(1)Overview of International Law: Review Public International Law specifically

definition of:
- State – an entity that has a defined territory and permanent population, under the
control of its own government, and that engages in, or has the capacity to engage in,
formal relations with other such entities (Montevideo Convention, Art 1)
- Sovereignty – independent personality of the state in relation with other members of the
international community. Used interchangeably with independence.
o The supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power by which any independent
state is governed
o Absolute right to govern
o Legitimate exercise of power by a state
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- Jurisdiction
- rights and privileges of states
Rights of States:
o the right to independence and hence to exercise freely without dictation by any
other State, all its legal power, including the choice of its own form of
government (Art 1)
o the right to exercise jurisdiction over its territory and over all persons and things
therein, subject to the immunities recognized by International Law (Art 2)
o the right to equality in law with every other State, (Art 5; See also UN Charter, Art
2 (1)
o Every State has the right of individual or collective self-defense against armed
attack (Art 12; also embodied in Art 51 of the UN Charter)

Duties of States:
o To refrain from intervention in the internal or eternal affairs from any other State
(Art 2)
o To refrain from fomenting civil strife in territory of another State, and to prevent
the organization within its territory of activities calculated to foment such civil
strife (Art 4)
o To treat all persons under its jurisdiction with respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms, without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion
(Art 6)
o To ensure that conditions prevailing in its territory do not menace international
peace and order (Art 7)
o To settle its disputes with other States by peaceful means in such a manner that
international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered (Art 8)
o To refrain from resorting to war as an instrument of national policy, and to refrain
from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with
International Law and order (Art 9)
 o To refrain from giving assistance to any State which is acting in violation of article
9, or against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action
(Art 10)
o To refrain from recognizing any territorial acquisition by another State acting in
violation of article 9 (Art 11)
o To carry out in good faith its obligations arising from treaties and other sources of
International Law, and it may not invoke provisions in its constitution or its laws
to ensure for failure to perform this duty (Art 13)
o To conduct its relations with other States in accordance with International Law
and with the principle that the sovereignty of each State is subject to the
supremacy of International Law (art 14)
- capacity to enter into contract

(2) Overview of New Civil Code: Specifically obligations and contracts. Sources of obligations,
kinds of obligations, extinguishment of obligations, definition and requisites of contracts, and
kinds of contract.

(2) Art. 33, Paragraph 1 of United Nations Charter. Different types of dispute settlements.
- Negotiation
- Enquiry
- Mediation
- Conciliation
- Arbitration
- Judicial settlement
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(4) International Court of Justice: sources of International law and ICJ jurisdiction.

(5) The Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes or the Hague Convention
of 1907.