ABSTRACT
Concern over this kind of "dedoublement fonctionnel" has been manifested by both government officials and scholars. Government officials often tend to suspect or disdain "objective" views as divorced from reality and insufficiently responsive to national aims. This attitude can have a significant impact on some international lawyers. It may lead them to adopt a strong "national interest" and "realpolitik" line, or it may convince them of the necessity of foregoing this dual capacity and maintaining their objectivity removed from government influence. From the latter point of view, the mingling of the nonofficial and the official roles is perceived as a renunciation of the scholar's independence and often as a capitulation to the pressures of specific governments or the dominant social system. Some have urged, for these reasons, that there be a clear and sharp separation of the scientific from the governmental and that professional associations as well as individuals should reinforce that separation.
