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The Law and Practice of the United Nations: Fifth Revised Edition -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Preface to the previous editions -- Abbreviations -- General Bibliography -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the United Nations Charter -- A) From the Atlantic Charter to the San Francisco Conference -- B) The San Francisco Conference, the entry into force of the Charter, and the United Nations membership -- C) Relationship between the League of Nations and the United Nations -- 2. The purposes of the United Nations -- 3. The organs -- 4. The Charter as a treaty

This book is an updated version of the General Course on public international law given by the author in French at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1988. It provides an outline of the Law of Nations in a perspective that focuses on its application and development through domestic courts and other `legal actors'. It is based on the idea that international law is no longer the exclusive province of diplomats but must evolve under the guidance of all State organs charged with applying the law