Public International Law

Code Cours
2223-FDL-LAW-EN-3008
Établissement
Langue d'enseignement
FR, EN
Ce cours apparaît dans les formation(s) suivante(s)
Responsable(s)
Juliana VALLE PEREIRA GUERRA, Juliette Guittard
Période

Présentation

Prérequis



Objectifs

The course aims at providing the students with tools for critical analysis of international legal devices, discourses and reasonings. It requires personal reflection and creativity. By the end of the course you should be able to critically analyze an event, legal argument or institution of public international law by assessing its normative effect, structure, historical context and contingency. The course focuses on international dispute settlement, the law of international responsibility, the law of the treaties, law of the sea and criminal law. Students will examine the ways in which various claims, in particular those of international responsibility of a State, can be brought before various means of dispute settlement that exist in public international law. Students will be able to understand and to apply both substantive and procedural principles in the context of international dispute settlement. The focus of the class will be primarily on inter-State mechanisms of dispute settlement, namely the International Court of Justice (ICJ), inter-state arbitration, including pursuant to Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Students will also examine the ways in which international responsibility is engaged, its content and the means available to implement it under international law. The course also aims to 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. Students are strongly encouraged to read the required materials in advance of each session (priority should be given to the ILC commentaries and case law). Students may find it helpful to print a copy of the Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (“ARSIWA”).


Présentation

Outline of the course:



  1. Introduction: The discipline of public international law, international law theories

  2. Dispute settlement

  3. ICJ, case-law and, history

  4. Treaty Law

  5. Law of the sea

  6. International responsibility

  7. Collective Security

  8. United Nations, Human Rights, Immunities


Modalités

Modalités d'enseignement

The course is divided in 8 lectures of 3 hours each taught by Dr. Juliana Guerra. All materials will be made available to students before the class. Students are expected to read and analyze the readings before each lecture and tutorial. Students are strongly encouraged to read the required materials in advance of each session (priority should be given to the ILC commentaries and case law). Students may find it helpful to print a copy of the Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (“ARSIWA”). The lecture will be as much as possible interactive and based of the reading material. They are discussion based and require attentive reading and preparation. They are based on an informed discussion and a critical reading of the assigned texts.

Évaluation

Ressources

Bibliographie

<ul> <li>M. SHAW, ‘International Law’, Cambridge University Press, 2021.</li> <li>R. KOLB, ‘The Law of Treaties, An Introduction’. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.</li> <li>R. KOLB, ‘La Cour Internationale de Justice’, Pedone, 2013. </li> <li>P. DUPUY, ‘Droit international Public’, Dalloz, 2020.</li> <li>H. THIRLWAY, ‘The International Court of Justice’, Oxford, 2016.</li> <li>M. VILLIFER, ‘ Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties’. Leiden Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.</li> <li>J. WALDRON, « The Concept and the Rule of Law ». Autonme 2008, Vol. 43, Georgia Law Review, Number 1, p. 34–38.</li> <li>A. BIANCHI, International law Theories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.</li> <li>M. KOSKENNIEMI, The Politics of International Law. Portland: Hart Publishing, 2011.</li> <li>MR. MADSEN, « Sociological approaches to international courts ». In: ROMANO, Cesare P. R.; ALTER, Karen J.; SHANY, Yuval. The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.</li> <li>C. BROWN, A Common Law of International Adjudication. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.</li> <li>H. LAUTERPACHT, The Function of Law in the International Community Oxford : Clarendon press,1933.</li> <li>C. TOMUSCHAT, International law: ensuring the survival of mankind on the eve of a new century: general course on public international law.RCADI, vol. 281, 1999.</li> <li>H. WALDOCK, General course on public international law. RCADI, vol. 106, 1962.</li> <li>G. ABI-SAAB, Les exceptions préliminaires dans la procédure de la Cour internationale. Paris: Pedone, 1967.</li> <li>R. KOLB, Théorie du droit international. Bruxelles : Bruylant 2013. </li> <li>A. Pellet, ‘The Definition of Responsibility in International Law’ in J. Crawford et al. (eds.), <i>The Law of International Responsibility </i>(OUP 2010), pp. 3-16</li> <li>J. CRAWFORD, ‘State Responsibility’, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), <i>Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law </i>(OUP 2006) (link)</li> <li>P. ALLOTT, ‘State Responsibility and the Unmaking of International Law’, (1988) 29 <i>Harvard JIL </i></li> <li>J. CRAWFORD, <i>State Responsibility: General Part </i>(OUP 2013), pp. 115-140</li> <li>F. PADDEU, ‘Circumstances precluding wrongfulness’ in R. Wolfrum (ed.), <i>Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law </i>(OUP 2014) (link)</li> <li>V. LOWE, ‘Precluding Wrongfulness or Responsibility: A Plea for Excuses’, in (1999) 10(2) <i>EJIL </i>405</li> <li>P. D’ARGENT, ‘Reparation, Cessation, Assurances and Guarantees of Non- Repetition’, in A. Nollkaemper and I. Plakokefalos (eds.), <i>Principles of Shared Responsibility in International Law </i>(CUP 2014), pp. 208-250</li> <li>J.G. MERRILLS, “The Law of the Sea Convention” in J.G. Merrills, International Dispute Settlement, 6th ed. (CUP 2017), pp. 177-204</li> </ul> |||||| <b>Useful online research tools and resources:</b>|| <ul> <li>- Lesley Dingle, “Guide to electronic sources of international law” in</li> <li>Cambridge Companion to International Law, CUP 2012.</li> <li>- Peace Palace Library Research Guide in Public International Law</li> <li>- ASIL Electronic Resource Guide "Researching Public International Law" by</li> <li>Kelly Vinopal</li> <li>- Hague Academy of International Law, Recueil des Cours</li> <li>- Hein Online, Foreign &amp; International Law Resources</li> <li>- Martinus Nijhoff Online, International Law</li> <li>- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law</li> <li>- Oxford Reports on International Law</li> <li>- Westlaw International</li> </ul> ||||

Ressources Internet

Useful online research tools and resources:
- Lesley Dingle, “Guide to electronic sources of international law” in
Cambridge Companion to International Law, CUP 2012.
- Peace Palace Library Research Guide in Public International Law
- ASIL Electronic Resource Guide "Researching Public International Law" by
Kelly Vinopal
- Hague Academy of International Law, Recueil des Cours
- Hein Online, Foreign & International Law Resources
- Martinus Nijhoff Online, International Law
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
- Oxford Reports on International Law
- Westlaw International