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Mr. Campbell McLachlan

Mr. Campbell McLachlan
Professor of Law
Victoria University of Wellington

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International Law
Legal Theory
The Principle of Systematic Integration
in International Law
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(6/7/2012, 28 minutes)
International Law
Legal Theory
The Principle of Systematic Integration in International Law
A. Legal Instruments
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Rome, 4 November 1950, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 213, p. 221.

Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights between the United States of American and Iran, Tehran, 15 August 1955, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 284, p. 93.

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1155, p. 331.
B. Jurisprudence

Arbitral Tribunal (Great Britain-United States) constituted under the Special Agreement of 18 August 1910, Eastern Extension, Australia and China Telegraph Company, Limited (Great Britain) v. United States, Decision of 9 November 1923, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. VI, p. 112.

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Island of Palmas case (Netherlands, U.S.A.), Award of 4 April 1928, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. II, p. 829.

Arbitral Tribunal, Georges Pinson (France) v. United Mexican States, Decision of 19 October 1928, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. V, p. 327.

International Court of Justice, Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1997, p. 7.

European Court of Human Rights, McElhinney v. Ireland, no. 31253/96, Judgment of 21 November 2001 (Grand Chamber).

European Court of Human Rights, Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom, no. 35763/97, Judgment of 21 November 2001 (Grand Chamber).

European Court of Human Rights, Fogarty v. the United Kingdom, no. 37112/97, Judgment of 21 November 2001 (Grand Chamber).

International Court of Justice, Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2002, p. 3.

International Court of Justice, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), Judgment of 6 November 2003, I.C.J. Reports 2003, p. 161.

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Award in the Arbitration regarding the Iron Rhine (“Ijzeren Rijn”) Railway between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Decision of 24 May 2005, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, vol. XXVII, p. 35.

C. Documents
Report of the Study Group of the International Law Commission, “Fragmentation of International Law: Difficulties Arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law”, Finalized by M. Koskenniemi (A/CN.4/L.702, 18 July 2006).
D. Doctrine

M. Huber, Comment, Annuaire de l’Institut de droit international, vol. 44-I, 1952, p. 199.

H.W.A. Thirlway, “The Law and Procedure of the International Court of Justice 1960-1989 Part Three”, British Yearbook of International Law, vol. 62, 1991, p. 1.

P. Sands, “Treaty, Custom and the Cross-fertilization of International Law”, Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, vol. 1, 1998, p. 85.

D. Shelton, “International Law and ‘Relative Normativity’”, in M. Evans (ed.), International Law, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010, pp. 141-171.