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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Law |
| Grao en Dereito |
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| Public International Law |
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| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Public International Law | Code | 612G01019 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| PART I. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER Lesson 1.- International society and its legal order |
1. International society A) Historical development B) Basic characters 2. Public international law as the legal order of the international society A) Concept of public international law B) Characters of public international law C) Functions of public international law |
| Lesson 2.- Creation of public international law | 1. Creation and progressive development of public international law 2. International norms: A) International treaties B) Custom and general principles C) Unilateral acts of states and international organizations 3. Reception of international norms into national legal orders |
| PART II. THE SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW A) STATE Lesson 3.- State as primary subject of public international law |
1. Constitutive elements of a state 2. Recognition of states and recognition of governments 3. State immunities 4. State succession |
| Lesson 4.- The Territory | 1. General aspects on the defined territory 2. Territorial jurisdiction on marine areas 3. Territorial jurisdiction on outer space 4. Territorial jurisdiction on other areas |
| Lesson 5.- Population |
1. Nationality: State jurisdiction abroad 2. Foreigner’s legal status 3. Qualifies regimes on foreigners |
| Lesson 6.- National bodies with capacity to enter into international relations |
1. Central bodies 2. Diplomatic representation 3. Consular representation |
| B) INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Lesson 7.- Overview of international organisations |
1. Background and historical development 2. Concept 3. Structure and formation of the will 4. International legal personality 5. Types of international organisations |
| Lesson 8.- The United Nations |
1. Background and historical development 2. Purposes and principles 3. Members 4. Institutional structure |
| Lesson 9.- The main functions of the United Nations | 1. Decolonization 2. Development 3. Human rights 4. Maintenance of international peace and security 5. Disarmament |
| C) HUMAN PERSON Lesson 10- The human person and public international law |
1. The international subjectivity of the individual 2. The capacity to act of the individual before the international bodies 3. The international responsibility of the individual 4. The systems of the protection of human rights |
| PART III. THE APPLICATION OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW Lesson 11.- International responsibility |
1. Codification and progressive development of the law on the international responsibility 2. The international responsibility for internationally wrongful acts 3. The international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law |
| Lesson 12.- Procedures for the application of the international norms |
1. The diplomatic protection 2. Countermeasures 3. The institutionalized procedures |
| Lesson 13.- The settlement of disputes by peaceful means |
1. International disputes 2. No jurisdictional methods of dispute settlement 3. Jurisdictional methods of dispute settlement |
| Lesson 14.- The control of the use of force |
1. The prohibition of the threat or use of force 2. The regulation of the armed conflicts 3. International humanitarian law |
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