The Secession of States and Their Recognition in the wake of Kosovo by J. Dugard, Professor at the University of Pretoria;

Les méthodes du droit international privé à l'épreuve des conflits de cultures, par L. Gannagé, professeur à l'Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas).
About the Author: Co-publication with: The Hague Academy of International Law.

C. J. R. (John) Dugard SC, born 1936, in South Africa. BA, LLB (University of Stellenbosch); LLB, LLD (Cantab). Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (1965-1998); Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science, University of Cambridge (1995-
1996), Director of Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (1995-1997). Professor of International Law, University of Leiden (1998-2006). Visiting Professor of Law, universities of Princeton (1969), Duke (1974-1975, 2008-2009), Berkeley (1981), Pennsylvania (1989), New South Wales (1991).
Honorary degrees from six South African universities; Honorary Member of American Society of International Law; Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation 2010 Justice Prize; Order of the Baobab (Gold) (South Africa's highest civilian award for community service, 2012).
Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice (2002-present); Emeritus Professor of International Law, University of Leiden; Extraordinary Professor,
Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria; member of the Institut de droit international.
Member of the International Law Commission (1997-2011), and Special Rapporteur on Diplomatic Protection (2000-2006). Special Rapporteur on the
Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ( Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights Council, 2001-2008); Chair, UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission to Investigate Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2001). Member of the drafting committee of the Bill of Rights in South Africa's 1996 Constitution. Advocate and Senior Counsel of the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Léna Gannagé, née à Beyrouth.Diplômée de l'Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) et de l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth.
Docteur en droit de l'Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) (1998), agrégée des facultés de droit (1999). Professeur à l'Université de Lille II (1999-2003) puis à l'Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) (depuis 2003).
Professeur invité à l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth.
Membre du comité de rédaction de la Revue internationale de droit comparé et présidente de la section de droit des pays arabes du pourtour méditerranéen à la Société de législation comparée.