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International Responsibility and Litigation

Code Cours
2021-FDL-LAW-EN-4021
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Langue d'enseignement
FR, EN
Ce cours apparaît dans les formation(s) suivante(s)
Master 1 Droit international européen parcours droit des affaires (parcours bilingue) - Crédits ECTS: 0.00
Master 1 Droit international européen et comparé - Crédits ECTS: 0.00
Master 1 International and European Law (Anglophone) - Crédits ECTS: 0.00
Responsable(s)
Mamadou Hebie
Période
S1

Présentation

Prérequis

A basic grounding in and knowledge of public international law.

Objectifs

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:



  1. Be familiar with the codification of the law of international responsibility, the context in which it has developed, and its status today.

  2. Understand and be able to apply the elements necessary to establish the responsibility of a State or an international organization before an international court or tribunal to the facts of a given situation.

  3. Understand features of dispute settlement mechanisms available to resolve disputes involving international responsibility.

  4. Determine the most suitable dispute settlement mechanism for a given dispute in light of, inter alia, the relevant jurisdictional and admissibility constraints.

  5. Be able to understand and analyze decisions of international courts and tribunals in light of the relevant legal framework.


Présentation

This course concerns the international responsibility of States and international organizations and the relevant dispute settlement mechanisms. Students will examine the ways in which international responsibility is engaged, its content and the means available to implement it.


Modalités

Modalités d'enseignement

The course on international responsibility and dispute settlement will be organized in two parts. The first part of the course will cover the law of international responsibility and will highlight the challenges that the law of international responsibility faces in practice, its relationship to other branches of international law, and its functions in the international community. The second part of the course examines different dispute settlement mechanisms, including the International Court of Justice, inter-State ad hoc arbitration, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism.

the assessment consists of an open-book exam (100%)

Évaluation
Examen : coeff. 1

Ressources

Bibliographie

Extracts of legal instruments, case law and doctrine will be provided to the students, as specified in the course syllabus.|| Recommended materials:|| <ul> <li>M. Shaw, "International Law", 8th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2017</li> <li>P. Daillier, M. Forteau and A. Pellet, "Droit international public", 8th ed., LGDJ, 2009</li> <li>J. Crawford, "State Responsibility: The General Part", Cambridge University Press, 2013</li> <li>J.G. Merills, "International Dispute Settlement", 6th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2017</li> <li>N. Blackaby and C. Partasides, "Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration", Oxford University Press, 2015</li> </ul>