact when international law is applied to an actual situation. If various moments or forms of legal reasoning have already been studied, the author does not believe that a synth…

M. Mosk, Richard Keywords: Factfinding | International arbitration | Procedure | Evidence | Mots clefs: Faits | Arbitrage international | Procédure | Preuves | ABSTRACT Richard Mosk, Associate Justice at the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, started his career by taking part in the Warren Commission that was created to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. Convinced of the important role that facts play in the resolution of disputes, the author starts by a general explanation of what facts are and…