Les limites du droit international. Essais en l’honneur de Joe Verhoeven – The Limits of International Law. Essays in honour of Joe Verhoeven

Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain, and later at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Secretary-General of the Institut de droit international, Joe Verhoeven holds a special place in international law doctrine. His general course at The Hague Academy was entitled “Considérations sur ce qui est commun” (“Reflexions about what is common”). As a counterpoint (or complement) to this title, this Liber amicorum is about the powers that States retain and the rules of international law which protect what Joe Verhoeven intuitively described as the “private life” of each national community. Thirty essays (most of them written in French) are the final result of this collective effort. They have been grouped under four general themes: The limits of International law and the “private life” of States; State competences not affected by international law; States and regional integration as a test for International law; International justice and the limits of its own law.