Public international law

1) Presentation of the international legal order and its links to history and the evolution of international relations; 
2) Subjects of international law: States (creation, boundaries, sovereignty), international organisations (definition, personality) and individuals (rights and obligations); 
3) Sources of international law : custom, treaty and other sources;
4) Implementation of international law : coercive and non coercive measures, settlement of disputes, responsibility.

Emphasis is given to the underlying tensions of the international legal order (between an ethical and a political pole) and how they characterize and influence the creation, interpretation and application of the rules of public international law. 

1) Ensure an understanding of the international legal order, its scope and its limits, with a particular emphasis on the tensions that caractérise it.

2) Enable mastery of the fundamental concepts, principles and rules of international law, so as to be able to apply them to practical cases, particularly current issues.

Cours ayant celui-ci comme pré-requis

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

Flipped classroom teaching based on a book (reference below) and on interaction.
Participation to the course is not mandatory, except for the practical exercices (which require the submission of written assignments). Preparation of the sessions is essential.

The lectures of the course consist essentially in discussion and Q&A sessions. The participation in this sessions presupposes that students: 
(i) will have read the relevant chapters of the syllabus;
(ii) will have seen the videos bearing on those chapters;
(iii) will have prepared the answers to a list of questions available to students in advance that will be discussed in class.

Further details are provided in the presentation note of the course, available on Virtual University.
 

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

Ensure autonomy in legal reasoning by providing students with adequate conceptual and methodological tools.

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Compulsory reading : Olivier Corten, François Dubuisson, Vaios Koutroulis et Anne Lagerwall, A Critical Introduction to International Law, Brussels, Editions de l'ULB, 2019.

International instruments (treaties, IOs' resolutions,...) listed on Virtual University.

Support(s) de cours

• Podcast
• Syllabus
• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Faculty of Law Secretariat : 02.650.39.36, 39.37, 39.40, 39.41

The professors of the course can be contacted during the designated office hours, according to what is indicated in the presentation note of the course available on Virtual University.

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Examen écrit

Examen écrit

• Examen à livre ouvert

Continuous evaluation on the basis of students' preparation and participation in practical exercises.

The written exam is composed of a case study and a more theoretical question about the tensions underlying the international legal order. 
The book and a series of international instruments' texts are available to students during the written exam.

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais