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 the "Collected...

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 the "Collected...

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 the "Collected...

Relations internationales de Droit prive en l'Absence de Reconnaissance d'un Etat, d'un Gouvernement, ou d'une Situation, Joe Verhoeven Joe Verhoeven, professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, notes in the introduction of his course that all legal systems contain "recognitions," which express multilateral intentions to which the law attaches specific consequences. Solutions to the problem of (non)recognition in private international relations are almost exclusively looked for in the decisions made by the national courts. The author gives an analysis of these solutions. He...

Problemes de Conflits de Lois en Matiere de Filiation, Jacques Foyer Jacques Foyer, Professor at the University of Paris II, notes in introduction of his course that it can be enlightening to compare the different modern methods of solution of the conflict of laws regarding filiation. The study of the different systems shows that there exist at least three methods to contradict the classic choice-of-law rule. The course is structured around the analysis of these three methods. Firstly, it is the criticism of the rigid character and the unpredictability of the traditional rule...

Sovereign Equality of States in International Law, R.P. Anand R.P. Anand, Professor at the Jawaharlal University of New Delhi, points out in the introduction of his course that the principle of sovereign equality of States refers to two twin principles which are accepted as unimpeachable norms of modern international law which cannot be questioned: the principles of equality and of sovereignty of States. Taking this as his starting point, the author first discusses the sovereignty of States in an interdependent world. He then examines the principle of equality of States in an...

La Zone economique exclusive: regime et nature juridique dans le Droit international, Francisco Orrego Vicuna Francisco Orrego Vicuna, Professor of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile, notes that the discussion on the legal status of the exclusive economic zone in international law has continued without interruption since the negotiations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea started, and that it has not lessened with the signature of the Convention in 1982. The author points out that the various interpretations of the legal...