Suchergebnisse

Obviously it is regrettable that the 115th Annual Meeting including this Panel cannot take place physically in Washington. We miss the ambiance, the camaraderie, being together as Oscar Schachter's "invisible college of international lawyers." But we are grateful that the American Society has successfully managed to organize this meeting in an online format, just like many international organizations have continued their work in the best possible way, under the trying circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is a truism that there is no legislator at the global level identical to the legislator at the national level. The principle of state sovereignty is difficult to reconcile with the idea of a world legislator. This was true in previous centuries. It is still true at the beginning of the 21st century. The role of the state is predominant in the development of international law, whether it is through treaties, customary law or any other source of international law. International law is first and foremost made by states.

The United Nations at 75 -- The Security Council and the right of veto -- The Security Council : on the rule of power and the rule of law -- The need for a second enlargement of the Security Council -- United Nations? Security Council? Concluding institutional legal reflection.

It has rightly been observed that every society "faces a delicate problem when it has to determine how its judges are appointed, especially the members of the senior courts and tribunals". For, while it is usually recognised that judges should be independent, at the same time those in power may prefer judges who are not too independent, in the sense that they more or less share the general political orientation of government.