STATUTES OF
THE IALS
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Art. 1. - An
Association is
established,
under the
auspices of
UNESCO, entitled
the
International
Association of
Legal Science (hereinafter
called the
Association).
Art. 2. - The
Association has
its seat in
Paris, at UNESCO
House.
Art. 3. - The
Association
fosters the
Development of
legal science
throughout the
world through
the study of
foreign laws and
the use of the
comparative
method.
It has as its
ultimate object
to aid the
mutual knowledge
and
understanding of
nations.
Art. 4. - The
Association
lends its aid to
international
exchanges, in
every form, and
facilitates by
methods of
international co-operation
meetings among
jurists and the
access to legal
sources,
publications and
documents.
Art. 5. - The
Association
encourages in
every country
the development
of institutions
devoted to the
study of foreign
laws and
comparative law,
and stimulates
their creation
in countries
where they do
not exist.
Art. 6. - The
Association
fulfils its task
mainly by making
use of existing
institutions; it
strives to co-ordinate
their activities
and afford them
new facilities.
It may however
undertake
certain works on
its own
initiative.
Art. 7. - The
Association has
for its members
National
Committees that
devote
themselves to
the tasks
defined in the
above articles.
Their
applications for
admission
require the
approval of the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law.
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Art. 8. - The
National
Committees are
free to choose
such names as
they wish and
regulate at
their discretion
the form and
details of their
organisation,
taking account
of the
circumstances.
Art. 9. - The
National
Committees pay
an annual
subscription. It
is for each
National
Committee to
determine freely
the amount of
its subscription,
subject to an
annual minimum
of 150 United
States dollars.
The Associate
members admitted
after July 1,
2004 pay an
annual
subscription the
amount of which
shall be freely
determined by
them, subject to
an annual
minimum to be
fixed from time
to time by the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law.
The National
Committees and
the Associate
Members admitted
under article 10
may make gifts
to the
Association.
When a National
Committee has
not paid its
subscription for
at least two
years, the
I.C.C.L. may:
a) suspend the
communication to
the National
Committee of the
documents which
the Association
distributes
among its
members, as well
as any other
facility to
which they are
entitled;
b) deprive the
National
Committee of the
right to appoint
a delegate to
the Council of
the Association
(art.12);
c) deprive the
National
Committee of the
right to propose
a candidate for
election to the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law
(art.13);
d) deprive the
National
Committee's
delegate to the
Council of the
right to take
part in the
election of the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law
(art.16).
When a National
Committee has
not paid its
subscription for
at least three
years, the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law
may decide to
exclude the
Committee from
the Association.
Art. 10 – The
status of
Associate Member
may be accorded
to international
institutions,
national or
international
research
institutes, and
law firms, whose
application has
been approved by
the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law.
Art. 11. - The
affairs of the
International
Association of
Legal Science
are directed,
with the
assistance of a
Council, by an
International
Committee of
Comparative Law
(hereinafter
called the
International
Committee)
composed of nine
members. It is
managed, on
behalf of the
International
Committee, by a
Secretary-General.
The direction of
scientific
studies is
conducted by a
Director.
Art. 12. - The
Council is
composed of
delegates
appointed by the
National
Committee, one
delegate each.
The National
Committees make
known to the
International
Committee the
names of the
persons
appointed by
them and any
alterations
thereto.
Art. 13. - The
members of the
International
Committee must
belong to nine
different States.
They should
represent as far
as possible the
principal types
of the various
legal systems.
They are elected
by the Council
on a postal vote,
by a relative
majority, from a
list of persons
proposed by the
National
Committees.
They are elected
for three years
and are re-eligible.
If the
International
Committee deems
it necessary in
order to assure
an adequate
representation
of legal systems,
it may by a two-thirds
majority of
those present
and voting co-opt
as members, to
serve during its
tenure of office,
one or two
additional
persons.
Art. – 14 The
International
Committee elects
for three years
a President, two
vice-Presidents
from among its
members or from
outside. The
President is not
immediately
reeligible. The
Vice-Presidents
may be
immediately re-elected,
but for one turn
only.
Art. 15. - The
Secretary-General
and the Director
of Scientific
Studies are
appointed by the
International
Committee for a
period of five
years. The
mandate of the
Director of
Scientific
Studies cannot
be renewed. The
Secretary-General
and the Director
of Scientific
Studies attend
the meetings of
the
International
Committee in an
advisory
capacity.
Art. 16. - The
members of the
Council elect
the members of
the
International
Committee and
submit to it any
proposals or
suggestions that
they think fit.
They are
consulted by the
International
Committee upon
questions of
gravity.
Art. 17. - The
International
Committee meets,
when summoned by
its President,
at least once a
year, unless the
Committee
decides, for
exceptional
reasons, to
adjourn the
meeting for two
years.
It decides
whether to admit
National
Committees as
well as
Associate
Members, and
appoints the
Secretary-General
and the Director
of Scientific
Studies.
It directs the
activities of
the Association,
prepares a
detailed budget,
approves such
reports and
accounts as are
presented to it,
and in general
makes all
important
decisions
concerning the
functioning of
the Association.
Art. 18. - The
decisions of the
International
Committee are
taken by a
majority vote of
its members.
Any member of
the
International
Committee may
appoint a non-member
to represent him
at the meetings
of the
International
Committee.
Art. 19. - The
Secretary-General
and the Director
of Scientific
Studies execute
the decisions of
the
International
Committee and,
in the interval
between sessions,
undertake in its
name all
measures
necessary to
assure the
functioning of
the Association.
Art. 20. - The
Associate
Members are
entitled to
receive all
communications
concerning the
activities of
the Association.
They may present
any suggestions
relative to
those activities.
Art. 21. - The
Statutes of the
Association may
be modified by
an absolute
majority of the
National
Committees.
Modifications
are proposed by
the
International
Committee. The
International
Committee is
bound to put
forward a
proposal if it
is demanded by
at least one
third of the
National
Committees.
Art. 22. - The
Association is
dissolved if, by
the withdrawal
of some of its
members, it
comes to
comprise fewer
than seven
National
Committees.
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Translation from
the authentic
French version
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An
interpretation
of Article 7 of
the Statutes,
adopted at
the Moscow
Meeting of
September 17,
1970: Since some
question has
been raised as
to the
significance of
admission to
membership in
the Association
of a National
Committee, the
International
Committee of
Comparative Law
declares that
admission to
membership
constitutes
recognition that
an applicant is
in the view of
the
International
Committee an
association of
legal scholars
within a given
region devoted
to the serious
study of law in
application of
the comparative
method.
The decision to
admit a national
committee as a
member of the
Association is
in no way to be
construed as a
comment on the
policy of the
country within
which the
applicant has
its seat, or on
the status of
that country
under public
international
law.
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