A quelles conditions l'universalite du droit international est-elle possible? (conference inaugurale), par M. Chemillier-Gendreau, professeur emerite de l'Universite Paris VII (Denis Diderot) Chinese Contemporary Perspectives on International Law - History, Culture and International Law by Xue Hanqin, Judge at the International Court of Justice L'Organisation des Etats americains et le droit international, par J.-M. Arrighi, professeur a l'Universite d'Uruguay

The Common Heritage of Mankind: Then and Now by M. C . W. Pinto. The course first presents an outline of the origins and development of the idea that territory and resources not subject to State jurisdiction could be internationally recognized as the "common heritage of mankind". It then proceeds to describe how some 160 countries represented at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1974-1982) negotiated agreement on a regime to govern the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of national jurisdiction as the "common heritage of mankind", and on the establishment of...