Syllabus and Presentation Guidelines

Description: Introduction to the course; explanation and division of research projects; introduction to the history of international law. Reading: Kacorowska-Ireland_Ch.1. Assignments: Quiz 1, Division of research and presentation topics.

Description: Introduction to main legal theoretical approaches to international law including positivism, naturalism, process school, and critical legal studies. Reading: Cali_Ch. 4. Assignments: Quiz 2.

Description: Introduction to main IR theoretical approaches to international law including realism, liberalism, institutionalism, constructivism, feminism, Marxism and critical theory. Submission of presentation topics, research questions, and three recent academic sources must be entered into the table in the link below and uploaded to My Learning under Assignments by 16.9. Reading: Cali_Ch. 2., Student Presentations.

Description: The making of treaties; concepts of universality and reservations; application, amendment and termination of treaties; and state compliance. Reading: Cali_Ch.3. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 4, Student presentations.

Description: Material sources of int. customary law and relation between treaties and customary law; state motivation and compliance with the customs; other sources including general principles of int. law, judicial decisions, academic writings. Reading: Kacorowska-Ireland_Ch.2. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 5, Student presentations.

Description: States and international organizations as the main actors influencing international law; their responsibilities and influence. Reading: Kacorowska-Ireland_Ch.5. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 6, Student presentations.

Description: Main int. courts and tribunals, their activities and influence. Reading: Cali_Ch.8. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 7, Student presentations.

Topic: Midterm Exam Description: My learning online home-based test from 15.00-16.00 p.m. Reading: Readings from Week 1 to Week 7 inclusive. Assignments: Review all material from Week 1 to 7.

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Description: Legal regulation of statehood and its recognition; right to self-determination; right to self-defense; humanitarian intervention and collective UN security. Reading: Cali_Ch.10. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 8, Student presentations.

Description: The nature and purpose of int. humanitarian law; state and non-state actors and their compliance with humanitarian law. Reading: Cali_Ch.11. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 9, Student presentations.

Description: The core int. crimes, their investigation and enforcement of int. criminal law; relation between national and international courts and their jurisdiction – concepts of primacy and complementarity. Reading: Cali_Ch.12. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 10, Student presentations.

Description: Main human rights organizations, their activities and impact. Reading: Kacorowska-Ireland_Ch 12 and 564-574. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 11, Student presentations.

Description: Impact of int. law in advancement of social justice; applicable standards of social justice; non-compliance and further development in the field. Reading: Cali_Ch.16. Assignments/deadlines: Quiz 12, Student presentations.

Topic: Final Exam. Description: My Learning online in-class test from 15.00-16.00 p.m. Reading: All readings. Assignments/deadlines: Review material from the whole semester.