Scheuner, Ulrich Keywords: International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Ulrich Scheuner starts his course on the Influence of Internal Law on the Formation of International Law by a presentation of the legal relationships between domestic law and international law. He then studies the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations. He then focuses on the role of national law as an element in the formation of international law. Finally, the author stud…

D. Dickinson, Edwin Keywords: Anglo-American law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droit anglo-américain | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Edwin D. Dickinson explains that the Interpretation and Application of International Law in Anglo-American countries is a poorly-defined subject in the introduction to his course. He focuses on methods and procedures of interpretation and application rather than the nature of the solutions. The author examines the regional process, particularly in Ang…

Uribe Vargas, Diego Keywords: Human rights | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droits de l'homme | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Diego Uribe Vargas, Colombian Ambassador to Paris, proposes in his lecture the elaboration of an international pact enshrining the rights of the third generation. Diego Uribe Vargas, Ambassadeur de Colombie à Paris, propose dans sa conférence l'élaboration d'un pacte international consacrant les droits de la troisième génération. [p357] Uribe Vargas, Diego LA TROISIÈME GÉNÉRATION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME Diego URIBE VARGAS1…

Politis, N. Keywords: Sovereignty | Abuse of law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Souveraineté | Abus de droit | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT In the introduction to his course, Nicolas Politis notes that the international community basically has the same human structure as the internal political communities. It is simply made up of individuals grouped into international corporations. The result, according to the author, is that international law cannot be anything other than the set of ru…

De Visscher, Paul Keywords: Treaties | Constitutional law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Traités | Droit constitutionnel | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Whether we want to see in actual practice the first manifestations of an international constitutional law or want to see in international law "national law for external use", it is clear today that internationalists can no longer ignore evolution. In this course, Paul De Visscher focuses on the most recent trends in the phenomenon of ha…

A. Yusuf, Abdulqawi Keywords: Africa | Pan-africanism | Organization of African Unity | African Union | Public international law | International law | Universalism | Decolonization | Regionalism | Public law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The course starts by giving the origins and the evolution of Pan-Africanism. It explains how, in the nineteenth century, international law was framed as a Eurocentric public law, the jus publicum Europaeum which did encounter Pan-Africanism, and put aside human rights and human dignity in its way to tre…

Mirkine-Guetzévitch, Boris Keywords: Peace | Constitutional law | International law and domestic law | Renunciation of war | Mots clefs: Paix | Droit constitutionnel | Droit international et droit interne | Renonciation à la guerre | ABSTRACT The objective of Boris Mirkine-Guetzevitch’s course is to study the constitutional law of peace, that is, the study of the constitutional rules for the peace organization, the different forms by which the modern constitutional law can contribute to the consolidation of international peace. The…

Zoller, Elisabeth Keywords: Federal states | Constitutional law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Etats fédéraux | Droit constitutionnel | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Elizabeth Zoller, Professor at the University of Paris II, examines in this course the ability of an internal constitutional system to contain international elements. Federalism, so argues Professor Zoller, is an international process par excellence, insofar as its object is to bring people and States closer together, withou…

Mestre, Achille Keywords: Treaties | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Traités | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT In this course, Achille Mestre discusses some aspects of the question of the relationship between treaties and domestic law, and, mainly from the point of view of French public law, examines what positive solutions have been given to the question of the powers of the national judge with respect to treaties. The author examines the following questions: under what conditions ca…

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…

Triepel, H. Keywords: International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT After recalling the importance of the relationship between international law and domestic law, H. Triepel creates in the first chapter a distinction between international law and domestic law, and explains that the criterion of distinction between the laws lies in the opposition between the social relations they govern and the legal sources from which they originate. The author then makes a compa…

Musin, Valeriy Keywords: Russian Federation | Sale | International contracts | Private international law | United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 11 April 1980) | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The course of lectures deals with Russian civil law norms regulating sales contract as compared with relevant rules of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna, 1980). The author shows that Russian norms are quite consistent with those of t…

Miele, Mario Keywords: International organizations | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Organisations internationales | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT The course of Mario Miele is an attempt to scientifically systematize the phenomena of incidence in the National Constitutional Specialty, which appear in relation to the functions of certain organizations, destined by their institutional acts, by their vocation, by the institutional process that, since their creation, accompanies their act…

Kelsen, Hans Keywords: International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT The existence of a legal community between the various States and the resulting relations between them raises certain problems of legal theory: these are the problems exposed by Hans Kelsen in this course. In the first part, Kelsen examines the State and analyzes the issue of sovereignty. He devotes the second part of his course to the relationship between domestic law and international law. He …

Walz, G.-.A. Keywords: International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT G.-A. Walt begins his course with an overview of various themes on the Relationship Between International Law and Domestic Law. The author then presents the basic facts of legal practice, and examines the legal relationship between international law and domestic law. The author outlines the domestic methods utilized for the internal validation of international law. Finally, the author presents t…

Giardina, Andrea Keywords: Judgments | International law and domestic law | Decisions | Mots clefs: Arrêts | Droit international et droit interne | Décisions | ABSTRACT Andrea Giardina’s course is divided in order to highlight the evolution of international and national practice in the implementation of international judgments and decisions. After a preliminary examination of conventional solutions and international attempts in the concerned field, the author focuses on the practice of the automatic implementation of int…

Arangio-Ruiz, Gaetano Keywords: United Nations | Judicial competence | International law and domestic law | League of Nations | Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Nations Unies | Droit international et droit interne | Société des Nations | Compétence étatique | ABSTRACT General Course on Public International Law by Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz, Professor at the University of Rome, focuses on the notion of domestic jurisdiction as a limit to the activity of international legal and political bodies. However, it also t…

Boele-Woelki, Katharina Keywords: Family law | Private international law | Choice of law | Unification of law | Law of contracts | Model law | Legal principles | Conventions | Directives | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Traditionally, conflict of law rules designate only national substantive law as the applicable law. Many unifying and harmonizing substantive law instruments of both States and non-State organizations, however, are designed specifically for application to cross-border relationships. Achieving …

H. F. Van Panhuys, Jonkheer Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Communities | Community law and municipal law | International Court of Justice | International law and domestic law | Permanent Court of International Justice | Mots clefs: Cour de justice des Communautés européennes | Droit communautaire et droit interne | Cour internationale de Justice | Droit international et droit interne | Cour permanente de Justice internationale | ABSTRACT In the introduction to his course on the Relations and Interactions Between International Law and Domestic Law, H. F…

Buergenthal, Thomas Keywords: Treaties | Direct effect | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Traités | Applicabilité directe | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT In this course, the author focuses on the international law aspect of the concept of self-executing treaties. He does so by analyzing the international law rules that determine what obligations States have to implement treaties on the domestic plane and the extent to which States are required to allow individuals to invoke the specific pr…