英文摘要 |
Throughout his childhood, Hsu Mo could divine the future by means of special incantations which conjured up images displayed upon the waters inside a porcelain basin. He saw the end of his life, and at his passing, he saw many foreign dignitaries wearing top hats and swallow tails. Consequently, when he died still in office the distinguished attendants of his funeral all wore top hats and coattails. This paper depicts Judge Hsu Mo's to international law practices in his many capacities in government, academia, and the International Court of Justice. The paper provides informative insights into Hsu's role of the ICJ, as well as his views in various individual and separate opinions. Judge Hsu, one of China's famous jurists, diplomat, professor and government official, was born in Jiangsu Province, China, on 22 October 1893. After he graduated from Peiyang University, Tianjin, he continued his studies abroad, earning an LL.B. and M.A. at George Washington University and afterwards receiving an LL.D. from Melbourne University. After passing the Judicial Examination in Beijing, he passed the Diplomatic and Consular Service Examinations with highest honors in 1919. That same year he entered the diplomatic service inBeijing and from 1922-1925 held a chair of International Law and International Relations, then served as Dean of the College of Arts at Nankai niversity, Tianjin. He published and contributed leading reviews to Chinese newspapers and magazines on various political and legal topical issues. In 1926 Hsu Mo was appointed Judge, then Presiding Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Shanghai District Court and finally became Court President of the District Court in Chinkiang. He later joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first as Counselor, in 1928, then as Director of the European- American Affairs Department and Director of the Asiatic Department, then from 1931 to 1940 as Vice-Minister. At the same time he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Diplomacy of the Central Political Institute (1930-1939) which is now National Chengchi University. Subsequently, Hsu was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Australia (1941-1944) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey (1945-1946). In the international sphere he first earned himself a reputation in 1945 in Washington by working with the United Nations Committee of Jurists that prepared the Draft Statute of what was to become the Statute of International Court of Justice. He drafted the section of the United Nations Charter on disputes. He was deeply convinced of the need for China to regain international esteem through International Organizations, and was an Adviser to the Chinese delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, April to June 1945. On 6 February 1946 he was elected unanimously to the bench of the International Court of Justice located at The Hague, where he was among the Judges to be elected for a three year term under Article 13 of the ICJ Statute. However, he was re-elected in 1949, the very year the rival People’s Republic of China was proclaimed and the government of the Republic of China were driven from the of the Republic of China mainland to Taiwan. Regardless of this, the authorities in Taiwan remained for many years the sole China representative at the United Nations. During his ten years at the Court, the reputedly stern and commanding Hsu Mo delivered one Declaration of Dissent and one Separate Opinion, two (Joint) Dissenting Opinions. An overview of Judge Hsu Mo's career, which spanned a period of over thirty years, reveals a personal character of attentive self-cultivation andrigorous scholarship that earned the deep respect of his judicial colleagues. He was meticulous, proceeding in a careful manner and withdis cretion, treating all people amiably. His biggest contributions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were the institutionalization of a system of human resource management, the establishment of a financial accountability and the normalization of the official diplomatic document standard. In education his greatest contribution as the founding chairman of the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, was the training of young Chinese career diplomats for the Republic of China and training scholars of international affairs. Most of the courses now taught at the department were formulated as per his instruction. His greatest contribution to the judgments of the International Court of Justice was made in numerous valuable legal adjurations. a Declaration, Separate Opinion, Joint Dissenting Opinion as well as Dissenting Opinion., He also set a good precedent, by creating a model of impartial judges to maintain judicial independence at the Court, for judicial settlement of international disputes, he provided the Court withpr actical realistic benefits compromised from the wisdom of his diplomatic experience. In 1951 during the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Case, his ex-pupil, Chinese Ambassador of Iran, Hsu Shao-chang sent a letter to persuade Judge Hsu Mo, asking him to support Iranian interests. Hsu Mo received the letter, but did not open it; he deposited it with the registrar, and only opened it after the conclusion of the case. This incident is held as an example of the embodiment of the key principles of judiciary independence and impartiality. Judge Hsu Mo served on the Court until his death, almost two years before his term was due to expire. |