McLachlan on the Interface Between Public and Private International Law

The general course of international law that Professor Campbell McLachlan (University of Cambridge) gave at the Hague Academy of International Law On the Interface Between Public and Private International Law was published in volume 446 of the Collected Courses of the Academy.

Our understanding of the operation of law beyond the State has been deeply shaped by two great disciplines: public and private international law. Yet surprisingly little systematic attention has been devoted to the relationship between the two. This is the first General Course at the Academy to examine this interface comprehensively, looking at the impact of each system on the other. McLachlan argues that understanding how the interface operates is highly consequential for law’s capacity to control the State and the corporation, which are, respectively, the principal holders of public-political and private-economic power in the world.

More information, including a full table of contents, is available here.