International Law - JPM952

• Title: International Law
• Guaranteed by: Department of International Relations (23-KMV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 5 / unknown (25)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses for incoming students
• Incompatibility : JPM548

Annotation

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (08.09.2019)

The module is designed to provide the students with basic summary of international law system, its specifics in legal systems, basics of its evolution and history and also to identify and describe the most important general and special parts of international law itself. After passing the module students are capable of understanding the basic functioning of international law and law-based international relations.
The general international law aspects that the module deals with include sources of international law (both under art. 38 Statute of the ICJ as well as others), subjects of international law (international legal personality, states, international organizations, individuals etc.), state responsibility and relationship between international and municipal law (particularly on the example of the Czech constitutional order). The topics are elaborated upon theoretically with the support of case-law of the International Court of Justice and other international judicial organs.
The second part of the module is dedicated to basic information about the human rights protection, such as human rights at universal and regional (particularly European) level, humanitarian law, the law of international security and chosen up-to-date topics. Each topic discussions are supported by case-law of the various judicial and quasi-judicial organs in order to understand the intepretation of various international treaties.
Current topics of international law are being discussed upon the relevant international legal documents.
Students are expected to prepare for the lectures and seminars by reading provided documents and bringing international law materials. They are expected to take part in discussions on relevant topics. Described activity is a requirement to be able to write the final test.

Aim of the course

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (08.09.2019)

The target of the module is to present and teach the students basic legal institutes of public international law, both in general law and specific areas.

After passing the module, the students should be able to understand the functioning of IL and its relationship to States and their domestic legal systems. 

In order to fulfil the above-described case-law and theoretical concepts will be taught. 

Course completion requirements

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (08.09.2019)

1) activity within lectures and seminars

2) minimum 70 % attendance 

 

The guarant dr. Lipovský teaches 100 % of the lectures and seminars.

Teaching methods

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (26.01.2023)

- gaining basic knowledge by study of theoretical basics

- analysis of case-law and jurisprudence

- work with examples applied to legal solutions

Readings will be made available via Moodle 2.

Syllabus

Last update: JUDr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D. (09.01.2023)

Link to connect online (academic year 2022/2023):

Kliknutím sem se připojíte ke schůzce.

 

Lectures schedule

1st lecture - Introduction to the module

2nd lecture - International Law - basic characteristics, relationship to domestic law

3rd lecture - The Subjects of International Law

4th lecture - The Sources of International Law

5th lecture - The Law of Treaties

6th lecture - International Law and Municipal Law

7th lecture - Territorial Issues

8th lecture - State Responsibility

9th lecture - International Criminal Law

10th lecture - International Peace and Security

11th lecture - The Law of War and Humanitarian Law

12th lecture - Human Rights I

13th lecture - Human Rights II 

 

Sources for research:

UN Treaty Series:  https://treaties.un.org/Pages/AdvanceSearch.aspx?tab=UNTS

International Law Commission´s (ILC) page: http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/texts.shtml

European Court of Human Rights´ case law database: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{"documentcollectionid2":["GRANDCHAMBER","CHAMBER"]}

Human Rights Committee (HRC) database: http://juris.ohchr.org/