INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Sciences Po, Le Havre

Spring Semester 2015/2016
Martina muclerov

The course Introduction to Public International Law offers a panorama of international law
norms regulating the peaceful existence and continuous development of international society,
mainly inter-State relations. The rules and their knowledge thus constitute fundamental pillars
of the overall understanding of international relations and politics as well as their impact on
national decision-making. The aim of the course is both to learn the norms and to acquire
capacity to apply them to particular world affairs and main judicial cases. Issues like State
sovereignty and its limits, peaceful settlement of disputes, coercive measures and the use of
force as ultima ratio, human rights standards and their enforcement and the role of
supranational institutions will be studied. The underlying line is the identification of the
sources of international law, the subjects bound by its norms as well as the consequences of
the violation of international law. Finally a complete framework of international law and its
position beside foreign and international policy, economy, religion and international ethics
will crystalize.

INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Sciences Po, Le Havre
Spring Semester 2015/2016
Martina muclerov
Syllabus

I. Basic pillars of Public International Law

Class 1:

Basic concepts of Public International Law

Class 2:

Sources of Public International Law

Class 3:

International community

II. Substantive areas of Public International Law

Class 4:

Peaceful settlement of international disputes

Class 5:

Coercion in international relations

Class 6:

Use of force

Class 7:

International legal status of an individual. Protection of Human Rights

Class 8:

International legal regime of State territory and other spaces

Class 9:

General mechanisms of international relations (diplomatic and consular

relations)

Class 10:

Law of international economic relations

III. Violation of Public International Law

Class 11:

International responsibility and access to remedy

Class 12:

Strengthening the role of International Law

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Shaw, M.N., International Law, 7th ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014, 981 p.
Daillier, P., Pellet, A., Forteau, M., Droit international public, 8e ed., L.G.D.J., Paris, 2009,
1722 p.