A. Wortley, O.B.E., LL.D., B. Keywords: Great Britain | Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Grande-Bretagne | Principes de droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT B.A. Wortley, in this course, presents the General Principles of Private International Law from the Point of View of English Law. After an introduction dedicated to the nature and sources of the law recognized by the English Courts, the author presents human rights from a general point of view. He then focuses on family law, the exercis…

Donnedieu de Vabres, H. Keywords: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg | Legal principles | Aggression | War crimes | Crimes against humanity | Conspiracy | Criminal liability | International criminal law | Mots clefs: Nuremberg | Criminels de guerre | Crimes de guerre | Droit pénal international | Principes de droit | ABSTRACT Without reproducing the exact order of the indictment drawn up by the four public prosecutors or the exact order of the judgment, H. Donnedieu de Vabres takes up various charges made at the Nuremberg trial. He focus…

A. Wortley, O.B.E., LL.D., B. Keywords: Private international law | Legal principles | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | Principes de droit | ABSTRACT Ben Wortley announces at the beginning of his course that the chosen title is a concession to use but that the term "private international law" does not suit him, for reasons explained later in this study. After preliminary remarks, the author focuses on natural persons and discusses family and succession issues. He examines the issue of recognition of the existenc…

RIPERT, Georges Keywords: Permanent Court of International Justice | Statutes | Legal principles | Civil law | Mots clefs: Cour permanente de Justice internationale | Statuts | Principes de droit | Droit civil | ABSTRACT The title of Georges Ripert’s course implies the admission of the idea to be assessed in international reports about certain rules of civil law. He proposes to find out what the applicable rules are and whether the rules are applicable, but has undertaken this finding in the conviction where it was possibility, t…

Sørensen, Max Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT According to Max Sorensen, the course explains the interrelation of the two factors of stability and evolution that is, in any legal system, the crux of the problems for doctrine and practice that arise. Stability is the essence of the law. Evolution, on the other hand, is the necessary consequence of the changes taking place in the social conditions at the base of the legal sy…

Reuter, Paul Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Paul Reuter writes that he chooses a plan as classic as possible for his course, which fits into a tradition lying behind it and fits into the courses of Academy devoted to the general rules of the law of peace and to the general principles of public international law. Chapter I, International Societies and Their Law, and Chapter II, The Systematic Aspects of International Law, …

Lipstein, K. Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT K. Lipstein begins his course on the General Principles of Private International Law with a presentation on the nature and function of international law, and thus presents a history of private international law established in Rome. The author then examines the relationship between private international law and public international law, including private international law as an e…

Kamil Yasseen, Mustafa Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Mustafa Kamil Yasseen intends to limit his course on the general principles of private international law to the conflict of laws in space. He examines the basic problems as much as possible in the light of the primary character of this conflict, which enable him to identify the critical constituents of conflict of laws. The author successively focuses on the rule of conflict of laws in space and the implementation of the conflict rule. Mustaf…

Winiarski, Bohdan Keywords: RiveInternational law | Legal principles | Water | Mots clefs: Fleuves | Droit international | Principes de droit | ABSTRACT The international river law can be defined as the set of legal rules that determine the international position of the rivers or – which amounts to the same thing – that govern the relations between States with regard to the rivers. Bohdan Winiarski says that, as can be seen by this definition, the river law is by no means an autonomous law; it is just a branch, and ev…

Schwarzenberger, Georg Keywords: Legal principles | International economic law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international économique | ABSTRACT Georg Schwarzenberg devotes his course to the Principles and Standards of International Economic Law. After a presentation of the basic features of international economic law, the author first examines the principles of international economic law. He focuses on the question of economic independence and interdependence, describes the frontal attacks on economic so…

De Visscher, Charles Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Charles De Visscher writes in the conclusion of his course that the events of the last forty years have profoundly changed the traditional facts of international law. He writes in 1954, it is now realized, that a new approach must govern his study, and different methods must be applied to his teaching. After a presentation on the division or distribution of power in inter…

Guggenheim, Paul Keywords: Public international law | Legal principles | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Principes de droit | ABSTRACT In this course, Paul Guggenheim first examines the position of natural law in positive law and the concept of legal sociology. The author discusses the rules related to the modern law of nations: the rules that have not changed in substance since their creation; the norms that are influenced by changes in the political and economic infrastructure; and the rules that are rapi…

Batiffol, Henri Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Henri Battifol reviews in his course the fundamental issues of private international law from the perspective of comparative law. He proceeds first to the comparison of the private international law systems, and more precisely to the comparison of conflicts of law in force in several States. He carries out a comparative study of domestic laws whose scope is determined by the …

Rousseau, Charles Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Charles Rousseau notes in the introduction to his course that the international environment of 1958 is neither that of 1907, nor that of 1919, nor even that of 1939 or 1945. Pessimists will probably be tempted to conclude that it marks a step back from the past. Others may see it as a transition period between two worlds: the one - which is still that of 1958 - of unorganiz…

Wolff, Karl Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT The Permanent Court of International Justice, explains Karl Wolf, must apply, according to Article 38 of the Statute, not only international conventions and international custom, but also the "general principles of law recognized by civilized nations". The author continues that the meaning of the term "general principles of law" is discussed. The main task assigned to the author …

von Verdross, Alfred Keywords: Legal principles | International law | Case-law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international | Jurisprudence | ABSTRACT Alfred von Verdross, in the introduction of his course, explains that in order to solve the problem of the law of nations, it is especially necessary to recognize that the differences existing in this area cannot be overcome without a prior analysis of the problem of the sources of law in general. He focuses on this study in the first chapter of his course. He …

Gerald Fitzmaurice K. C. M. G., Q. C., Sir Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Rule of law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT For his course on the General Principles of International Law, Gerald Fitzmaurice considers international law from the point of view of the rule of law. After an introduction to the themes developed in his course, the author discusses the first theme (automaticity) and asserts that international law is automatically and ipso facto binding upon St…

Meijers, E.-M Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Legal history | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international privé | Histoire du droit | ABSTRACT In this course, E.-M. Meijers proposes to explain how and why the principles of private international law are formed and succeed each other from the Middle Ages until the formation of modern codes. After a study of the regime of the kind of laws, the author studies the conflicts of custom in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, the Italian theory of S…

Schwarzenberger, Georg Keywords: Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Principes de droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT Georg Schwarzenberg begins his course on the Fundamental Principles of International Law with a general presentation of the principles: the nature of legal principles, common characteristics of fundamental principles of international law, and the general problems. He then successively analyzes the principle of sovereignty, the principle of recognition, the principle of…

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 …