M. McRae, Donald Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | International trade | Public international law | World Trade Organization | Mots clefs: Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce | Droit commercial international | Droit international public | Organisation mondiale du commerce | ABSTRACT The object of this course by Donald M. McRae, Professor at the University of Ottawa, is to investigate the relationship between international law and international trade law. Professor McRae is interested in the way how the fiel…

J. Davey, William Keywords: World Trade Organization | International trade | Equality | Most-favoured-nation clause | National treatment | General exceptions | Judicial settlement of international disputes | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | Mots clefs: Organisation mondiale du commerce | Commerce international | Egalité | Clause de la nation la plus favorisée | Traitement national | Exceptions générales | Règlement judiciaire des différends internationaux | Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce | ABSTRACT This lecture first introduces both the Wor…

da Veiga Simoes, A. Keywords: Economy | International politics | International trade | Mots clefs: Economie politique | Politique internationale | Commerce international | ABSTRACT There are two methods for setting out the guidelines of international economic policy as they manifest in 1931, explains A. da Veiga Simoes: to give one of the most illustrated phenomena thoroughly and in detail, in an in-depth specialization, or to provide a general portrait of the evolution of economic policy among States since the juxtapos…

M. Franck, Thomas Keywords: Commodities | International negotiations | International trade | Mots clefs: Matières premières | Négociations internationales | Commerce international | ABSTRACT In this course, Thomas Franck, Professor at New York University, examines the Minimum Standards of Public Policy and Order Applicable to International Commodity Negotiations. After a review of the foundations of a new world economic order laid out by third world countries, the author presents the ideological component of internatio…

Bensabat Amzalak, Moses Keywords: Coffee | International trade | Sugar | Mots clefs: CAFE | Commerce international | Sucres | ABSTRACT Moses Bensabat Amzalak devotes his course to the international trade of coffee and sugar. In 1951, in the introduction to his course, he emphasizes that coffee occupied first place in the trade of “stimulating and non-essential products » (enjoyment goods). He begins with a presentation on international economics, and then describes the international activity aimed at the organizatio…

Mengozzi, Paolo Keywords: World Trade Organization | International trade | Private international law | European Community | Mots clefs: Organisation mondiale du commerce | Commerce international | Droit international privé | Communauté européenne | ABSTRACT In this course, Paolo Mengozzi begins by explicating the impact of the evolution of international trade law on internal legislation and the erosion of the traditional power of governments to act internationally in order to control its implementation. The author provides a disc…

Fawcett, J. Keywords: International trade | Finances | International law | Régime des paiements | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | International Monetary Fund | Mots clefs: Commerce international | Finances | Droit international | Paiements | Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce | Fonds monétaire international | ABSTRACT The course of J. Fawcett aims at identifying certain general legal concepts involved in the area of international trade and international finance, and at describing the manner in which they contribute to …

Baron Boris Nolde, le Keywords: International trade | Treaties | Mots clefs: Commerce international | Traités | ABSTRACT Boris Nolde begins his course on the Law and the Technique of Commercial Treaties with a history of commercial treaties, from the Middle Ages to Post First World War period. The author then studies the form of commercial treaties and the contracting parties in commercial treaties. The author also focuses on customs territories, the merchant, freedom of trade, conventional customs tariffs, the m…

Sinjela, Mpazi Keywords: Developing countries | Patents | Trademarks | Copyright law | New varieties of plants | Traditional knowledge | Intellectual property | International trade | Foreign direct investment | Economic development | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Intellectual property, through its different branches, is a promoter of wealth creation for national development, especially for developing countries. Intellectual property is to be understood as a tool for all kinds of development and an important tool for the acquisition of techn…

Elian, George Keywords: Natural resources | Sovereignty | International trade | Mots clefs: Ressources naturelles | Souveraineté | Commerce international | ABSTRACT George Elian begins his course with a presentation of contemporary aspects of sovereignty over natural resources. He then examines the modalities of integration of economies (common market, EFTA, CMEA). The author then discusses the influence of certain inter-State organizations on the exercise of sovereignty over natural resources, outlines the principle…

Brown Weiss, Edith Keywords: International watercourses | Water | Shared natural resources | Conventions | Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (New York, 21 May 1997) | International dispute settlement | Human rights | International trade | World Trade Organization | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | International trade | Mots clefs: Cours d'eau internationaux | Eau | Ressources naturelles partagées | conventions | Convention sur le droit relatif aux utilisations des cours d'eau internationaux à des fins autres q…

Wang, Guiguo Keywords: China | World Trade Organization | International obligations | International law and domestic law | Compliance | GATS Agreement (Marrakesh, 15 April 1994) | Services | International trade | TRIPS Agreement (Marrakesh, 15 April 1994) | Intellectual property | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The World Trade Organization (“WTO”) resulted from globalization, through which national law provisions are internationalized and international norms are domesticated. The WTO does not permit reservation by its members who are obliged to ensu…