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Contents
Notes on contributors ix
List of abbreviations xiii
List of maps xvi
Editors’ introduction xvii
PART I
The historical contribution of Latin America to the
development of international law through adjudication 1
Notes on contributors
The entry of Latin America into the community of nations is one of the
most important facts in the history of civilization. It resulted not only in
widening the field occupied by International Law but also in radically
modifying its character.
(Manuel Alejandro Álvarez. 1909. Judge of the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) from 1944 to 1955)
1 Rubin, A., ‘International Legal Effects of Unilateral Declarations’ AJIL, 71, 1977, 1.
2 United Nations, Statute of the I.C.J., 18 April 1946.
3 Peil, M., ‘Scholarly Writings as a Source of Law: A Survey of the Use of Doctrine by the
International Court of Justice’, Cambridge Journal of International & Comparative Law,
1, 2012, 136.
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4 Álvarez, A., ‘Latin America and international law.’ AJIL 3.2, 1909, 270.
5 Gormley, W. P., ‘The Hague Academy of International Law: A Study in Intercultural
Education and Communication’, Journal of Legal Education, 1961, 512–5.
6 Yepes, J. M., ‘La contribution de l’Amérique latine au développement du droit internatio-
nal public et privé’, RCADI, 32, 1930.
7 Yepes, J. M., ‘Les problèmes fondamentaux du droit des gens en Amérique’, RCADI, 47,
1934.
8 Álvarez, A., ‘Le droit international américain: son fondement-sa nature d’après l’histoire
diplomatique des états du nouveau monde et leur vie politique et économique’, Paris: A.
Pedone, 1910.
9 Álvarez, A., ‘Latin America and international law.’ AJIL 3.2, 1909, 269–353.
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10 Lorca, A. B., ‘International Law in Latin America or Latin American International Law-
Rise, Fall, and Retrieval of a Tradition of Legal Thinking and Political Imagination.’
Harvard International Law Journal, 47, 2006, 283.
11 Obregón, L., ‘Construyendo la región americana: Andrés Bello y el derecho internacional’,
La idea de América en el pensamiento ius internacionalista del siglo XX., Instituto Fernando
el Católico, IFC, 2010.
12 De La Barra, F., ‘La médiation et la conciliation internationales’, RCADI, 1, 1923,
553–68.
13 Summers, L., ‘Arbitration and Latin America’, California Western. International Law
Journal, 3, 1972, 1.
14 For example, the arbitrations regarding borders between Colombia and Venezuela, and
between Guatemala and Honduras: Scott, J., ‘The Swiss Decision in the Boundary Dispute
between Colombia and Venezuela.’ AJIL, 16.3, 1922, 428–31.
15 De La Barra, F., ‘La médiation et la conciliation internationales’, RCADI, 1, 1923,
563–65.
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22 Kohen, M. G., ‘La contribución de América Latina al desarrollo progresivo del Derecho
Internacional en materia territorial’, Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional XVII,
2001, 64.
23 Quintana, J. J., ‘The Latin American Contribution to International Adjudication: The Case
of the International Court of Justice’, Netherlands International Law Review, 39.01, 1992,
127–54.
24 Urrutia, F. J., ‘La codification du droit international en Amérique’, RCADI, 22, 1928, 81–
236.
25 UN Charter Article 2(4).
26 Lorenzen, E. G., ‘Pan-American Code of Private International Law’, Tulane. Law. Review,
4, 1929, 499.
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27 Not to be confused with the Corte Centro-Americana de Justicia (Central American Court
of Justice), a Tribunal founded in 1993.
28 Hudson, M. O., ‘The Central American Court of Justice’, AJIL, 1932, 759–86.
29 Matos, J., ‘L’Amérique et la Société des Nations,’ RCADI, 28, 1929, 1–104.
30 Ruling of the Central American Court of Justice in the case between El Salvador v.
Nicaragua. Judgment of 9 March 1917; AJIL. Judicial Decisions Involving Questions of
International Law, 11, 1917, 703.
31 Abello-Galvis, R., ‘Eaux et baies historiques en droit international’, Estudios Socio-Jurídicos,
5, n.1, 2003, 33–76.
32 Land, Island and Maritime Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua. intervening),
I.C.J. Reports 1992, p. 351. International Court of Justice, September 11, 1992.
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at The Academy during the 1930 session. The subject was the legal traditions
that were entrenched in the colonial epoch of the continent and that, based
on the indigenous experience, shaped modern legal principles applied to the
region, such as the rights and duties during occupation and the limits on
government and civil liberties.33
33 Octavio, R., ‘Les sauvages américains devant le droit’, RCADI, 31, 1930, 177–292.
34 Yepes, J. M., ‘Philosophie du Panamericanisme et organisation de la paix’, La Bacconnière,
1945.
35 Yepes, J. M., ‘Commentaire théorique et pratique du Pacte de la Société des nations et des
statuts de l’Union panaméricaine’, Vol. 2. Paris: A. Pedone, 1934, 375.
36 Yepes, J. M., ‘La contribution de l’Amérique latine au développement du droit internatio-
nal public et privé’, RCADI 32, 1930, 691–800.
37 Yepes, J. M., ‘Les problèmes fondamentaux du droit des gens en Amérique’, RCADI, 47,
1934, 1–144.
38 Yepes, J. M., ‘Les accords régionaux et le droit international’, RCADI, 71, 1947, 227–
344.
39 Abello-Galvis, R., ‘Editorial’, ACDI – Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional 1, n.
1, 2008, 7–11.
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