Requirements and assessment method:
In order to successfully complete the course the participants are required to:
a) attend the classes (!) – 2 absences allowed (1 absence = 1,5 hours). Each absence above 2 allowed results in necessity to pass the material from all topics discussed until the date of passing (orally or in writing). More than 50% absences result in failing the course;
b) in-class presentation. The topics of the presentations will be delivered at the first class (they include i.a. analysis of cases from the reading materials). The presentations are obligatory. Students will sign up for a topic no later than second Tuesday of classes. It will not be possible to be assigned a presentation after the second class. Failing to register results in failing the course. The presentations may be 15 minutes maximum. The presentations are to be prepared individually. The assessment of the presentation will be based on:
o whether it talked about the assigned topic
o fluency of the speakers (language mistakes are not considered but you need to be prepared)
o preparation of the handout (a short summary of the presentation) to be provided with every student in an electronic form)
If you fail the presentation, i.e. do not meet the requirements listed above your final grade will be met with the same consequence as if you did not present. A very well prepared presentation, rated with a grade 5, raises the final grade by 1 grade.
c) read the assigned literature and actively participate in the discussion during the classes (the arguments used should be based on the previous readings) – regular in-class participation raises the final grade by 1/2 grade;
d) participate actively in solving case studies discussed during the classes – regular and correct solving case studies raises the final grade by 1/2 grade.
Attention: Grade 5 from this seminar:
(i) increases your final grade from the test (to be written from all topics discussed during this seminar and lectures) by 1 grade or
(ii) results in passing the final test if you fail it by maximum 10%.
In USOS you get a credit or no credit for the seminar, i.e. the grade is not to be indicated.
ATTENTION!
ALL STUDENTS ARE OBLIGED TO HAVE USOS REGISTRATION. MATERIALS AND COURSE INFORMATION WILL BE DISPATCHED THROUGH USOS ONLY. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR USOS ACCOUNT IS LINKED WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
Reading Materials:
▪ Rebecca M. M. Wallace (RMMW), International Law, London, Sweet and Maxwell, latest available edition,
▪ Malcolm N. Shaw (MNS), International Law, Cambridge University Press, latest available edition,
▪ Jan Klabbers (JK), International Law, Cambridge University Press, second edition 2017
▪ Anders Henriksen (AH), International Law, Oxford University Press, 2017
ALL BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY OF THE FACULTY OF JOURNALISM AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, NOWY ŚWIAT 69, 2ND FLOOR OR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW LIBRARY, DOBRA 56/66.
YOU MAY CHOOSE BETWEEN THE BOOKS, UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE
Sources of international law which can be obtained directly from the internet and will be indicated for each class separately (see below).
Course Outline:
Class 1. Presentation of course outline and assessment criteria. Introduction to public international law
Class 2. International Law and Municipal Law
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 3
2. MNS Chapter 4
3. JK Chapter 16
4. AH Chapter 1, pp. 13-18
PLUS:
5. Barbara Mielnik, Municipal law as a source if international law, in: Jan Kolasa, The nature of sources in international legal order, Wrocław 2012
6. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna 23 May 1969, articles 26, 27, 46, 53. Available at http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf
7. United Nations Charter, San Francisco 26 June 1945, esp. Articles 5, 6, 19, 41, 42. Available at http://www.un.org/en/charter-united-nations/
8. Use of Sanctions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, http://un-dpa.tumblr.com/post/114133038339/sanctions-prevention-not-punishment
9. EUCJ, Case 32/84 Van Gend & Loos Case of , InfoCuria
10. ICJ, Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), ICJ Reports 2002
11. ICJ, LaGrand (Germany v US), ICJ Reports 2001
12. ICJ, Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v US), ICJ Reports 2004
13. Alabama Arbitration Awards Moore Case, 1872, http://legal.un.org/riaa/cases/vol_XXIX/125-134.pdf
14. PCIJ, Certain German interests in Polish Upper Silesia, PCIJ Reports 1926
Class 3. Sources of International Law
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 2
2. MNS Chapter 3
3. JK Chapter 2
4. AH Chapter 2
PLUS:
5. Artur Kozłowski, The essence if general principles of international law and international court judgments as sources of international law, in: Jan Kolasa, The nature of sources in international legal order, Wrocław 2012
6. Statute of the International Court of Justice, esp. Article 38. Available at http://www.icj-cij.org/en/statute
7. ICJ, North Sea Continental Shelf Case (F.R. of Germany/Denmark; F.R. Germany/The Netherlands), Judgment of 20 February 1969, paras 34-39; 58-86; 100-101
8. Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 27 June 1986.
9. Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru), ICJ Reports, 20 November 1950
10. PCIJ, Lotus case, 1927
11. ICJ, Legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996, paras 64-79; 98-102
12. ICTY, Prosecutor v. Anto Furundzija, Judgment of 10 December 1998, paras 181-185
13. ICJ, Case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), hereafter ‘Genocide Case’, Judgment of 26 February 2007, paras 114-120
14. ILC, Guiding Principles Applicable to Unilateral Declarations of States Capable of Creating Legal Obligations, adopted in the ILC 2006 session. Available from http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_9_2006.pdf
15. Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Norway), ICJ Reports 1951.
16. Case Concerning the Right of Passage Over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India), ICJ Reports, 12 April 1960
Class 4. The Law of Treaties (I)
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 10
2. MNS Chapter 16
3. JK Chapter 3
4. AH Chapter 3
5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, op. cit.
PLUS:
6. ICJ, Advisory Opinion on Reservations to the Convention on Genocide, 1951
Class 5. The Law of Treaties (II)
Reading: See class 4. above
Class 6. Subjects of International Law. Recognition
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 4; pp. 75-88.
2. MNS Chapter 5; 9
3. JK Chapter 4
4. AH Chapter 4
PLUS:
5. Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, 26 December 1933
6. Draft Declaration on the Rights and Duties of States, 1949 by International Law Commission
7. Badinter Commission, Opinions Nos. 1, 2 and 3, in 92 International Law Report (1992), 162-172.
8. ICJ, Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010, ICJ Reports 2010 §§57-84 + Declaration of Judge Simma
9. PCIJ, Pecuniary Claims of Danzig Railway Officials who have Passed into the Polish Service, 1928, §§17-18
10. Opinion No. 1 Arbitration Commission, E.C. Conference on Yugoslavia, November 29,1991. Available at https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/jura/ifve/jfoeffl3/ressourcen/dateien/voelkerrecht_1/skript-vr-b3.pdf?lang=en
Class 7. State Responsibility
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 8
2. MNS Chapter 14
3. JK Chapter 137
4. AH Chapter 7
PLUS:
5. Corfu Channel Case (Merits), Judgment of 9 April 1949 , Available at http://www.iilj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Corfu-Channel-Case-United-Kingdom-v.-Albania.pdf
6. Rainbow Warrior Case, 1986. See: http://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/law-9780199231690-e198
7. Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 27 June 1986.
8. ICJ, Case concerning the United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Teheran (U.S.A. v. Iran), Judgment of 24 May 1980, §§60-95
1. ICJ, Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia), Judgment of 25 Sept. 1997, §§46-59; 82- 115
2. ILC Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts, annexed to GA Res. 56/83, 2001
Class 8. The Law of the Sea
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 7
2. MNS Chapter 11
3. JK Chapter 13, pp.255-269
4. AH Chapter 8
PLUS:
5. United Nations Convention on the Law of the See, Montego Bay 10 December 1982. Available at: http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf
6. Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944
Class 9. Diplomatic and Consular Law (I)
Reading:
1. MNS Chapter 13
2. AH Chapter 6, pp. 119-124
3. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 18 April 1961, available at http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf
4. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 24 April 1963, available at http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_2_1963.pdf
PLUS:
5. ICJ, Case concerning the United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Teheran (U.S.A. v. Iran), Judgment of 24 May 1980
6. La Grand Case/Avena Case
Class 10. Diplomatic and Consular Law (II)
Reading: See class 9. above
Class 11. The Settlement of Disputes by Peaceful Means
Reading:
1. RMMW Chapter 12
2. MNS Chapter 18
3. JK Chapter 9
4. AH Chapter 12
5. The Charter of the United Nations; Articles 2(3), and 33; Articles 92-96
6. The Statute of the ICJ: Articles 34, 35, 36, 41, 59, 65 and 66
7. Declarations recognizing the jurisdiction of the Court as compulsory, https://www.icj-cij.org/en/declarations
PLUS:
8. Model Rules on Arbitral Procedure, The International Law Commission, 1958
Class 12. International Court of Justice (I)
Reading:
1. MNS Chapter 19
2. JK Chapter 8, pp. 158-177
3. Statute of the International Court of Justice, op. cit.
PLUS:
4. ICJ, Case concerning East Timor (Portugal v Australia), 1995
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6. ICJ, Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Italy v France, UK and USA), 1954
7. ICJ, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion of July 9, 2004, ICJ Reports 2004
Class 13. International Court of Justice (II) / Final assessment
Reading: See class XII above
