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Contents

International Legislation. Sources of International Law. Subjects of International Law. Regulation of spaces of domestic and international competence.

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Descriptors

International Community. Relations between States. International Organizations. This subject is part of the general academic training for a jurist and the necessary ground for professional activities, such as international and nacional civil servants, diplomats, legal professionals, international organisms and corporations employees, etc.

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General proficiencies

• Ability to analyze and summarize (C.G.1)
• Reasoning and critical thought ability (C.G.22)
• Organization and planning skills (C.G.2)
• Teamwork skills (C.G.9)
• Solving problems skills (C.G.7)
• Ability to manage information (C.G.6)
• Autonomous learning (C.G.16)

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Specific proficiencies

• Ability to manage legal resources (C.E.a.2)
• Ability to read and interpret texts in a foreign language (C.E.d.5)
• Use of information and communication technologies for searching legal resources (C.E.a.6)
• Ability to deduce legal relevance from social problems and facts (C.E.a.10)
• Reasoning and critical thought ability in legal terms (C.E.a.9)

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Methodology

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Evaluation

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Agenda

LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION

1. Definition
2. Nature and Characteristics of International Law
3. The Development of International Law

LESSON 2: LAW OF TREATIES

1. Sources of International Law
2. Definition of a Treaty
3. Treaty-Making Competence
4. Observance and Application of Treaties
5. Treaty Interpretation
6. Third States
7. Amendments and Modifications
8. Validity of Treaties
9. Termination of a Treaty
10. Consequences of Invalidity, Termination or Suspension
11. Treaties in Spain

LESSON 3: OTHER SOURCES

1. Customary Law
2. General Principles of Law
3. Judicial Decisions, Writers and Equity
4. Other Possible Sources

LESSON 4: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MUNICIPAL LAW

1. Monistic School
2. Dualistic School
3. Coordination School

LESSON 5: INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY

1. Diversity in International Personality
2. Other “Entities”

LESSON 6: STATES: TERRITORY

1. Defined Territory of a State.
2. Occupation
3. Prescription
4. Conquest
5. Cession
6. Accretion and Avulsion

LESSON 7: STATES: POPULATION

1. Nationals
2. Aliens
3. Refugees
4. Stateless

LESSON 8: STATES: SOVEREIGNTY

1. The Concept of Sovereignty
2. Immunity from Jurisdiction
3. Recognition of States and Governments
4. State Succession

LESSON 9: DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS

1. Diplomatic Relations
2. Consular Relations
3. Special Missions

LESSON 10: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

1. International Organisations in general
2. United Nations

LESSON 11: PEOPLES

1. Principle of Nationalities
2. Self-Determination

LESSON 12: INDIVIDUALS

1. Legal Personality of Individuals
2. United Nations Protection of Human Rights
3. European Protection of Human Rights

LESSON 13: THE LAW OF THE SEA: SPACES OF STATE COMPETENCE

1. The Law of the Sea Evolution
2. Internal Waters
3. Territorial Sea
4. Contiguous Zone
5. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
6. Continental Shelf

LESSON 14: THE LAW OF THE SEA: SPACES OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE

1. High Seas
2. Deep Seabed

LESSON 15: AIR SPACE, OUTERSPACE AND POLAR REGIONS

1. Airspace
2. Outer Space
3. Arctic
4. Antarctica

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Bibliography

Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.

Wallace, Rebecca / Martín-Ortega, Olga (2013): International Law, London: Sweet&Maxwell.

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Languages

English.

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Location

Aulario.

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