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Fontes Juris Gentium. Series A, Sectio II. Tomus 5 and Tomus 6. Decisions of German Courts relating to Public International Law 1961-1965 and 1966-1970. Edited by Hermann Mosler and Rudolf Bernhardt. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1978 and 1979. Vol. 5: pp. xxii, 1048; Vol. 6: pp. xxi, 580. Indexes.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Stefan A. Riesenfeld
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 473 - 476
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1980

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1 They consisted of digests of the decisions of the PCIJ for the years 1922-1930 (Series A, Sectio I, Tomus 1), of the awards of the Permanent Court of Arbitratirendered between 1902 and 1928 (Series A, Sectio I, Tomus 2), and of judgments ofthe Supreme Court of the German Empire published between 1879 and 1929 (SeriesA, Sectio II, Tomus 1).

2 This volume covers the diplomatic correspondence of the European states between 1856 and 1871.

3 Volume 4 covers the decisions of the PCIJ rendered between 1931 and 1934.

4 Diplomatic correspondence of the European states between 1872 and 1878.

5 Seehis reviews of the various volumes of the series in 25 AJIL 795 (1931); 26 AJIL 427 (1932); 28 AJIL 395 (1934).

6 Three volumes of Series A I were published in 1961, 1963, and 1978, digesting the judgments and advisory opinions of the PCIJ rendered during 1934-1940 and of the ICJ rendered between 1947 and 1975. These volumes are of lesser interest to the English-speaking reader because of the availability of excellent digests in English.

7 A II 2 (1929-1945), A II 3 (1945-1949), and A II 4 (1949-1960) were published respectively in 1960, 1956, and 1970. Reviewed in 50 AJIL 978 (1956), 55 AJIL 510 (1961), and 66 AJIL 912 (1972).

8 SeeReview, 66 Ajil 912 (1972).

9 Bonn Constitution Article 25 provides: “The general rules of international law form part of the federal law. They prevail over statutes and create directly rights and duties for the inhabitants of the federal territory.“

10 Bonn Constitution Article 100(2) provides: “If in a litigation doubt arises whether a rule of international law is part of die federal law and whether it creates directly rights and duties for individuals (Art. 25), the court must submit the question for decision to the Federal Constitutional Court.” Article 100(2) of the Constitution is implemented by section 83 of the Law on the Federal Constitutional Court of March 12, 1951, as revised on February 3, 1971, and further amended in 1974, 1976, and 1979.

11 15 BVerfGE 25 (1962), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 81; 16 BVerfGE 27 (1963), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 112; 16 BVerfGE 76 (1963), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 127; 18 BVerfGE 441 (1965), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 217.

12 15 BVerfGE 25 (1962), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 81; 16 BVerfGE 27 (1963), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 112.

13 b.15 BVerfGE 25 (1962), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 81; 16 BVerfGE 27 (1963), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 112.

14 18 BVerfGE 441 (1965), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 217.

15 23 BVerfGE 289 (1968), 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 63.

16 23 BVerfGE 289 (1968), 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 63.

17 29 BVerfGE 348 (1970), 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 127.

18 Article 59 requires assent or participation by the parliamentary bodies in the form of a statute to treaties that govern political relations of the Federal Republic or relate to matters within federal legislative powers.

19 18 BVerfGE 441 (1965), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 21

20 Bonn Constitution Art. 100(1).

21 15 BVerfGE 337 (1962), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 108; 16 BVerfGE 220 (1963), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 120 (application for injunction against promulgation of a ratification law and the exchange of instruments of ratification).

22 29 BVerfGE 348 (1970), 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 127.

23 18 BVerfGE 441 (1965), 5 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 217.

24 SeeFinance Court Hamburg (1969), [1970] EFG 196, 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 102; contra,B Pat G (1967), [1968] GRUR Int. 135, 6 Fontes Juris Gentium, Ser. A II, Case No. 50.