Public International Law
Course code
AKJ6298.YK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Rahvusvaheline avalik õigus
Course title in English
Public International Law
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
- To create opportunities to gain knowledge of the following: the existence of international law and its sources; the relationship between international law and state (municipal) law; subjects of international law (especially states); nationality and citizenship issues; law of treaties; state responsibility; peaceful settlement of disputes; law of the sea; human rights; international criminal law; international environmental law; international economic law and organizations;
- to give an overview of the practical bases: jurisdiction, state sovereignty and immunities;
- to examine the nature and character of international agreements, enforcement mechanisms of international oversight bodies and their relationships among states parties and their subjects;
- to create opportunities for learning how to use in practice the knowledge gained in the course through the study of cases;
- to widen the students’ worldview and understanding about what is happening in today’s world in connection with international law and the processes associated with it;
- to give the students a basic understanding of the terminology used in international law;
- to create interest in international law among the students and to better their understanding of current events and world news events that are connected with international law and relations.
- to give an overview of the practical bases: jurisdiction, state sovereignty and immunities;
- to examine the nature and character of international agreements, enforcement mechanisms of international oversight bodies and their relationships among states parties and their subjects;
- to create opportunities for learning how to use in practice the knowledge gained in the course through the study of cases;
- to widen the students’ worldview and understanding about what is happening in today’s world in connection with international law and the processes associated with it;
- to give the students a basic understanding of the terminology used in international law;
- to create interest in international law among the students and to better their understanding of current events and world news events that are connected with international law and relations.
Brief description of the course
The nature of international law; sources and evidence of international law; norms of customary international law and how they are created; conventional norms of international law; the relationship between international law and the law of states (municipal law); determination of statehood and the recognition of states; the recognition of governments; self-determination of “peoples”; state succession; organizations (international and non-governmental), private corporations and individuals as subjects of international law; nationality under international law; the law of treaties; state responsibility; peaceful settlement of disputes; bases of jurisdiction; immunity from jurisdiction; law of the sea; international watercourses; polar regions and outer space; international environmental law; state responsibility for injury to aliens and foreign investors; human rights; international criminal law; international economic law and organizations.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the place and importance of international law in worldwide and internal state politics;
- has general knowledge about each important area of international law;
- has knowledge about the directions of future development of international law in the areas of human rights, law of the sea, international environmental law and international criminal law;
- has ability to follow and understand current world events through the prism of international law.
- has knowledge of the place and importance of international law in worldwide and internal state politics;
- has general knowledge about each important area of international law;
- has knowledge about the directions of future development of international law in the areas of human rights, law of the sea, international environmental law and international criminal law;
- has ability to follow and understand current world events through the prism of international law.
Teacher
K. Jaak Roosaare
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