Bartlomiej Krzan

Professor Jan Kolasa was born on 3 December 1926 in Kobylany, in the Opatów district. The outbrea... more Professor Jan Kolasa was born on 3 December 1926 in Kobylany, in the Opatów district. The outbreak of World War II severely impeded but did not entirely destroy his education plans. Soon after the War's end he began studying Law at the University of Wrocław, from which he graduated on 30 December 1950. Already in 1947 Jan Kolasa was attending the lectures and seminars of Professor Stanisław Hubert, who became his academic mentor and master. It was during these times that Jan Kolasa, while still a student, completed an in-depth study of the first Polish textbooks on the law of nations. 1 In the period of 1949-1956 he worked at the Library of the Ossolinski National Institute (Ossolineum), where he was trained as a full librarian and an editor. But his work at Ossolineum did not interrupt his contacts with Professor Hubert. At Professor Hubert's urging, he undertook studies on the teaching of the law of nations in Poland during the Age of enlightenment, which resulted in the publication of a well-received book 2 wherein he analysed how the law of nature and law of nations were taught in Poland, i.e. in a state subjected to several partitions that eventually led to its final extinction. The results of this research have been oft-quoted by lawyers and historians. In September 1956 Jan Kolasa was awarded the scientific title of an adjunct at the Chair of International Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wrocław. Soon after that, in 1957, he left for the United States. As a Ford Foundation Scholar at Princeton University he first received a Master of Arts (1959), then Ph.D. on the basis of his dissertation "The League of Minds: The International Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations". 3 Facing problems with the recognition of his Ph.D. upon his return to Poland, Jan Kolasa obtained a second doctoral degree at his home University of Wrocław. The public

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M. Ruffert, C. Walter, Institutionalised International Law, C.H. Beck, Hart Publishing, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden Baden: 2015, pp. 339

Polish Yearbook of International Law, 2016

Anybody studying the law of international organizations is now in a far better situation than sev... more Anybody studying the law of international organizations is now in a far better situation than several decades ago. The gap was first filled when Sir Derek Bowett published his seminal book The Law of International Institutions. Since then several editions of this masterpiece have been released (most recently the sixth, edited by Philippe Sands and Pierre Klein in 2009). In the meantime, numerous other examinations of the topic in english have been provided, with perhaps the most obvious work being the monumental treatise International Institutional Law by Henry g. Schermers (continued now by Niels M. Blokker), which has been found to be indispensable in any serious legal library. Several other authors (including most notably C.W. Jenks, F. Seyersted, N. White or J. Klabbers) have presented their own expositions of the problem, in many respects offering a fresh look at the issues under examination. The need for a comprehensive analysis was also recognized by The Hague Academy of International Law, which decided to prepare its own bilingual textbook under the auspices of UNeSCO: Manuel sur les organisations internationales = A handbook on international organizations, with r.-J. Dupuy as an editor. In this regard one might be tempted to also include a reference to the comprehensive volume on the subject published in French, edited by evelyne Lagrange and Jean-Marc Sorel, providing yet another vision for approaching the complex matter. The reasons for such a proliferation of textbooks are largely known. The growing importance of the law, the training of law students, and the increased need for interdisciplinary research also provide the impetus underlying the reviewed book, as the authors themselves acknowledge at the outset (p. 3). The book under review is a translation of a textbook originally published in german by two leading german international lawyers. As such, making this work available to an english readership is a most welcome step. It offers a perspective developed by constant reliance on the continental experience, which is evidenced by the systematic references mainly to the doctrinal views held by the german-speaking scientific community. In the view of its authors the book is designed to offer the basis for a scientifically sound work on the law of international organisations. The target audience is primarily students of international law and international relations, as well as practitioners and interested lawyers. By putting emphasis on the decisive link between substantive and institutional issues and their treatment in public international law (p. 5), the authors have attempted to avoid offering yet another catalogue of institutional developments. Instead, they offer a carefully structured, concise, and in most cases accurate reference book, which may be BOOK revIeW

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Szkoła Prawa Austriackiego

Przegląd Prawa i Administracji, 2015

Human Rights and International Criminal Law

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O roli (ochrony) praw człowieka z perspektywy międzynarodowego sądownictwa karnego

Przegląd Prawa i Administracji, 2015

Book Review: Vesselin Popovski, Trudy Fraser (eds.), The Security Council as Global Legislator, Routledge, New York: 2014

Social Science Research Network, Jul 3, 2015

Book review of Vesselin Popovski, Trudy Fraser (eds.), The Security Council as Global Legislator,... more

Fiat iustitia . . . Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski and His Vision of the Relations Between the International Court of Justice and the Security Council

International Community Law Review, May 24, 2016

The present article addresses the legacy of the late Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski with a view... more The present article addresses the legacy of the late Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski with a view to analysing his vision of the judicial function of the International Court of Justice vis-à-vis the Security Council. Although the issue has attracted much scholarly and practical attention, it may be argued that the position taken by Skubiszewski, successfully combining theory with practice, remains highly relevant despite the lapse of time and subsequent developments. The relations between the two main organs of the United Nations are examined particularly in the light of the latest jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.