The Rule of Law in International Law Today

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The Social Power of Bodin's 'Sovereignty' and International Law

[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Théories du droit]The word ‘sovereignty’ provides a forceful example of the social power of language as an organic instrument playing a leading role in the continuous and continuing process of creating and transforming human reality. The paper examines a pivotal episode in the history of the word ‘sovereignty’ — its formal introduction in the 16th century by Jean Bodin in his Six Livres de la Republique. It focuses on the social effects ‘sovereignty’ has had on the shared consciousness of humanity, including that of the international community. The proposed metalogical inquiry adopts a method that draws from the hermeneutic school of historical knowledge. The argument is that Bodin used ‘sovereignty’ for the purpose of attributing to the ruler (the French king) supreme power in the hierarchical organisational structure of society. This idea of a pyramid of authority is found in different elements of the discourse in Six Livres de la Republique, which is examined in the immediate context of Bodin’s personal background as well as the extended social, political and intellectual context of 16th century France. The conclusion shows that Bodin’s work was the first seminal step in the development of contemporary ideas of ‘internal sovereignty’ and ‘external sovereignty’. It is thus part of the history of the true power that the word at hand has exercised in framing the international state system and hence the international legal system

The Canadian Federal Constitutional Framework and the Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol

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Recent Developments on the Role of International Law in Canadian Statutory Interpretation

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National Application of International Law: The Statutory Interpretation Perspective

Reprinted with permission of the Publisher from The Canadian Yearbook of Internation Law, 41 by Don McRae © University of British Columbia Press 2003. All rights reserved.[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit international

Emer de Vattel and the Externalization of Sovereignty

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L'interprétation de la Charte: reconsidération de l'approche téléologique et réévaluation du rôle du droit international

[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit international][À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Généralités

Le transfert de territoire en droit international selon Vattel et la cession de la Louisiane aux États-Unis d'Amérique

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