Course Title: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Course Code: LAW255
Program: LLB
Department: LAW
College: LAW
Institution: PSU
Instructor Name:
Doc. Dr. Enis Omerović
[email protected]
What is international law?
States?
International Organizations?
Individuals?
Non-State actors?
Subjects of international law?
Some degree of international personality?
Rights and duties on the international stage
The contemporary definition of IL is open-ended
The traditional definition was not so accommodating
What is international law?
Traditional rules:
Sovereign states and their relationship in times of peace and war
Non-flexible definition
Other entities?
Other situations and relations?
The scope of international law?
Law of Treaties
Territory
Soil
Airspace
Upper space
Rivers, canals, lakes, international waterways, seas
Seabed
Arctic / Antarctic
States
International Organizations
The scope of international law?
Individuals
Law of the Sea
State Responsibility
State jurisdiction
Human Rights
Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Use of force
Course description
This course aims at introducing the student to public international law
with its different rules, principles and norms. The student will be trained to
use various legal terms in relation to international law. The course will help
the student apply the theory that we study in class to various case studies.
By the end of the course, the student is expected to know not only the
different approaches to conflict resolution, but also the basic rules in
relation to international humanitarian law, the law of treaties, and the
responsibilities of states among other things.
Public International Law
Course main objective:
To introduce the concept of states and international organizations,
their relations and the ways of their dispute resolutions
100
Second Exam Participation
20 grades 10 grades
Final Exam
First Exam
40 grades
20 grades Assignment
10 grades
Main characteristics
The international legal system is decentralised
It is based on consent
National legal systems?
Sources of IL:
Treaties (agreements between consenting states)
Customary IL (emerged through the practice of states endorsed by consent)
Fundamental principles of law
Legal doctrine
International case law
Main characteristics
There is also provision within the international legal system for opting out
from the application of treaty provisions or customary international law
There is no international legislature enacting binding rules nor is there an
international executive enforcing international law
ICJ?
ICC?
Once created, it is mandatory and should not be disregarded by those
subject to it
Reciprocity?
States more frequently respect the sovereignty of others
Critisism of international law
Is it effective?
IL breaks down frequently in areas which are politically sensitive
and which accordingly attract wide media coverage
IL operates very effectively and successfully on a regular day-to-
day basis in different sectors, e.g.:
International travel
International communications
International transportation
International organisations
Assistant Professor
Dr. Enis Omerović
[email protected]