De Geouffre de La Pradelle, Paul Keywords: Airspace | Borde | Mots clefs: Espace aérien | Frontières | ABSTRACT In this course, Paul Geouffre de la Pradelle works at a twofold goal: to denounce respectively the imperfections and disadvantages of a rigorous application of the border system to aeronautics. To point out the made efforts to free the air communications from the inconveniences imposed on them by sovereignties in this manner and to explain the reasons of law, justice and peace that recommend their extens…

Bastid, Suzanne Keywords: International Court of Justice | Territory | Borders | Delimitation | Mots clefs: Cour internationale de Justice | Territoire | Frontières | Délimitation | ABSTRACT The aim of Suzanne Bastid’s course is to study the judgments and opinions of the International Court of Justice concerning territorial problems with the exception of the problems related to the International Law of the Sea. The author successively examines the cases in which the scope of the territorial sovereignty of the State was def…

Bardonnet, Daniel Keywords: Borde | Delimitation | Mots clefs: Frontières | Délimitation | ABSTRACT Daniel Bardonnet recalls in the introduction to his course the proliferation of border disputes in the late seventies and early eighties. This proliferation is due to the convergence of root causes such as the break-up of ideological blocs or the post-colonial resurgence of nationalism and immediate causes such as the perspective of discovery of mineral resources in a disputed border zone. The idea of borders, …

Movchan, A. Keywords: Acte final d'Helsinki | BordeEuropean security | Mots clefs: Acte final de la Conférence sur la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (Helsinki, 1 août 1975) | Frontières | Sécurité européenne | ABSTRACT A. Movchan points out in the introduction to his course that Helsinki declaration includes the principle of inviolability of boundaries. As this principle is approved, the mission of participating States is to ensure that it takes root in contemporary international relations and becomes, with the other princip…

Goedhuis, D. Keywords: Space | Borders | Delimitation | Mots clefs: Espace cosmique | Frontières | Délimitation | ABSTRACT In this course, Daniel Goedhuis, Professor at the University of Leiden, presents the main problems related to space and air law. After an introduction to the divergent interpretations of the legal regimes governing sky and space that came into force in the 1970s, and to various conventions in these fields, the author focuses on the delimitation of sky and space. Dans ce cours, Daniel Goedhuis, professeur à l'Université de Leyde, présente les principaux…

R. Moncayo, Guillermo Keywords: Argentina | Chile | Borders | Delimitation | Holy See | Beagle Channel | Alternative dispute resolution | Mots clefs: Argentine | Chili | Frontières | Délimitation | Saint-Siège | Canal de Beagle | Médiation | ABSTRACT Guillermo Moncayo, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, reminds us of a series of events towards the end of 1978 that led to such a serious situation that a war between Argentinia and Chile seemed inevitable. The intervention of the Holy See succeeded however in preventing the conf…

Abou-El-Wafa, Ahmed Keywords: International Court of Justice | Borde | Delimitation | Case-law | Mots clefs: Cour internationale de Justice | Frontières | Délimitation | Jurisprudence | ABSTRACT The course is divided into two parts. Part I discusses the ICJ and the settlement of disputes over land borders of which the author focuses mainly on the concept of the land border dispute and the applicable principles for its resolution, as well as the role of the court in this regard. Part II discusses the ICJ and the main proble…