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C. Cheshire D.C.L. F.B.A, G. Keywords: Great Britain | Marriage | Private international law | Mots clefs: Grande-Bretagne | Mariage | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT G. C. Cheshire begins his course on English Private International Law of Marriage with a presentation of the concept of marriage and the relationship between husband and wife. He then studies the formal requirements for marriage and the formalities of the celebration. Finally, the author focuses on divorce and legal separation, and then on the annulment of the marriage. G.C. Cheshire commence son cours sur le d…

Dyer, Adair Keywords: Unfair competition | Private international law | Mots clefs: Concurrence déloyale | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Adair Dyer, First Secretary of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, devotes his course to unlawful competition in private international law. After a presentation of the concepts applied to unlawful competition (property rights, abuse of competition rights, and protection of competitors and consumers), the author focuses on definitions of unlawful competition. T…

ST. J. Macdonald, R. Keywords: Jurisconsults | Foreign policy | Mots clefs: Juristes | Politique étrangère | ABSTRACT The objective of Professor Macdonald's course is to review the different systems that allow national governments to be advised on the issues of international law and to identify opportunities for improving the effectiveness of the systems. After introductory remarks on the legal adviser, the action of the legal adviser, and the perception and role of the legal adviser, the author presents ten lega…

Brown SCOTT, James Keywords: Human rights | International relations | Mots clefs: Droits de l'homme | Relations internationales | ABSTRACT Although James Brown Scott’s course deals with a specific subject of legal equality in international relations, it is in fact actually presented in two forms. The first form of the course is an overview of the concept of legal equality, and the second form is the application of the principle to three concrete situations, which concern exclusively America. The author successively…

A. L. Droz, Michel Pelichet, Adair Dyer, Georges Keywords: The Hague | Conferences | Private international law | Mots clefs: La Haye | Conférence | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT The first part of the course by Georges Droz presents the results and prospects of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The second part, also provided by Georges Droz, concerns the link between the Hague Conference and mutual legal assistance, and presents the various conventions that have played or play a role in this field. In …

K. Juenger, Friedrich Keywords: United States of America | Conflict of laws | Private international law | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Droit interrégional | ABSTRACT Noting the lack of consensus on the purposes and methods of conflict of laws, Fridrich Juenger, Professor at the University of California at Davis, suggests to focus in his course on events for which public international law must find a solution in order to avoid the constant danger that threatens the subject, that of becoming a mere academic game. Th…

C. Symeonides, Symeon Keywords: United States of America | Conflict of laws | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Droit interrégional | ABSTRACT Symeon Symeonides, Dean of devotes this course to a phenomenon known as a "revolution" in private international law in the United States, which more precisely relates to the law of conflicts of law. Symeonides studies the historic background of this phenomenon, but also looks towards the future to try to discover what the next step in the evolution of American conflicts law …

Schwind, Fritz Keywords: Private international law | Mots clefs: Droit international privé | ABSTRACT A general course on private international law must consider two points in particular: the relationship between private law and public law; and the destabilization of the exclusive right and private law in particular. In this course, Fritz Schwind begins with a discussion on the plurality of rights and explains the theories favorable to the application of judges by themselves to the oppositions of foreign law.…

Long, Olivier Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | Mots clefs: Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerces | ABSTRACT Olivier Long, Former Director-General of GATT, points out in the introduction to his article that the entry into force of the GATT from 1948 to 1984, the international trade has developed dramatically and has increased almost tenfold. The GATT has also evolved. Taking into account the changes in trade relations, the Contracting Parties have made adjustments to the rules bindin…

Nolte, Georg Keywords: Treaties | Law of treaties ABSTRACT Treaties are binding legal texts and come into existence by a political and legal process. In this course, Georg Nolte describes the development of some important treaties from the perspective of their practice with an aim to explore the meaning of different forms of practice for the life of treatments and for their interpretation. The author outlines the major peace treaties that existed prior to the UN Charter and discusses the issue of collect…

R. Simmonds, Kenneth Keywords: European Economic Community | Law of the sea | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego-Bay, 10 December 1982) | Mots clefs: C.E.E. | Droit de la mer | Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer [Montego-Bay, 10 décembre 1982] | ABSTRACT On 7 December 1984, the European Economic Community signed the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The objective of this course, given by Kenneth Simmonds, Professor at Queen Mary College, London, is to review the most significant issues of…

Decaux, Emmanuel Keywords: Slavery | Abolition | International law | Human trafficking | Forced labour | Crimes against humanity | International responsibility | Mots clefs: Esclavage | Droit international | Travail force | Crimes contre l'humanité | Responsabilité internationale | ABSTRACT The course of Emmanuel Decaux, Professor at the University of Paris II, focuses on public international law relating to slavery, which does not constitute a historical review of the issue of slavery. The abolition of slavery has not only been linked…

Siehr, Kurt Keywords: Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects (Rome, 24 June 1995) | Art | Cultural Heritage | Illicit Commercial Practices | International Trade | Mots clefs: Convention d Unidroit sur les biens culturels volés ou illicitement exportés [Rome, 24 juin 1995] | Objets d art | Patrimoine culturel mobilier | Pratiques commerciales illicites | Commerce international | ABSTRACT Unlike other goods, a work of art is unique. As Kurt Siehr, Professor at the University of Zurich points out, this explains to a large extent the legal…

W. M. Waters, Donovan Keywords: Trusts | Mots clefs: Trustees | ABSTRACT In his course dedicated to common law trust and trust in the Roman-Germanic tradition, Donovan Waters, Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada, elaborates on the theory that, though the English trust and fideicommissum have much in common, they have two totally different approaches. To this purpose Professor Waters recalls of the origins and the historical development of common law trust. He then develops the theory of the mode…

Sylvain Bollée [33] S. Bollée NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE [p15] Sylvain Bollée, né le 26 novembre 1977 à Saint-Cloud. Education secondaire à Compiègne puis Flers; études supérieures aux universités de Caen, Rennes, Exeter puis Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; docteur en droit (2003), agrégé des facultés de droit (2005). Professeur à l’Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (2005-2009) puis à l’Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). Directeur du département des masters de droit international, européen et comparé de l’Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne (depuis 2019). C…

Frigo, Manlio Keywords: Cultural property | Cultural heritage | Choice of law | Restitution | Dispute resolution | Trials | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is dedicated to the standards governing the circulation of cultural goods. It begins by defining the system of the legal protection of cultural goods. This protection is differentiated according to the situation in which the property is located, as well as the form it takes : from cultural property to movable property to intangible cultural heritage. Private inter…

Verwilghen, Michel Keywords: Statelessness | Dual nationality | Mots clefs: Apatridie | Double nationalité | ABSTRACT Michel Verwilghen, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, devotes his course to the study of conflicts of nationalities affecting natural persons. He intends to make a clear point, "Overview of the Subject" by providing sound and complete information, and by presenting the best samples of international or national provisions and solutions, jurisprudential or doctrinal. Professor Verwil…