Public International Law
The aim:
1. To provide knowledge of international law issues constituting the very nature of international legal order.
2. To provide detailed knowledge of sources of international law
Acquired knowledge:
1. Student has knowledge of the very essence of public international law (its general structure).
2. Student knows the sources of public international law (where does international law come from?).
Acquired skills:
1. Student is able to identify legal issues concerning relations between public international law and other normative orders.
2. Student is able to identify norms of international law and classify them.
3. Student is able to prepare and use the international legal argumentation to present his/her opinions on constitutive aspects of international law and to resolve situations involving the application of international law.
Acquired social skills:
1. Student accepts the normative character of international law.
2. Student understands the significance of international law within the modern international community.
Course contents:
1. An overview of the international legal system – its constituent elements.
2. Making of international law (customary law, general principles of law, law of treaties, unilateral acts, international legal judiciary and legal teachings).
3. International legal personality.
4. Basics of State jurisdiction.
5. The law of international responsibility.
6. Settlement of international disputes (international courts and tribunals).
7. Sanctions, countermeasures, and collective security system.
Recommended reading:
1. International Law, Jan Klabbers, CUP. Cambridge 2024
Additional reading:
1. Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, J. Crawford, OUP. Oxford 2019
2. Sources of International Law, M. Koskenniemi (ed.), Ashgate Pub. Ltd.. 2001
3. Modern Treaty Law and Practice, M. Aust, CUP. Cambridge 2007
4. How to write law essays & exams, S. I. Strong, OUP. Oxford 2010 (2018)
5. Law School Exams: A Guide to Better Grades, Second Edition, A. Schimel, Carolina Academic Press. 2018
6. Public International Law, A. Kaczorowska-Ireland, Routledge. 2023
