Derecho Internacional Público. Definición y breve reseña histórica
| Author | Hugo Llanos Mansilla |
| Profession | Miembro de la Corte Permanente de Arbitraje Internacional de La Haya |
| Pages | 21-28 |
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INTRODUCCIÓN
Se han dado muchas definiciones del Derecho Internacional Pú-
blico, las que enfatizan, principalmente, sus fuentes y sus sujetos.
Entre ellas, destacaremos las siguientes:
1. HACKWORTH, Digest of International Law, vol. 1, p. 3, 1940.1
“El Derecho Internacional consiste en un conjunto de normas que
rigen las relaciones entre los Estados”.
Esta es una definición clásica en que el autor, en su definición, se
fundamenta en que el Estado es el principal sujeto de Derecho Inter-
nacional.
Si bien es cierto que el nacimiento del Derecho Internacional
se identifica con el nacimiento del Estado, y que éste seguirá tenien-
do una actividad protagónica, no es menos cierto que hoy otros ac-
tores comparten con el Estado su calidad de sujeto de Derecho
Internacional.
2. L. OPPENHEIM, Tratado de Derecho Internacional Público, Barcelona,
1961, p. 4.2
“Derecho Internacional es el nombre dado al conjunto de reglas
consuetudinarias o convenidas en tratados considerados con fuerza
jurídica obligatoria por todos los Estados en sus relaciones mutuas”.
Esta definición enfatiza las fuentes del Derecho Internacional,
si bien es cierto que sólo menciona dos de las fuentes principales
establecidas en el artículo 38 del Estatuto de la Corte Internacional
1 WILLIAM W. BISHOP, International Law. Cases and Materials, 1962, p. 3.
2 CHARLES FENWICK, Derecho Internacional, Buenos Aires, 1963, p. 31.
CAPÍTULO I
DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PÚBLICO
DEFINICIÓN Y BREVE RESEÑA HISTÓRICA
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