OUVRAGE : J.E. Viñuales, A. Clapham, L. Boisson de Chazournes, M. Hébié (eds.), The International Legal Order in the XXIst Century. Essays in Honour of Professor Marcelo Gustavo Kohen

Jorge E. VIÑUALES, Andrew CLAPHAM, Laurence BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, Mamadou HÉBIÉ

This collection of essays celebrating the work of Professor Marcelo Kohen brings together the leading scholars and practitioners of public international law from different continents and generations to explore some of the most challenging issues of contemporary international law. The volume is a testimony of esteem and friendship from colleagues and former students, and it covers a vast expanse, reflecting the width and diversity of Professor Kohen’s own contribution. Written in English, French and Spanish, the essays in this volume will appeal to a broad public of academics, practitioners and students of international law from around the world.

OUVRAGE : M.G. Kohen, M. Hébié (eds.), Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law

Marcelo G. KOHEN, Mamadou HÉBIÉ

Despite globalization and the increasingly transnational character of human activities, territorial disputes remain a significant source of tensions in international relations and constitute a large share of inter-state cases brought before international tribunals and courts. The Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law analyses the concepts, technical rules, and norms applicable to territorial disputes.

OUVRAGE : M.G. Kohen, M. Hébié (eds.), Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law

Marcelo G. KOHEN, Mamadou HÉBIÉ

Globalization, interdependence and integration are contemporary phenomena that are supposed to render territoriality less important than before. A number of human activities and natural phenomena occur without paying any attention to the existence of boundaries. Supranationality in different fields is expanding. The very concept of sovereignty, the key element characterizing States, is put into question. Today’s world is witnessing two apparent contradictory trends, at least, as perceived by some observers: the loss of importance of the sovereign State as the principal actor in international relations, and the increase of the number of sovereign States and the attempt at creating new ones in different parts of the globe. After three hundred and seventy years of the Peace of Westphalia that symbolically evokes the emergence of modern sovereign States, this paradox indeed reveals that the State and its material substrate, the territory, still plays a predominant role in the contemporary world.

REVUE : African Yearbook of International Law (vol. 20, 2013-2014)

Mamadou HÉBIÉ

The latest volume of the African Yearbook of International Law (vol. 20, 2013-2014) is out.

OUVRAGE : M. Hébié, Souveraineté territoriale par traité : une étude des accords entre puissances coloniales et entités politiques locales

Mamadou HÉBIÉ

Sur plus de 700 pages finement travaillées, Mamadou Hébié décrit l'histoire des relations juridiques entre les puissances européennes et les entités politiques locales durant l'expansion coloniale. L'auteur a produit une contribution majeure à l'étude de l'établissement de la souveraineté territoriale, de l'histoire du droit international et du droit des traités. Si le sujet restait jusqu'alors obscur, les quelques travaux qui lui étaient consacrés laissaient transparaître des présupposés influencés par une conception ethnocentrique du droit et des relations internationales. Ce sont ces idées reçues sur le cadre juridique de la colonisation que ce livre amène à remettre en question.