Guani, Albert Keywords: Latin America | International co-operation | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Coopération internationale | ABSTRACT After a presentation of the characteristics of the principles of the law of nations of Latin America, Albert Guani studies the projects of American confederation from the Congress of Panama in 1826 to the Congress of Lima in 1864. The author then focuses on the American congresses of jurisconsults (in Lima in 1877 and Montevideo in 1888), Pan American conferences, Drago’s doctri…

A. Barberis, Julio Keywords: Latin America | Public international law | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this course, Julio A. Barberis addresses the question of whether, within the framework of the international legal order, there are standards applicable only in a particular regional area or whether, on the contrary, all these standards are universal in scope. In the first part of the course, the author provides the necessary elements to identify the various standards that con…

Adolfo Vieira, Manuel Keywords: Latin America | Integration | Private international law | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Intégration | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Manuel Adolfo Vieira begins his course on the role played by Private International Law in the Development of Latin American Integration by presenting the current situation of private international law. He then examines the influence of the integration process on private international law, and later the evolution of private international law in Latin Am…

Pereznieto Castro, Leonel Keywords: Latin America | Territoriality | Private international law | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Territorialité | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Leonel Pereznieto Castro, Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, notes that the private international law has generally been characterized by a search for solutions that make it possible to articulate national laws in order to achieve greater coherence in international legal trade, namely international harmonization. Howev…

Yepes, J.-M. Keywords: Latin America | Public international law | Development of international law | Private international law | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Droit international public | Développement du droit international | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT J.-M. Yepes describes the Latin American legal doctrines stated by the Latin American publicists and statesmen and underlines the liberal nature in this course. After a presentation of Latin America’s place in the international organization, the author focuses on the role o…

Parra-Aranguren, Gonzalo Keywords: Latin America | Private international law | Harmonisation | Conventions | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Droit international privé | Unification | Conventions | ABSTRACT The oldest attempt of codification of private international law has seen the light of day in the American continent, the oldest being linked to the Congress of Panama convened by Simon Bolivar. However, Gonzalo Para-Aranguren, Professor at the University of Caracas, studies the recent developments (at the time of writing t…

Augusto Cançado Trindade, Antônio Keywords: Latin America | Public international law | International law | Development of international law | Codification | Doctrines | Peace conferences | The Hague | 1907 | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The course begins with the development of international law in Latin America, with the International Conferences of American States, and focuses on the contribution of Latin American States to the two Hague Peace Conference of 1907, as they had projection in time. The author then focuses on subsequent end…