Joakim Nergelius, Professor of Law at the University of Örebro (Sweden) came up with the evergreen topic of the constitution, constitutionalisation of the European Union. The purpose of his monograph is to analyse the actual constitutional situation of the European Union. ’Actual’ means in that...   MORE>>

The doyen of the Hungarian doctrine of international law, Professor Géza Herczegh, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, former member of the Constitutional Court and the International Court of Justice has passed away in his eighty-second year. His humane attitude and outstanding professiona...   MORE>>

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Since its construction the Panama Canal has played a very important role in the world's commercial history from the beginning. Many people had tried to find a new route instead of the very long and dangerous way round trip of the South American continent. And the best solution was...   MORE>>

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Facing the new century, the international community has sought to promote political and economic cooperation at the regional and global forums such as the “European Union” (EU) in Europe, “North America Free Trade Area” (NAFTA) in the Western Hemisphere, and “Association...   MORE>>

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As the unilateral act of States has appeared more and more often in the area of international law and raised different questions concerning its place in the regime of international legal sources as the respect for the rule of law is fundamental to the effective protection of the s...   MORE>>

Introduction: Social Rights and Poverty

There are different ways to fight against poverty. For example, you could simply rely on economic development, on charity or it can solely be based on governmental initiatives. Sustainable economic development is a precondition to significantly diminish pov...   MORE>>

"War is father of all, king of all.

Some it makes gods, some it makes men,

some it makes slaves, some free."

(Heraclites, Fragment 44)

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The reliance on private contractors in military operations, especially in international and non-international armed conflicts has defi...   MORE>>

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This paper (i) summarizes and (ii) analyzes the opinion of the US Supreme Court dated 14 June 2007 on a dispute between the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations and others and the City of New York. The analysis focuses on the applicability and interpretation of the rel...   MORE>>

Though the need for protection of national minorities occurred in the 19th century, its legal frameworks were established only in the first quarter of the 20th Century, after the First World War. In the Middle Age the issue of nationalities did not exist, “it would be more appropriate to say that ...   MORE>>

Historical antecedents of the genocide

The administration of the Rwandan territories was obtained by Belgian colonizers during World War I. In this era a new artificially created preference system was created which ensured a privileged position to the ethnic group of tutsis against the hutus. The...   MORE>>