The Academy is an institution for the study and teaching of public and private international law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law.All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law. This volume contains:- Le droit des Communautés européennes dans ses rapports avec le droit international général, par J. BOULOUIS, professeur émérité à lUniversité de Paris II; - Les rêgles spécifiques du droit international en Amérique latine, par J.A. BARBERIS, professeur à lUniversité catholique de Buenos Aires; - Les privatisations en droit comparé et en droit international (privé), par B. VON HOFFMANN, professeur à lUniversité de Trêves;- Self-Executing and Non-Self-Executing Treaties in National and International Law by T. BUERGENTHAL, Judge at the Inter-American Court.