International Public Law

obligatory courses

International Public Law

1. International vs domestic law – an introduction

2. The making of international law – international agreements

3. The making of international law – international agreements (part 2)

4. The making of international law – customary law

5. Other sources of international law – unilateral acts, general principles of law

6. The application of international law in the internal legal order of a state. Solutions adopted in the Polish Constitution of 1997.

7. The notion of state in international law – territory, borders

8. The notion of state in international law – population, state authorities. Types of states from the point of view of international law.

9. Recognition of states and governments; territorial changes between states (succession of states)

10. International organisations as subjects of international law

11. Human rights. The European Convention on Human Rights

12. International responsibility

13. International dispute resolution

14. Enforcing international law by peaceful means

15. The use of force in international law

Student's workload

lecture - 30 h

preparation to the lecture - 30 h

preparation to the examination - 60 h

total - 120 h

W.Czapliński, A.Wyrozumska, Prawo międzynarodowe publiczne. Zagadnienia systemowe, wyd.2, Beck Warszawa 2004, rozdziały 2 § 1-3, 3 § 1-4, 4 § 1, 5 § 1, 2, 4 i 5

A.Łazowski, A.Zawidzka, Prawo międzynarodowe publiczne, Skrypty Becka, wyd.2 (2003)

Prawo międzynarodowe publiczne. Zbiór przepisów, red. A. Łazowski, wyd. Zakamycze 2003

W.Czapliński, Podstawowe zagadnienia prawa międzynarodowego, CEUW 2009;

V.Lowe, International Law, Oxford 2007;

D.Alland, Manuel de droit international public, Paris 2014

After completing the lecture, the students will:

– know key notions in the area of public international law,

– understand the significance of public international law for maintaining the international order

– know how international law is made,

– understand the significance of international agreements,

– know how to define the notion of ‘customary law’,

– know the sources of international law,

– understand what international responsibility involves,

– understand how international organisations function under international law,

– know the rules of international disputes,

– know the human rights regulations,

– know the legal basis for the use of force in international relations,

– have the ability to interpret international political events in terms of international law,

– have the ability to forecast the consequences of international disputes in terms of international law,

– have the ability to analyse cases of human rights violations on the domestic and international scale.

Written exam