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Novak, Fabián Keywords: Human rights | Americas ABSTRACT The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has both contentious and advisory jurisdiction. In this course, Fabián Novak first presents a general overview of the Court tracing its origins to the idea formed at the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Chapultepec, February 1945. The author discusses the general aspects of reparations in international law in the context of the obligation to make reparations as a basic principle of th…

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…

A. Barberis, Julio Keywords: Subjects of international law | Mots clefs : Sujets du droit international public | ABSTRACT Julio A. Barberis, Professor at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires, begins his course with a general study of international legal personality: he thus studies the concept of subject in international law, before proceeding to an examination of the international legal community. In the second part of his course, the author focuses on the situation, with regard to the international legal pers…

Herrero, Alejandro Keywords: Spain | Public international law | Legal history | Mots clefs: Espagne | Droit international public | Histoire du droit | ABSTRACT After a general presentation of Spain's international law practice in the 18th century, Alejandro Herrero presents some authors and their works. He focuses on the concept of Jus Gentium among the 18th century Spanish authors. He presents a debate on the domination or instead on the freedom of the sea. The author discusses the subsequent developments on the issue of maritime warfare. Après une présentation générale de la pro…

Ago, H. Schiedermair, W. Riphagen, A. Truyol Serra, R. Feenstra, R. Keywords: Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) | Doctrines | Mots clefs: Grotius (H.) | Doctrines | ABSTRACT International Law in Grotius Concept The Influence of Grotius' Thought on the Ius naturale School Grotius and the New Law of the Sea Grotius in His Relations with the Spanish Classics of the Law of the People Grotius and European Private Law Le Droit international dans la Conception de Grotius The Influence of Grotius' Thought on the Ius naturale School Grotius and the New Law of the Sea Grotius dans…

G. F. Castañón, César Keywords: Colonies | Spain | Colonialism | Mots clefs: Colonies espagnoles | Espagne | Colonialisme | ABSTRACT Cesar G.F. Castanon writes in the introduction to his course that if colonies and colonial problems, although with a different nomenclature, remain in 1954, even with the transformations naturally produced by the time and modalities of the 1950s, which in some way is reminiscent of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it seems beyond doubt that it is of utmost interest to study, in a…

Adolfo Vieira, Manuel Keywords: America | Extradition | Mots clefs: Amérique | Extradition | ABSTRACT Manuel Adolfo Vieira, Professor at the University of Montevideo, presents a detailed study of the recent evolution of extradition in the American continent. Following a presentation of terminology, origins and historical evolution, sources, nature, and the definition of extradition, the author gives a presentation on the pre-trial detention and its relationship with extradition. He reviews the legal data of ex…

P. B. CASELLA [p11] NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE [p15] Paulo Borba Casella, né à São Paulo, le 16 septembre 1960, marié. Nationalités brésilienne et italienne. Professeur de droit international public à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de São Paulo (titulaire de la chaire depuis 2007) où il enseigne le droit international depuis 1984. Licence en droit (1982), docteur en droit international (1986), agrégation en droit international (1993) à l’USP. Vice-directeur de la Faculté de droit de l’USP (2010-2014), chef du Centre de droit international et comparé (2008-10, 2014…

P. Fernández Arroyo, Diego Keywords: Judicial competence | International law of procedure | Private international law | Mots clefs: Compétence judiciaire | Droit international de procédure | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo, Professor at the complutense university of Madrid, points out in his introduction to his course that the criteria on which the authorities base their jurisdiction for disputes relating to private international affairs are sometimes difficult to justify. On the basis of this ob…