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Rezensiertes Werk: Ronellenfitsch, Michael: Louis L'Amour und das Völkerrecht (Public International Law). - Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, 2008. - 389 S. (Tübinger Schriften zum internationalen und europäischen Recht ; 89) ISBN: 978-3-428-13005-4

How has the teaching of public international law evolved in the regions that make up Switzerland as of today? Are there any peculiarities that have influenced this development, and who have been the proponents and teachers that have educated Swiss lawyers? To what extent has the development of a proper tradition in this area been influenced by the academic traditions outside the territory of Switzerland? This article tries to give a first overview of these questions in order to allow future research in this still understudied field of law. Most of Switzerland has been a latecomer regarding university education and in particular theoretical legal education. While the intensification of Switzerland's international relations in the 19th century leads to the (slow) introduction of courses in public international law, the special role in the aftermath of the two world wars has certainly led to a stronger tradition in this field than in many other States of similar size, initially with a strong interaction with neighbouring States, in particular Germany and France.

States are the main actors of international law and key actors in international affairs. States define the main vectors of the international law development and have an influence (direct and indirect) on all trends in international life. Currently there is no universal, generally accepted definition of state іn positive international law. The purpose of the article is to analyze the approaches to the definition of the state as a subject of international public law and to outline the definition of the state in accordance with applicable international law and international legal practice. The article analyzes the main characteristics of the state and the criteria (elements) of the state as a subject of public international law in accordance with applicable international law, international legal practice and modern international legal doctrine. It is concluded that the state is a subject of public international law, which is a political and legal territorial entity that meets the following criteria: has a permanent population, a defined territory, government, capacity to enter into international relations. Given the presence of these four criteria (elements) of the state, the state's sovereignty is presumed. It is also concluded that а state as a subject of public international law has the ability to create norms of international law; to acquire rights and obligations under such norms, to implement the specified norms; has the ability to participate in international public-legal relations; has the ability to bear international legal responsibility. The subject of international law is the state as a whole, and not its separate administrative-territorial units, state bodies or officials.

As you know, in public international law there is no hierarchy of sources of law. However, in practice, there are controversial situations when legal relations are subject to legal regulation of various sources of law. This is especially acute in the case of international custom and an international treaty.The purpose of the scientific article is to study the problems of the relationship and interaction of the international treaty and international custom in various aspects of their existence, namely: in aspects of their occurrence, observance and application.The article focuses on the legal analysis of the relationship between the international treaty and international custom in the judicial practice of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations. The analysis is subject, in particular, to the case of the continental shelf of the North Sea (1969), as well as the case of military and paramilitary activities in Nicaragua and against Nicaragua (1986).Based on the analyzed materials, the author of the article came to the conclusion that, firstly, an international treaty may contain customary norms, that have already existed and were in effect even before its conclusion. Secondly, the international treaty may be the last stage in the process of forming the customary norm. And thirdly, an international treaty may propose new legal norms that, due to further practice of subjects of international law, can be the basis for the creation of a new international custom.Moreover, it can be concluded that international customs and international treaties can exist and operate in parallel. However, even if the contractual and customary norm are identical in content, and the subjects of international law who are in disputed legal relations are connected, both by one and the second source of law, then from the point of view of applying these identical norms, they exist independently from each other. ; Як відомо, у міжнародному публічному праві відсутня ієрархія джерел права. Однак в практиці виникають спірні ...