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Par in Parem non Habet Imperium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Yoram Dinstein
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Lawyers in general, and international lawyers in particular, seem to suffer from what may be termed “the Latin formula syndrome”. In almost every branch of international law, one is faced with well-known epigrams of sententiousness drawn from the cornucopian source of ancient Latin phraseology. These venerable maxims, a legacy of the immense influence that Roman and Ecclesiastical law wielded on the fathers of modern international law, are in many respects very useful. In a few choice words, they epitomize fundamental ideas that may otherwise require verbose explanations, and they serve as a beacon for those groping their way in the legal dark. Unfortunately, however, laconic adages in general tend to be over-simplified, and, what is worse, as a result of constant and mechanical repetition, they are apt to lose their contact with reality and become petrified. If the law of nations is to be not merely “the law of notions”, but also the law of motion and animation, the epitaphs reflecting its major precepts must be reexamined every so often, else the mortmain of once flourishing but now barren concepts will keep it in a strangle-hold.

One of the more important of the Latin maxims that abound in international law is the general principle par in parem non habet imperium. This principle is commonly regarded as the starting-point for any venture into the field of State immunities, and it has even been said that

“There is no principle of international law more fundamental or more universally accepted than this”.

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Israel Law Review , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1966 , pp. 407 - 420
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1966

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7 Ibid. I am greatly indebted to Dr. G. Procaccia, Senior Lecturer in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for indispensable aid in my apprehension of the precise meaning of the ancient Latin texts referred to in this paper.

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19 See particularly Allen, , The Position of Foreign States before National Courts, Chiefly in Continental Europe (1933) p. 52 Google Scholar; François, op. cit., 201; Seidl-Hohenveldern, op. cit., 1055.

20 Lately, broad attacks on State immunities being much in fashion, only few rules have escaped the wrath of jurists. In many cases criticism is admittedly confined to the lex ferenda. Thus, for instance, Scelle, who calls the jurisdictional immunities of foreign States a “phénomène d'anarchie” and “négation du Droit”, does not deny their hold on positive international law (Scelle, op. cit., 545–46). And see also Levontin, op. cit., 132–33. But there has been a head-on assault on these immunities in the lex lata as well. See Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., passim.

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22 See Kelsen, “Acts of State”, op. cit., 230; Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 235. See also Kelsen, “Equality”, op. cit., 209; Kelsen, Peace, op. cit., 37. Cf. Eustathiades, , “Les Sujets du Droit International et la Responsabilité Internationale, Nouvelles Tendances” (1953) 84 R.A.D.I. 397–672 Google Scholar at 419, n. 1; Schafer, op. cit., 117; and my book, op. cit., 59.

23 Eichmann v. A.G. (1961) 16 P.D. 2033 at 2070–75 (mimeographed English translation, pp. 127–130). See also the Judgment of the Court of first instance, (1961) 45 P.M. 3 at 46–48 (mimeographed English translation, Sec. 28).

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25 “Sovereignty in the relations between States signifies independence”, the Arbitrator Huber stated very aptly in the famous Islands of Palmas Case (1928) 2 Reports of International Arbitral Awards 829, 838.

26 Needless to say, perhaps, the expression “sovereign equality” appears in Article 2(1) of the Charter of the United Nations.

27 See and cf. Cavaré, “L'Immunité de Juridiction des Etats Etrangers” (1954) 58 R.G.D.I.P. 177–207 at 186; Delbez, op. cit., 123, Fitzmaurice, op. cit., 187; Harvard Research, op. cit., 527; Heyking, “Applications”, op. cit., 283; Heyking, L'Exterritorialité (1926) p. 122; Kelsen, “Equality”, op. cit., 209; Kelsen, Peace, op. cit., 37; Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 235; King, op. cit., 818; Kleffens, op. cit., 93; Lachs, , “Le Problème de la Révision de la Charte des Nations Unies” (1957) 61 R.G.D.I.P. 51–70 at 57Google Scholar; Lalive, op. cit., 213; Lapradelle, op. cit., 780, 783; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 264; Schafer, op. cit., 117; Schwarzenberger, , International Law (2nd ed., 1949) vol. 1, p. 61 Google Scholar; Schwarzenberger, , Power Politics (2nd ed., 1951) p. 89 Google Scholar; Schwarzenberger, “Sovereignty: Ideology and Reality” (below: Schwarzenberger, , “Sovereignty”) (1950) 4 Year Book of World Affairs 1–22 at 8Google Scholar; Strupp, Eléments, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 118; Strupp, “Règles”, op. cit., 510; Ténékidès, op. cit., 617; Zourek, op. cit., 641.

28 This is the clear and concise definition of “sovereignty” (or independence) set forth by Judge Anzilotti in the Advisory Opinion of 1931 on the question of the Customs Régime between Germany and Austria, P.C.I.J., Ser. A/B No. 41, p. 57.

29 Cf., for instance, the remarks made by Padilla Nervo in the course of the deliberations of the International Law Commission in 1957 on the subject of State responsibility ([1957] 1 Yearbook of the Commission 155).

30 This very adequate metaphor is used in connection with State immunities by LordTucker in the House of Lords decision in U.S.A. and France v. Dollfus Mieg and Bank of England [1952] A.C. 582, 623.

31 See particularly Kelsen, “Acts of State”, op. cit., 230–31; Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 235; Sack, op. cit., 290–91. See also Briggs, op. cit., 442; Cavaglieri, op. cit., 359–60; Delbez, op. cit., 123; Fenwick, op. cit., 212; Harvard Research, op. cit., 527; Kelsen, “Théorie”, op. cit., 238; Lauterpacht, Function, op. cit., 429; Levontin, op. cit., 132–33; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, pp. 264–66; Ross, op. cit., 189; Scelle, op. cit., 546; Schafer, op. cit., 117; Séfériadès, op. cit., 370; Seidl-Hohenveldern, op. cit.,1055; Singh, op. cit., 99; Starke, op. cit., 208–09; Strupp, “L'Intervention”, op. cit., 71; Weiss, “Compétence”, op. cit., 543; Williams, op. cit., 324; Zourek, op. cit., 641.

32 In the Asylum Case of 1950, the International Court of Justice indirectly defined immunity in general as “a protection against the regular application of the laws and against the jurisdiction of legally constituted tribunals” ([1950] I.C.J. Reports, 266, 284). Insofar as State immunities in particular are concerned, the emphasis must be placed more on the last, than on the initial, part of the definition.

33 See Lapradelle, op. cit., 780, 783; Levontin, op. cit., 132–33. Cf. Ténékidès, op. cit., 620; Zourek, op. cit., 641.

34 Cf. Williams, op. cit., 324.

35 As for jurisdictionem, see Brierly, op. cit., 161; Cavaglieri, op. cit., 360, 468; Delbez, op. cit., 123; François, op. cit., 201; Scelle, op. cit., 546; Séfériadès, op. cit., 370; Spiropoulos, op. cit., 135; Visscher, “Immunités”, op. cit., 149; Visscher, Theory, op. cit., 239; Weiss, “Compétence”, op. cit., 543; Weiss, Traité, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 82. With respect to judicium, see Briggs, op. cit., 442; Fenwick, op. cit., 212; Harvard Research, op. cit., 527; Kelsen, “Equality”, op. cit., 209; Kelsen, “Théorie”, op. cit., 238; Sack, op. cit., 292; Strupp, Eléments, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 118; Strupp, “L'Intervention”, op. cit., 71; Strupp, “Règles”, op. cit., 510.

36 As regards jurisdictionem, see Panhuys, op. cit., 1195, 1203. Insofar as judicium is concerned, see Hartman, op. cit., 426, 433; Lachs, op. cit., 57.

37 See Allen, op. cit., 52; Fitzmaurice, op. cit., 8, 187; Kelsen, “Acts of State”, op. cit., 230; Kelsen, Peace, op. cit., 37; Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 235; King, op. cit., 818; Kleffens, op. cit., 93; Lalive, op. cit., 213; Lauterpacht, Function, op. cit., 429; Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., 221; Lyons, op. cit., 61, 64; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, pp. 264, 759, 792; Redslob, op. cit., 194; Ross, op. cit., 189; Schafer, op. cit., 117; Schwarzenberger, , A Manual of International Law (4th ed., 1960)Google Scholar (below: Schwarzenberger, , Manual) vol. 2, p. 690 Google Scholar; Schwarzenberger, , International Law (2nd ed., 1949) vol. 1, p. 61 Google Scholar; Schwarzenberger, , Power Politics (2nd ed., 1951) p. 89 Google Scholar; Schwarzenberger, “Sovereignty”, op. cit., 8; Seidl-Hohenveldern, op. cit., 1055; Singh, op. cit., 99; Starke, op. cit., 209; Strisower, op. cit., 263; Wortley, op. cit., 261. See also Compania Naviera Vascongado v. S.S. Cristina [1938] A.C. 485, 502.

38 Kleffens, op. cit., 93.

39 See Calvo, op. cit., vol. 3, p. 295; Fiore, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 429; Heyking, “Applications”, op. cit., 283; Heyking, , L'Exterritorialité (1926) p. 122 Google Scholar; Piédelièvre, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 465.

40 See Eagleton, op. cit., 295.

41 As pointed out by Justice Holmes in International Stevedoring Co. v. Haverty (1926) 272 U.S. 50, 52.

42 See Sanborn, , “The Immunity of Merchant Vessels when Owned by Foreign Governments” (1926–1927) 1 St John's L.R. 5–29 at 5.Google Scholar

43 “A rule answers the question ‘what‘why’” (Fitzmaurice, op. cit., 7).

44 See Harvard Research, op. cit., 528; Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., 220–21; Sucharitkul, , State Immunities and Trading Activities in International Law (1959) p. 4.Google Scholar

45 Cf. Briggs, op. cit., 442; Harvard Research, op. cit., 528; Sucharitkul, op. cit., 4.

46 10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 44.

47 See Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., 220–21, 226, 229; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, pp. 272–73. Cf. Harvard Research, op. cit., 527–28.

48 See Baker, op. cit., 13. Cf. Panhuys, op. cit., 1195; Ross, op. cit., 189; Scelle, op. cit., 545–46; Séfériadès, op. cit., 370; Visscher, Theory, op. cit., 239; Weiss, “Compétence”, op. cit., 543; Weiss, Traité, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 82.

49 See Weiss, “Compétence”, op. cit., 543. Cf. Fiore, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 445; Harvard Research, op. cit., 527; Ross, op. cit., 189; Scelle, op. cit., 545–46; Weiss, Traité, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 82; Zourek, op. cit., 641.

50 See and cf. Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., 229; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 272; Williams, op. cit., 325.

51 Williams, op. cit., 324.

52 See Rosenne, “Introduction” to my book, op. cit., vii.

53 Compania Naviera Vascongado v. S.S. Cristina [1938] A.C. 485, 502. See also Lauterpacht, “Immunities”, op. cit., 229.

54 See and cf. Delbez, op. cit., 123; François, op. cit., 201; Harvard Research, op. cit., 527–28; Kelsen, “Acts of State”, op. cit., 230–31; Kelsen, “Equality”, op. cit., 209; Kelsen, Peace, op. cit., 37; Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 235; Lauterpacht, Function, op. cit., 429; Levontin, op. cit., 132–33; Oppenheim, op. cit., vol. 1, pp. 264–66; Scelle, op. cit., 545–46; Schwarzenberger, Manual, op. cit., vol. 2, p. 690; Spiropoulos, op. cit., 135; Starke, op. cit., 208–09; Zourek, op. cit., 641.

55 See n. 9 supra. Cf. also Delbez, op. cit., 123.

56 See Schwarzenberger, , Power Politics (2nd ed., 1951) pp. 89–90 Google Scholar (the paragraph is, however, omitted from the third edition published in 1964) ; Schwarzenberger, “Sovereignty”, op. cit., 8. See also Kelsen, Principles, op. cit., 238. For a different look at par in parem non habet imperium in this context, cf. Johnson, , “The Constitution of an Arbitral Tribunal” (1953) 30 Br. Year Book I.L. 152–77 at 160Google Scholar; Lauterpacht, Function, op. cit., 429.