Contents : Preface / the Secretary-General -- Preface / le Secretaire general -- Prologo / el Secretario General -- I. The Role of the national legal adviser in shaping the foreign policy of states / Le role du conseiller juridique national dans la formulation de la politique exterieure des états -- The role of the legal adviser in the conduct of Ghana's international relations from independence to the present / Emmanuel A. Addo -- The role of the legal adviser in the formulation of a state's foreign policy / Jassim Bin Nasser Al-Thani -- La contribution du jurisconsulte a la politique des états relative aux espace maritimes / Huseyin Pazarci -- II. The role of the legal adviser in shaping and applying international law / Le role du conseiller juridique dans l'elaboration et l'application du droit international -- The role of the legal adviser in the treaty-making process / Milan Beranek -- Some reflexions on the relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights in the light of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court / Adriaan Bos -- Le role du directeur des affaires juridiques dans un pays engage dans la cooperation europeenne / Marc Perrin de Brichambaut -- Cooperation among legal advisers on public international law / Hans Corell -- Soft law and the legal adviser / Hartmut Hillgenberg -- The role of the legal adviser in the process of succession of states in respect of bilateral treaties, with particular reference to the experience of the Republic of Croatia / Stanko Nick -- III. The role of the legal adviser in implementing international law in national legal systems / Le role du conseiller juridique dans l'incorporation du droit international dans les systemes juridiques nationaux -- L'habilitation legislative: un moyen commode pour l'execution rapide des resolutions du Conseil de Securite prises dans le cadre de la securite collective / Constantin P. Economides -- The role of and problems confronted by the legal adviser in implementing international treaties and decisions under national laws -- A case study of pakistan / Jamshed A. Hamid -- The role of the legal adviser in the internal application of international customary and treaty law / Bharat Patel -- Treaty negotiation and the national implementation of international treaty obligations: role of the legal adviser in a changing political and economic environment / Amrith Rohan Perera -- La labor del consejero legal en la relacion entre el derecho internacional y el orden juridico interno: una perspective Argentina / Orlando R. Rebagliati -- IV. The role of the legal adviser in the application and development of the law of international organizations / Le role du conseiller juridique dans l'application et le developpement du droit des organisations internationales -- The role of the legal adviser in considering the legality of decisions of international organizations / Rodoljub Etinski -- Gardien du patrimoine ou inventeur juridique? Le role du conseiller juridique d'une organisation internationale face au changement / Francis Maupain -- The role of the legal adviser of an intergovernmental organization / Alfons A. E. Noll -- The role of the World Bank's General Counsel / Ibrahim F. I. Shihata -- The role of the legal adviser in the reform and restructuring of an international organization: The case of UNIDO / Abdulquawi A. Yusuf -- V. The role of the legal adviser or practitioner in litigation before national courts involving questions of international law / Le role du conseiller juridique ou du praticien dans le contentieux devant les cours nationales soulevant des questions de droit international -- The Legal Adviser and Litigation Involving International Law in National Courts / Henry Burmester -- VI. The role of the legal adviser or practitioner in litigation before international courts and tribunals / Le role du conseiller juridique ou du praticien dans le contentieux devant les cours et tribunaux internationaux -- La pratique de l'article 38 du Statut de la Cour internationale de Justice dans le cadre des plaidoiries ecrites et orales / Pierre-Marie Dupuy -- Le role et les fonctions du chef du service du contentieux diplomatique dans le cadre de la Convention europeenne des droits de l'homme / Umberto Leanza -- International litigation and peaceful settlement of disputes: a case study of certain phosphate lands in Nauru / V.S. Mani -- Remarques sur le "metier" de conseil devant la Cour internationale de Justice / Alain Pellet -- Litigation practice before the International Court of Justice: some specific problems of developing and small countries / Luis Ignacio Sanchez Rodriguez -- The presentation of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Case before the International Court of Justice: some aspects of case management and the Hungarian experience / Gyorgy Szenasi -- between commitment and cynicism: outline for a theory of international law as practice / Martti Koskenniemi.