Droit international public

1) Presentation of the international legal order and its links to political environment.

2) Subjects of International Law: states (creation, boundaries, sovereignty), international organisations (definition, personality), individuals (rights and obligations of the individuals).

3) Sources of International Law: treaties, custom, other Sources.

4) Implementation of International Law: coercive and non-coercive sanctions, settlement of disputes, responsibility.

1) Ensure an understanding of the legal order of public international law, its scope and its limits.

2) Allow the student to have comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental concepts of international law in order for him/her to be able to apply them to practical questions (especially those linked to current events).

Courses requiring this course

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Course based on interaction, combining ex cathedra teaching and critical commentary of case-law excerpts prepared in advance.

Complementary practical exercises of a mandatory character, involving periodical submission of written work.

Mandatory reading of a book constituting an introduction to international law: Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet, Le droit international, Paris, P.U.F., Que sais-je ?, 2013, 126 p.

Contribution to the teaching profile

Give to the student adequate conceptual and methodological tools in order to ensure an autonomous legal reasoning.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

David, E. et Van Assche, C., Code de droit international public, 2011, 1743 p.

Contacts

Secrétariat facultaire : 02.650.39.36, 39.37, 39.40, 39.41

Method(s) of evaluation

• Other

Other

Continuous evaluation based on reading notes on case-law submited throughout the course and participation to practical exercises.

Writen exam consisting of a main question bearing on a case study and two complementary essay questions. Students are allowed to have the basic texts of public international law with them during the exam (in paper format).

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Students’ evaluation will be based on:

• the reading notes on case-law submitted from the fourth to the twelfth week of the course (10% of the final note);

• participation to the practical exercises sessions, including the reading notes on the case-studies (10% of the final note) ;

• a written exam which will take place in January (80% of the final note).

In conformity with article 34§3 of the « Règlement des evaluations et des jurys », any student who is absent without any legitimate reason to more than one seminar session will be considered as absent for the course.

Language(s) of evaluation

• french