Niboyet, J.-P. Keywords: Reciprocity | Legal principles | Private international law | Treaties | Mots clefs: Réciprocité | Principes généraux du droit | Droit international privé | Traités | ABSTRACT The theme developed by J.-P. Niboyet in his course is the relations that exist or rather should exist between the general principles of civil law and the treaties which are, after all, just the contracts between the States. After outlining a few general considerations, the author examines the patterns of diplomatic reciprocity, …

H. Graveson, Ronald Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Comparative law | Mots clefs: Principes généraux du droit | Droit international privé | Droit comparé | ABSTRACT Ronald Graveson proposes to study in his course on private international law the fundamental problem of private international law, and to see the solutions that have been proposed at different times by various legal systems. The problem of international law exists as soon as an activity involves a foreign element. After a presentation of…

Wengler, Wilhelm Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Mots clefs: Principes généraux du droit | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Wilhelm Wengler begins his course on the General Principles of Private International Law with a presentation of the general principles of private international law: conflicts of laws and gaps between the conflicts of law. He examines the problems of "intergentil" laws and the solutions to the problems. The author discusses the question of interterritorial law and the…

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…

Accioly, Hildebrando Keywords: State responsibility | Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Responsabilité des Etats | Principes généraux du droit | Droit international public | ABSTRACT International responsibility, according to Hildebrando Accioly, is a legal position based on the well-known principle that, in the Community of Nations, as in civil society, all members of the Community, in their mutual relations, must observe rules of justice and respect their commitments. After a presentation of the ge…

Morin, Jacques-Yvan Keywords: Constitutional state | Human rights | Constitutional law | Legal principles | International law | Mots clefs: Etat de droit | Droits de l'homme | Droit constitutionnel | Principes généraux du droit | Droit international | ABSTRACT Jacques-Yvon Morin, Professor at the University of Montreal, proposes in his course to measure the effectiveness of the principles of rule of law and the rules which result from it, not only within the State, but also on the international stage, where their increasing interdepen…

D. Trooboff, Peter Keywords: Sovereign immunities | Legal principles | Mots clefs: Immunités judiciaires | Principes généraux du droit | ABSTRACT In his course, Peter D. Trooboff, who works for Covington & Burling in Washington, comments on the case law of the United States of America with respect to some key issues arising in the field of state immunity, and relates the case law to the treatment of the issues in national or international codifications. The author points out that there is a significant consensus in …

Dolinger, Jacob Keywords: Legal principles | Private international law | Public order | Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual obligations (Rome, 19 June 1980) | Law of contracts | Contracts | Torts | Mots clefs: Principes généraux du droit | Droit international privé | Ordre public | Convention sur la loi applicable aux obligations contractuelles [Rome, 19 juin 1980] | Droit des obligations | Contrats | Quasi-contrats et quasi-délits | ABSTRACT Professor Jacob Dolinger, Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University, divides his course on the evolution o…