Jessup - preparation - HV4319

• Title: Jessup - preparation
• Guaranteed by: Department of Public International Law (22-KMP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Law
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, colloquium [HT]
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Level: basic
• Note: you can enroll for the course repeatedly; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: Mgr. Miroslav Sojka (31.01.2024)

The subject is a preparatory and selection course for the team members of the Faculty of Law´s team in the Philip
C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (https://www.ilsa.org/about-jessup/).
The enrolled students will work independently as well as in teams in order to acquire mooting skills and
knowledge of both general topics of international law as well as particular issues relevant for that years Jessup
themes.
During the course, the tutor will select 5 students among the course participants and offer them to join the Faculty
Jessup team in the upcoming academic year.

The course will begin in April / May and end in September. During the period, students will be meeting in person
and/or online with the tutor(s) and discuss the assigned (via Moodle) reading.

The course consists of app. 10 meetings, each devoted to individual curriculum topic, to which students will be
provided reading via Moodle. During the meetings, the topics will be critically discussed.

During the course, each student will be required to submit 1 written submission (as a party to a fictitious dispute in
front of the International Court of Justice) based on a fictitious scenario and subsequently participate in a moot
court in which they will defend the submission as a party to a fictitious dispute in front of the ICJ.

Enrolling into the subject is only possible via email. To enroll, the students are to send a motivation letter (in
English) to [e-mail] till 1 April.

Requirements to the exam

English

Last update: Mgr. Miroslav Sojka (31.01.2024)

1. The final exams consists of the following:

• activity during the course (30 % of the total grade),

• written submission based on fictitious scenario (35 % of the total grade), and

• moot court participation with oral presentation of the case submission by a party to the dispute based on a fictitious scenario (35 % of the total grade)

2. Students will be provided the fictitious scenario during the course (latest in June) and will be required to deliver the written submission during summer (latest beginning of September). The moot court will take place in September.

Syllabus

English

Last update: Mgr. Miroslav Sojka (31.01.2024)

The course content consists of these general topics:

• sources of international law

• state responsibility

• procedure in front of the International Court of Justice

• mooting skills

Each year, at the finals of the International Rounds, the organizers publish topics for the following year´s competition. Those topics will be added to the course curriculum and sent to the students.

Registration requirements

English

Last update: Mgr. Miroslav Sojka (31.01.2024)

Enrolling into the subject is only possible via email. To enroll, the students are to send a motivation letter (in English) to [e-mail] till 1 April.

Learning resources

English

Last update: Mgr. Miroslav Sojka (31.01.2024)

Základní literatura:
1. ČEPELKA, Čestmír, ŠTURMA, Pavel. Mezinárodní právo veřejné. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2018, 584 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-721-7.

Ostatní literatura:
Other study materials will be identified every year depending on the topic of the competition and provided via Moodle.

Základní právní předpisy:
1. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

2. Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001)

3. Charter of the United Nations (1945)

Ostatní právní předpisy:
Other study materials will be identified every year depending on the topic of the competition and provided via Moodle.