Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses, Tome/Volume 316 (2005) - Hardcover

Académie De Droit International De La Ha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004153756 ISBN 13: 9789004153752

Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2006

Synopsis

This volume contains Part 1 of the General Course on Public International Law given by A.A. Cancado Trindade. The Author develops his Leitmotiv of identification of a corpus juris increasingly oriented to the fulfilment of the needs and aspirations of human beings, of peoples and of humankind as a whole. With the overcoming of the purely inter-State dimension of the discipline of the past, international legal personality has expanded, so as to encompass nowadays, besides States and international organizations, also peoples, individuals and humankind as subjects of International Law. The growing consciousness of the need to pursue universally-shared values has brought about a fundamental change in the outlook of International Law in the last decades, drawing closer attention to its foundations and, parallel to its formal sources, to its material source (the universal juridical conscience). The Author examines the conceptual constructions of this new International Law and identifies basic considerations of humanity permeating its whole corpus juris, disclosing the current processes of its humanization and universalization. Finally, the Author addresses the construction of the international rule of law, acknowledging the need and quest for international compulsory jurisdiction, in the move towards a new jus gentium, the International Law for humankind. This text is contained in volumes 316 and 317 of the Collected Courses.

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Co-publication with: The Hague Academy of International Law. The Academy is a prestigious international institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. The work of the Hague Academy receives the support and recognition of the UN. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in theCollected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004153756
• ISBN 13: 9789004153752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 439