Introduction -- Bridging the gap between state sovereignty and international governance: the authority of law / Marcel Brus -- Pt. I. Conceptual issues -- Sovereignty and international law / Sir Robert Jennings -- Transformation of sovereignty and African independence: no shortcuts to statehood / Gerard Kreijen -- Sovereignty and personality: a process of inclusion / Janneke Nijman -- Shared sovereignty? Minority claims and the effectiveness of state authority / Wolf Mannens -- Erosion of state sovereignty: towards a post-territorial world? / Alfred van Staden, Hans Vollaard -- Different aspects of sovereignty / Henry Schermers -- Pt. II. Practical manifestations -- Role for the international court of justice in crisis management? / Shabtai Rosenne -- Crimes of state: in need of legal rules? / Adriaan Bos -- International criminal justice: is it needed in the present world community? / Antonio Cassese -- State sovereignty versus international concern in some recent cases of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights / Frits Kalshoven -- Concept of juisdiction and extraterritorial acts of state / Rick Lawson -- Beyond 'Dili': on the powers and practice of international organizations / Niels Blokker -- Yugoslavia's damaged sovereignty over the province of Kosovo / Christian Tomuschat -- Preventing and solving wars of secession: recent unorthodox views on the use of force / Jorri Duursma -- New players in international relations / Eric Suy -- Evolving status of NGOs under international law: a threat to the inter-state system? / Menno T. Kamminga -- Mechanism of decision-making under the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer / Johan Lammers -- Concept of sovereignty within nuclear energy law / Nathalie Horbach, Pieter Bekker -- Sovereignty and space: when and where shall the twain meet? / Frans von der Dunk -- Dynamics of sovereignty and jurisdiction in international aviation law / Pablo Mendes de Leon -- Cotonou Agreement: a case of forced regional integration? / Elisabeth de Vos -- Pt. III. Conclusion -- 'International community', 'interdependence' and all that ... rhetorical correctness? / Don Greig -- Pt. IV. On Pieter Kooijmans -- Itinerary of light (in French and English) / Judges of the International Court of Justice -- Staying the course: the concept of sovereignty in the work of Pieter Kooijmans / Frans Alting von Geusau