Full Description
The Italian Yearbook of International Law aims at making accessible to the English speaking public the Italian contribution to the practice and literature of international law. Volume XIV (2004) is organised in three main sections. The first contains doctrinal contributions including articles on the UN Charter reform; corporations as international actors; human genetics and reproductive technology; and on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This section includes also notes on the seminal judgment of the Italian Supreme Court in the Ferrini case, setting aside immunity of a foreign State in respect of reparation claims by victims of gross violations of human rights, and on the decision of the Special Court of Sierra Leone in the Charles Taylor case, as well as surveys on the activity of selected international institutions and tribunals (World Trade Organization, Law of the Sea Tribunal, and European Court of Human Rights). The second section covers the Italian practice in the areas of 1) judicial decisions; 2) diplomatic and parliamentary practice; 3) treaty practice; and 4) national legislation. The third section contains a systematic bibliographical index of Italian literature in the field of international law and reviews of recent books. The volume ends with an analytical index for ready consultation that includes the main judicial cases and legal instruments cited throughout the Yearbook.
Contents
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, ARTICLES, THE REPORT OF THE HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON THREATS, CHALLENGES AND CHANGE, THE USE OF FORCE AND THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Natalino Ronzitti, CORPORATIONS AS INTERNATIONAL ACTORS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW MAKERS, Vaughan Lowe, THE MARGINAL ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE ILC'S ARTICLES ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY, Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi, ISLAMIC LAW ON PRISONERS OF WAR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, Mohamed M. El Zeidy and Ray Murphy, HUMAN GENETICS, REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, Cristina Campiglio, "LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY": A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW?, Marco Pertile, NOTES AND COMMENTS, THE FERRINI JUDGMENT OF THE ITALIAN SUPREME COURT: OPENING UP DOMESTIC COURTS TO CLAIMS OF REPARATION FOR VICTIMS OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS, Massimo Iovane, BALANCING THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AFTER DOHA, Valentina Vadi, THE REQUIREMENT OF CONTINUOUS CORPORATE NATIONALITY AND CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL RULES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENTS: THE LOEWEN CASE, Pia Acconci, STATE SUCCESSION AND THE DELIMITATION OF THE CASPIAN SEA, Mariangela Gramola,
IMMUNITY OF HEADS OF STATE: SOME CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE DECISION OF THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE IN THE CHARLES TAYLOR CASE, Chiara Ragni, THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA (2004), Tullio Treves, REVIEW OF JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS DELIVERED IN 2004 BY THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, Simona Granata, THE ACTIVITY OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (2004), Federico Lenzerini and Massimiliano Montini, ITALIAN PRACTICE RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, Classification Scheme, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, (edited by Giuseppe Cataldi and Massimo Iovane), DIPLOMATIC AND PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE, (edited by Lara Appicciafuoco, Pietro Gargiulo, Giuseppe Nesi, Marco Pertile and Valeria Santori), AGREEMENTS TO WHICH ITALY IS A PARTY, (edited by Federico Casolari, Marcello Di Filippo, Marco Gestri and Marina Mancini), LEGISLATION, (edited by Pia Acconci, with the co-operation of Chiara Battistini, Federico Lenzerini, Massimiliano Montini and Gianluca Rubagotti), BIBLIOGRAPHIES, ITALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2004, (edited by Giulio Bartolini, Alessandro Chechi, Federico Lenzerini and
Massimiliano Montini), REVIEW OF BOOKS, BOOKS RECEIVED, INDEX
