Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Codification in International Perspective pp 353–361Cite as

Codification in the Field of Human Rights

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

  • 817 Accesses

Part of the book series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law ((GSCL,volume 1))

Abstract

Codification was considered the invention of an old era with no future. The development of society however has proved that it keeps its relevance even nowadays. Thus, at present, national codification goes side-by-side with international codification. A new field where it imposed itself is that of human rights.

PhD, Professor, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Ecological University of Bucharest, Director of the Romanian Institute for Human Rights, Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    See H. El Onfir, La codification du droit marocain, in Revue juridique et politique—Independence et coopération, no 3–4/1986, p. 391 et seq, as well as V. D. Zlătescu, Introducere în legistica formală, Ed. Romprint, 1995, p. 138 et seq.

  2. 2.

    Id.

  3. 3.

    For the sake of illustration, let us mention the Congress held by the International Academy of Comparative Law in Caracas, 1982, the Congress of the International Institute of Law of French Expression and Inspiration of Louisiana, 1985, the Colloquium at the University of Laval, Quebec 2004, etc. On occasion of one edition of the International University of Human Rights, organized by the Romanian Institute for Human Rights, it was pointed out that the first Code, a token of acknowledgement of the fundamental human rights, was the small clay cylinder inscribed with the edict of Cyrus the Great (534 B.C.); see Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, R. C. Demetrescu, Din istoria drepturilor omului, Ed. IRDO, 2001, p. 7 et seq.

  4. 4.

    See B. Oppetit, L’avenir de la codification, in Droits, issue 24/1998, p. 73 et seq.

  5. 5.

    See F. Zenati-Castaing, L’avenir de la codification, in Revue internationale de droit comparé, issue no. 2, 2011, p. 355 et seq.

  6. 6.

    See P. Decheix, Raport susţinut la Universitatea Internaţională a Drepturilor Omului, Mangalia, 2000; see also, P. Decheix, Le Congrès de Louisiane, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 207 et seq.

  7. 7.

    See J. Gaudemet, La codification, ses formes et ses fins, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 239 et seq.

  8. 8.

    Id.

  9. 9.

    Id.

  10. 10.

    Id.

  11. 11.

    See A. Plantay, Discours, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 231 et seq.

  12. 12.

    See V. D. Zlătescu, Mari sisteme de drept contemporan, Editura Pro Universitaria, Bucureşti, 2012, pp. 15–24.

  13. 13.

    Id.

  14. 14.

    See Jean Gaudemet, op. cit.

  15. 15.

    See V. D. Zlătescu, Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, Le droit roumain dans le système juridique romano-germanique, in Revue internationale de droit comparé, No. 2/1992.

  16. 16.

    See V. R. Zimmermann, Roman law, contemporary law, European law, the civilian tradition today, Oxford University Press, 2004.

  17. 17.

    See F. Zenati-Castaing, loc. cit., p. 358.

  18. 18.

    See D. Deronssin, F.Garnier, Passé et présent du droit, no. 6, Compilations et codifications juridiques, t. 3; V. S. Jahel, Code civil et codification dans les pays du monde arabe, 1804–2004, Le code civil, un passé, un présent, un avenir, Dalloz, 2004, p. 831 et seq. apud F. Zenati-Castaing, loc. cit., p. 359, as well as Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, Address upon receiving the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Ovidius University, Constanţa, 11 octombrie 2011.

  19. 19.

    See P. Armenjon, B. Nolde, M. Wolff, Traité de droit comparé, tomme I, LGDJ Paris, 1950, p. 71. et seq; R. David, Les grands systèmes du droit contemporain, Dalloz, Paris, 1964; J. Constantinesco, Traite de droit comparé, tomme II, LGDJ Paris, 1972, p. 50 et seq.

  20. 20.

    See V. D. Zlătescu, Panorama marilor sisteme contemporane de drept, Ed. Continent XXI, Bucureşti, 1994, p. 118 et seq.

  21. 21.

    See P. Decheix, loc. cit.

  22. 22.

    See F. Zenati-Castaing, loc.cit., p. 360.

  23. 23.

    See P. Decheix, Le Congrés de Louisiane, La codification et l’évolution du droit, in Revue juridique et Politique Indépendance et Coopération, 1985, p. 210.

  24. 24.

    See Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, Drepturile omului—un sistem în evoluţie, Ed. IRDO, Bucureşti, 2008, p. 16 et seq.

  25. 25.

    See Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, R. C. Demetrescu, op. cit., p. 3 et seq.

  26. 26.

    Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, International Encyclopaedia of Laws : Constitutional Law in Romania, Kluwer Law International, the Netherlands, 2012. p. 5 et seq.

  27. 27.

    See Georges Perrin, “La codification et le développement progressif du droit international public”, Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 861 et seq.

  28. 28.

    Id.

  29. 29.

    Id.

  30. 30.

    Part of the ideas promoted in this study were the basis of a report prepared for the scientific lectures session on “Science and codification in Romania (1864–2009)”, organized by the Institute for Legal Research “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu”, on 30 March 2012.

  31. 31.

    The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which ended its activity based on Resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, when it was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council, provided the international community with a universal framework of human rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, respectively, their Protocols, as well as other fundamental human rights treaties.

    The 65 years since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly, more precisely on 10 December 1948, has hardly diminished the power of the message conveyed by this document of exceptional importance, meant to consecrate a common ideal for all nations, the foundation on which the construct of human rights has been edified. It is appreciated nowadays that the Declaration is the genuine interpretation of the United Nations Charter as it explains in detail the meaning of the terms “human rights and fundamental freedoms”, which the United Nations Member States committed themselves to respect when they became a party to the Charter (See Sohn L., The New International Law: Protection of the rights of individuals rather than States, American University Law Review, 1982, vol. 32, p. 16 et seq.

  32. 32.

    See G. Beaudoin, La codification des droits fondamentaux au Canada: un commentaire, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 491 et seq.

  33. 33.

    See Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, Constitutional Law in Romania …, p. 121 et seq.

  34. 34.

    See Irina Moroianu Zlătescu, Monna Lisa Magdo Belu, La culture juridique et l’acculturation du droit: rapport national roumain in “Legal culture and legal transplants—la culture juridique et l’acculturation du droit”, XVIII Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, ISAIDAT Law Review, vol. 1, issue 2, 2011, p. 260 et seq.

  35. 35.

    Id.

Reference

  • Armenjon, P., Nolde, B., Wolff, M., Traité de droit comparé, tomme I, LGDJ Paris, 1950, p. 71

    Google Scholar 

  • Beaudoin, G., La codification des droits fondamentaux au Canada: un commentaire, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 491

    Google Scholar 

  • Constantinesco, J., Traité de droit comparé, tomme II, LGDJ Paris, 1972, p. 50

    Google Scholar 

  • David, R., Les grands systèmes de droit contemporain, Dalloz, Paris, 1964

    Google Scholar 

  • Decheix, P., Le Congrés de Louisiane, La codification et l’évolution du droit, in Revue juridique et politique Indépendance et Coopération, 1985, p. 210

    Google Scholar 

  • Decheix, P., Le Congrès de Louisiane, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 207

    Google Scholar 

  • Decheix, P., Raport susţinut la Universitatea Internaţională a Drepturilor Omului, Mangalia, 2000

    Google Scholar 

  • Deronssin, D., Garnier, F. Passé et présent du droit, no. 6, Compilations et codifications juridiques, t. 3

    Google Scholar 

  • Gaudemet, J., La codification, ses formes et ses fins, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 239

    Google Scholar 

  • Jahel, V. S., Code civil et codification dans les pays du monde arabe, 1804–2004, Le code civil, un passé, un présent, un avenir, Dalloz, 2004, p. 831 et seq. apud Zenati-Castaing, F., loc. cit., p. 359

    Google Scholar 

  • Oppetit, B., L’avenir de la codification, in Droits, issue 24/1998, p. 73

    Google Scholar 

  • Oufir, Hassan El, La codification du droit marocain, in Revue juridique et politique—Independence et coopération, no 3–4/1986, p. 391

    Google Scholar 

  • Perrin, Georges, “La codification et le développement progressif du droit international public”, Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 861

    Google Scholar 

  • Plantay, A., Discours, in Revue juridique et politique …, loc. cit., p. 231

    Google Scholar 

  • Sohn, L., The New International Law: Protection of the rights of individuals rather than States, American University Law Review, 1982, vol. 32, p. 16

    Google Scholar 

  • Zenati-Castaing, F., Lʼavenir de la codification, in Revue internationale de droit comparé, issue no. 2, 2011, p. 355, 358

    Google Scholar 

  • Zimmermann, V. R., Roman law, contemporary law, European law, the civilian tradition today, Oxford University Press, 2004

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, V. D., Panorama marilor sisteme comntemporane de drept, Ed. Continent XXI, Bucureşti, 1994, p. 118

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, V. D., Introducere în legistica formală, Ed. Romprint, 1995, p. 138

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, Irina Moroianu, Demetrescu, R. C., Din istoria drepturilor omului, Ed. IRDO, 2001, p. 7

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, Irina Moroianu, Drepturile omului – un sistem în evoluţie, Ed. IRDO, Bucureşti, 2008, p. 16

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, Irina Moroianu, International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Constitutional Law in Romania, Kluwer Law International, the Netherlands, 2012. p. 5, 121

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, V. D., Mari sisteme de drept contemporan, Editura Pro Universitaria, Bucureşti, 2012, pp. 15–24

    Google Scholar 

  • Zlătescu, V. D., Zlătescu, Irina Moroianu, Le droit roumain dans le système juridique romano-germanique, in Revue internationale de droit comparé, No. 2/1992

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Romanian Institute for Human Rights, 42 Alexandru Constantinescu, sector 1, 011474, Bucharest, Romania

    Prof. Irina Moroianu Zlătescu

Authors
  1. Prof. Irina Moroianu Zlătescu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Irina Moroianu Zlătescu .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. College of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wen-Yeu Wang

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Zlătescu, I. (2014). Codification in the Field of Human Rights. In: Wang, WY. (eds) Codification in International Perspective. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03455-3_18

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation