Van Loon, Hans Keywords: Private international law | Development of international law | Globalization | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This inaugural lecture starts with the development of private international law as nation-states appeared. It became “nationalized” even though globalization called upon a transnational perspective. Private international law has become increasingly complementary to regional and global public international law. While still focusing on private relationships, it is now linked to public interna…

Bing Jia, Bing Keywords: Development of international law | International law | International law and national law | Case-law | Stare decisis | Doctrines | Sources of law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course offers an understanding of the place of international case law, and thus of precedent, in international law. The notion of precedent in an international scope is looked at while discussing it in both municipal and international law. Article 38(1) of the ICJ and the roles played by the various sources mentioned in it are exam…