Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Editor: Pierre Michel Eisemann -- La Conclusion des Traités / Pierre Michel Eisemann -- L’application des Traités Dans L’ordre Juridique Interne / Jochen A. Frowein and Karin Oellers-Frahm -- The Reception of European Community Law into Domestic Law / Hazel Fox, Piers Gardner, and Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- L’application du Droit Dérivé des Organisations Internationales Dans L’ordre Juridique Interne / Emmanuel Roucounas -- L’application du Droit International Général Dans L’ordre Juridique Interne / Christian Dominicé and François Voeffray -- The Enforcement of International Judgments in the Domestic Legal System / Hazel Fox, Piers Gardner, and Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- Allemagne \ Germany / Jochen A. Frowein and Karin Oellers-Frahm -- Belgique \ Belgium / Joe Verhoeven -- Danemark \ Denmark / Frederik Harhoff -- Espagne \ Spain / Romualdo Bermejo García, Valentín Bou Franch, Carlos Valdés Díaz, and José Antonio Paja Burgoa -- France / Emmanuel Decaux, Pierre Michel Eisemann, Valérie Goesel-Le Bihan, and Brigitte Stern -- Grèce \ Greece / Emmanuel Roucounas -- Irlande \ Ireland / Clive R. Symmons -- Italie \ Italy / Tullio Treves and Marco Frigessi di Rattalma -- Luxembourg / Robert Biever, Nico Edon, and Luc Weitzel -- Pays-Bas \ Netherlands / Catherine M. Brölmann and Egbert W. Vierdag -- Portugal / Rui Manuel Moura Ramos -- Royaume-Uni \ United Kingdom / Hazel Fox, Piers Gardner, and Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- Suisse \ Switzerland / Christian Dominicé and François Voeffray -- Questionnaire / Editor: Pierre Michel Eisemann -- Liste des Auteurs \ List of Contributors / Editor: Pierre Michel Eisemann.

Just how International and European Community Law is being integrated into domestic legal systems is as yet not too well known. To gain a clear overview of this grey area requires more than knowing about the various constitutional rules. What is also needed is a study of little-known administrative practices and the attitudes of the national courts, where case-law is often as complex as it is diverse. When all these elements are taken into account, the general picture that emerges is a much more subtle one, transcending the classical positions based on the theories of monism and dualism. To grasp this reality and go beyond preconceived ideas, it seemed indispensable to make a thorough analysis of national practices. To this end, the International Law Centre of the University of Paris XIII (Cedin Paris XIII) took the initiative, in 1990, of setting up a network of European international lawyers to work on the theme `International norms and legal barriers'. This book presents the outcome of the network's programme. The research was organized on the basis of a single questionnaire which provided the outline of a common workplan, to which each of the contributors has adhered. Detailed comparisons of national practices can now be made, relating in particular to international treaties, acts of international organisations and of the European Communities, and to unwritten international law. This is the first time that such a comprehensive and detailed survey has been made of all thirteen countries. Reading the national reports one after the other provides complete information on domestic practices; reading them crosswise gives a direct comparison between the different countries on specific issues.

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