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| Revue de Droit International et de Législation Comparée | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue de Droit International et de Législation Comparée |
| Discipline | International law |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Société de Législation Comparée |
| Country | France |
| History | 1869–present |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Issn | 0035-2261 |
Revue de Droit International et de Législation Comparée is a long-standing French legal journal focused on comparative law and international jurisprudence. Founded in the 19th century, the journal has connected scholarship from Paris to Geneva and beyond, publishing analyses that intersect with the work of courts, scholars, and institutions. It has served as a forum for commentary on treaties, arbitral awards, and legislative reforms across Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Founded in 1869 amid debates following the Franco-Prussian War and the consolidation of the Third French Republic, the review emerged alongside institutions such as the Institut de Droit International and the Société de Législation Comparée. Early contributors included jurists influenced by discussions at the Hague Peace Conferences and the development of the Geneva Conventions. Throughout the interwar period the journal recorded commentary on the Treaty of Versailles, the work of the League of Nations, and comparative reactions to legislative developments in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. During and after World War II it engaged with rulings from the International Court of Justice, developments at the United Nations, and postwar constitutions in countries such as France, Belgium, and Poland. In the late 20th century the review covered decolonization processes involving Algeria, India, and multiple states in Africa as well as the jurisprudence of tribunals like the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The journal is published by the Société de Législation Comparée and historically edited in Paris with editorial boards that have included professors from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Université de Strasbourg, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Editors have often been members of learned societies such as the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques and correspondents of the Institut de France. Ownership and stewardship reflect ties to institutions including the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and legal faculties at the Université de Lyon and Université de Toulouse. The editorial committee has coordinated peer review with external referees drawn from scholars connected to the International Law Commission, the European Commission, and national academies like the Royal Academy of Belgium.
The review publishes articles, case notes, legislative surveys, and book reviews addressing topics relevant to the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, national supreme courts such as the Cour de cassation (France), and comparative analyses involving the Constitution of France, the German Basic Law, and codes like the Napoleonic Code. It has examined treaties including the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty, and bilateral accords such as the Franco-German Treaty of Cooperation and Integration. The journal covers legal instruments from regions including the European Union, African Union, and the Organization of American States, and engages with philosophical currents represented by figures linked to the Codification Movement and internationalists associated with the Hague Academy of International Law.
Contributors have included jurists and scholars such as Hugo Grotius-inspired commentators, authors associated with the Institut de Droit International, historians like Henri Legal-era scholars, and comparative law figures connected to the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Seminal pieces have discussed decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice, scholarship responding to the Nuremberg Trials, and analyses of rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Notable contributors and correspondents have had affiliations with institutions such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The review has influenced scholarship cited before the International Court of Justice, in submissions to the European Court of Human Rights, and in legislative debates in parliamentary bodies like the Assemblée nationale (France) and the Bundestag. It has been referenced by municipal and national courts across Latin America, Africa, and Asia and has been part of the intellectual milieu alongside journals such as the American Journal of International Law, the British Yearbook of International Law, and the Recueil des Cours. Reception has varied with political eras—garnering attention during conferences like the Hague Peace Conferences and in the context of landmark treaties including the Geneva Conventions.
Published quarterly in French, the journal carries an ISSN and is distributed through libraries at institutions including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Library of Congress, and university law libraries at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. It is indexed in regional and international bibliographies alongside titles such as the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals and is catalogued in systems used by the International Association of Law Libraries and the Union Européenne des Avocats. Subscriptions are managed through academic channels tied to publishers collaborating with the Société de Législation Comparée.
Category:Legal journals Category:French-language journals Category:Comparative law