The Codification of Public International Law
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| Publicado en: | PQDT - Global (1964) |
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| Resumen: | The thesis is a study of efforts to codify Public International Law since Bentham to our times. It attempts to present the contemporary efforts by Me International, Law Commission in the context of the whole history of the codification movement, which has been More or less active pretty well throughout the last hundred years. Part One presents the historical background of the condification movement In Chapter One, attention is drawn to the concept of the unity of mankind, and its historical and philosophical continuity from Greek and Roman times to our own() It then points out the contribution of European expansion of the last four centuries to the process of making the world one. Chapter Two show shows man's search f or a war-less world and the vision of a world organization led to the establishment in our times of the League of Nations. It shows a connection between this movement and the movement for codifying international law. Part Two is an examination of the codification efforts from the time of Bentham to the Hague Conference of 1930. Chapter Three gives an account of private pro jects prepared by individual public its and scientific organizations. Chapter Four takes stock of official attempts by governments, acting first individually or in concert, then through international conferences and, finally, under the auspices of the League of Nations. It also draws attention to the codification at tempts of governments under the Inter-American system at regional level, and to the codification of laws of war after the two world wars Part Three deals in some detail with the endeavours of the United Nations in this respect. Chapter Five gives the historical background leading to the establishment of the International law Commission its composition and its inters I organization. Chapter Six, examines the Commission' s functions and its co-operation with the governmental and non-governmental bodies. Chapter Seven describes the achievements of the Commission and its current programs of work. Chapter Eight to le s to show the operation of external factors on the Commission s work. It also indicates the propus of gradual codification, and emphasises the need for codifying general principles of law common to different legal systems. |
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| ISBN: | 9781085781428 |
| Fuente: | ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global |