Five masters of international law : conversations with R-J Dupuy, E Jiménez de Aréchaga, R Jennings, L Henkin and O Schachter

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Five masters of international law : conversations with R-J Dupuy, E Jiménez de Aréchaga, R Jennings, L Henkin and O Schachter

Antonio Cassese

Hart, 2011

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This book consists of interviews with five distinguished international lawyers from the UK, USA, Uruguay and France, conducted by the editor, Antonio Cassese, between 1993 and 1995. Each interview is preceded by a brief 'intellectual portrait' of the interviewee. In his general introduction Cassese stresses that the interviews, all based on the same questionnaire, were intended to bring out not only the main ideas associated with each scholar in the fields of international law and international relations, but also his intellectual and philosophical background, his general outlook and his views of the prospects for the evolution of the international community. In his final essay, Cassese brings together the main threads of the interviews and points to the parallels and divergences appearing from them. This book offers a unique and important insight into the legal minds and outlook of a select group of prominent scholars of international law and legal institutions during the last years of the twentieth century.

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Basic Questionnaire Rene-Jean Dupuy Interview with Rene-Jean Dupuy: June 1993 I. The Formative Years II. Encounters with Other International Lawyers III. The Role of the Jurist as Scholar and Practitioner IV. A Look at the International Community V. The Jurist and Global Reality Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga Interview with Eduardo Jimenez de Arechaga: November 1993 I. The Role of Legal Scholarship at the Start of Judge de Arechaga's Scholarly Activity II. Meeting Other International Lawyers III. Jimenez de Arechaga's Academic and Political Career IV. Thoughts About the International Community V. The Jurist and Global Reality Sir Robert Jennings Interview with Sir Robert Jennings: October 1994 I. The Beginning as a Scholar II. Encounters with Other Scholars III. The Role of the Jurist as Scholar and Practitioner IV. A Look at the International Community V. The Jurist and Global Reality Louis Henkin Interview with Louis Henkin: February 1995 I. The Formative Years II. Encounters with Other International Lawyers III. The Role of the Jurist as Scholar and Practitioner IV. A Look at the International Community V. Some Personal Questions Oscar Schachter Interview with Oscar Schachter: February 1995 I. The Beginning as a Scholar II. The Policy-Science Approach versus the Strictly Legal Approach III. Encounters with Other International Lawyers IV. The Theoretical Approach to International Law V. The Role of the Jurist as Scholar and Practitioner VI. A Look at the International Community VII. The Jurist and Global Reality Final Remarks By Way of Conclusion I. On the Limits of my Attempt to Highlight the Main Points of the Interviews II. Basic Commonalities III. The European Kernel in the Education of the Interviewees IV. Legal Positivism V. Scholar versus Practitioner VI. Political Involvement VII. The Evils of the Current International Community VIII. The Outlook for the World Community IX. Personal Matters X. Final Observations

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