Public University of Navarre



Castellano | Academic year: 2023/2024 | Previous academic years:  2022/2023  |  2021/2022  |  2020/2021  |  2019/2020 
Bachelor's degree in Law at the Universidad Pública de Navarra
Course code: 351205 Subject title: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Credits: 6 Type of subject: Basic Year: 1 Period: 2º S
Department: Derecho
Lecturers:
OLIVAR DE JULIAN, JOSÉ MANUEL   [Mentoring ] PLAZA VENTURA, PATRICIA (Resp)   [Mentoring ]

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Module/Subject matter

Basic / Politics

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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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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)

Ability to gather and interpret relevant data in order to make assessments (C.B.3)

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Specific proficiencies

Ability to manage legal resources (C.E.a.2)

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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Learning outcomes

 

Learning outcomes
Content
Activity
Assessment tool
 Management of legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources, both national and international (R170). Regulation of spaces of domestic and international competence Lectures and practical activity using treaties, resolutions, etc.
Practical assessment
Knowledge of the structure and functioning of international society (R101). Subjects of International Law Lectures and problem solving Exam and practical assessment
Knowledge of treaties and general principles of international law (R125). Sources of International Law Lectures and practical activity using treaties, resolutions, etc. Exam and practical assessment
Knowledge of the contents, limits and mechanisms of human rights protection (R120). International legislation Lectures and problem solving
Exam and practical assessment
Knowledge of the structure and functioning of diplomatic and consular relations (R103). Subjects of International Law Lectures and problem solving
Exam and practical assessment

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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

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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).

 

 

 

 

 

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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. Relations between International Law and Municipal Law
  2. International Responsibility

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.


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.

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Languages

English

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Location

See assigned classroom.

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