Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 171823 | Subject title: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||||
| Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 4 | Period: 2º S | ||
| Department: Derecho | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| OLIVAR DE JULIAN, JOSÉ MANUEL [Mentoring ] | PLAZA VENTURA, PATRICIA (Resp) [Mentoring ] | ||||
Contents
International Legislation. Sources of International Law. Subjects of International Law. Regulation of spaces of domestic and international competence.
Methodology
| Methodology - Activity | On-site classes | Students' autonomous work |
| A-1 Lectures | 45 | |
| A-2 Practical activity | 15 | |
| A-3 Discussion and debates, seminars, group tutorials | ||
| A-4 Preparation of papers and presentations | 15 | |
| A-5 Reading legal materials | 15 | |
| A-6 Autonomous study | 60 | |
| A-7 Exams, evaluation tests | ||
| A-8 Individual tutorials | ||
| Total | 60 | 90 |
Evaluation
| Learning outcome |
Assessment activity |
Weight (%) | It allows test resit |
Minimum required grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R125, R120, E103, R101 | Weekly practicals | 10 % | No | |
| R170, R101, R125 | Practical assessments | 30 % | Yes (An extraquestion/test to answer with the final exam) | |
| R101, R170, R120, R103 | Final exam | 60 % | Yes | A grade lower than 2.5 out of 6 points, in the ordinary/extraordinary exam, implies NOT passig the course. In this case, the final grade for the course, which will be obtained from the sum of continuous assessment grades + ordinary/extraordinary exam grade, may not exceed 4.9 out of 10 points (Fail). |
Agenda
LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION
- Definition
- Nature and Characteristics of International Law
- The Development of International Law
LESSON 2: LAW OF TREATIES
- Sources of International Law
- Definition of a Treaty
- Treaty-Making Competence
- Observance and Application of Treaties
- Treaty Interpretation
- Third States
- Amendments and Modifications
- Validity of Treaties
- Termination of a Treaty
- Consequences of Invalidity, Termination or Suspension
- Treaties in Spain
LESSON 3: OTHER SOURCES
- Customary Law
- General Principles of Law
- Judicial Decisions, Writers and Equity
- Other Possible Sources
LESSON 4: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MUNICIPAL LAW
- Relations between International Law and Municipal Law
- International Responsibility
LESSON 5: INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY
- Diversity in International Personality
- Other Entities
LESSON 6: STATES: TERRITORY
- Defined Territory of a State.
- Occupation
- Prescription
- Conquest
- Cession
- Accretion and Avulsion
LESSON 7: STATES: POPULATION
- Nationals
- Aliens
- Refugees
- Stateless
LESSON 8: STATES: SOVEREIGNTY
- The Concept of Sovereignty
- Immunity from Jurisdiction
- Recognition of States and Governments
- State Succession
LESSON 9: DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS
- Diplomatic Relations
- Consular Relations
- Special Missions
LESSON 10: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- International Organisations in general
- United Nations
LESSON 11: PEOPLES
- Principle of Nationalities
- Self-Determination
LESSON 12: INDIVIDUALS
- Legal Personality of Individuals
- United Nations Protection of Human Rights
- European Protection of Human Rights
LESSON 13: THE LAW OF THE SEA: SPACES OF STATE COMPETENCE
- The Law of the Sea Evolution
- Internal Waters
- Territorial Sea
- Contiguous Zone
- Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
- Continental Shelf
LESSON 14: THE LAW OF THE SEA: SPACES OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE
- High Seas
- Deep Seabed
LESSON 15: AIR SPACE, OUTERSPACE AND POLAR REGIONS
- Airspace
- Outer Space
- Arctic
- Antarctica
Bibliography
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
Basic and compulsory bibliography.
Wallace, Rebecca / Martín-Ortega, Olga (2020): International Law, London: Sweet&Maxwell.
Complementary bibliography.
Saw, Malcolm (2021): International Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Public International Law, Kaczorowska-Ireland, Alina.
Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.