International Law

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватели

Боклан Дарья Сергеевна

Мартынова Екатерина Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course provides a detailed study of the history, rules, doctrines and institutions of public international law. It offers a critical analysis of the international legal order and a firm basis upon which to found arguments concerning the political importance of international law. The module pays special attention to the way in which the evolution and operation of the international legal order influence not only international relations, but also daily domestic life.

Learning Objectives

• The main objective of the course is to provide students with the necessary tools to navigate within the international law field, to prepare them to deal with different norms of international law, including soft law, make research and present legal argumentation on selected key issues of the contemporary public international law.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• to distinguish basic conceptual features of public international law, its structure and mechanisms; to apply substantial knowledge of the fundamental principles, rules and institutions governing the inter-state relations by legal means; to identify the sources and hierarchy of the international legal norms; to implement understanding and the ability to use specific terminology of public international law;
• to apply practical tools of research, analysis of the legal documentation and academic papers in the sphere of international law; to analyse and work with legally relevant information by using the juridical, comparative and other specific methods;
• • to describe legal problems and situations in the field of international law; • to demonstrate substantial knowledge of recent developments and current challenges in this sphere and apply a critical approach to the analysis of the existing problems, engage in debates involving the subject-matters of the course.

Course Contents

• Introduction to the international law: concept, characteristics and sources
• Subjects of international law
• Responsibility and coercion in international law
• The law of international treaties
• The law of international organizations and conferences
• International human rights law. Citizenship in international law
• Prohibition of the use of force
• International humanitarian law
• Peaceful means of dispute resolution. Fundamentals of international litigation
• International trade law. The law of the World Trade Organization
• International environmental law

Assessment Elements

• Active in-class participation
  25%. Attendance, active participation and in-class discussion: Each student is expected to attend all the sessions having go through and thought about the assigned material, including the questions and any problems in the text/ judgment, podcast, etc. that are assigned, and actively participate in class discussions, ask questions and make analytical comments about the assignments. Sessions will be structured as a mix of lectures, seminars, and participative workshops in order to stimulate class discussion: the participants are expected to cover the assigned materials in advance for each class.
• Moot court
  25%. Participation in a moot court consists of oral and written parts and involves a group of students drafting an appeal/reply or a judgment, as well as oral presentation of students in a game trial as plaintiffs, defendants or judges.
• Final exam
  Form of the exam: oral offline closed-book exam in the form of an interview on the course program without providing time to prepare an answer (conducted in small groups).

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.25 * Active in-class participation + 0.5 * Final exam + 0.25 * Moot court

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Complete international law : text, cases, and materials, Abass, A., 2014
• International environmental law, Dupuy, P.-M., 2020
• International law, Shaw, M. N., 2021

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Modern treaty law and practice, Aust, A., 2013
• Principles of international economic law, Herdegen, M., 2013

Authors

• STROKOV IVAN DENISOVICH
• Кузнецова Елена Викторовна
• MARTYNOVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVNA