International Justice
Course: International Litigation (ECL master)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
International Justice
Code
ДВС.1.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
To know: the history and the meaning of international justice as a means of peaceful settlement of international disputes, the international legal acts which are the founding documents of international judicial institutions, main provisions of the rules of procedure of international judicial institutions.
To be able to: to evaluate the meaning of the decisions of international judicial institutions for the studying of a branch or sub-brunch of international law, to discuss in the group the questions of the structure and practice of international judicial institutions and to put forward the arguments for one's position.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- To master successfully the course "International Public Law".
- To know the theoretical bases of the establishment of international institutions.
- To possess the elementary skills to analyse the international legal obligations and to use legal terminology in English.
Course content
Thematic plan of the discipline:
Module 1. The history of international courts and theoretical aspects of their functioning
1. The Periods of Historical Development of International Judicial Institutions.
2. General problems of international courts.
3. The Drafts of International Courts by L. Kamarovskyi and H. Kelsen.
Module 2. The practical aspects of functioning of international courts
4. The Permanent Court of Arbitration.
5. The International Court of Justice.
6. The Regional International Courts.
7. The International Human Rights Courts
8. The International Criminal Court.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
4. European Convention on Human Rights
5. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
6. Rzhevska V. S. International Judicial Institutions. Textbook. Khmelnytskyi Publisher Stasiuk L.S. 2018. - 168 p.
7. Peter Malanczuk, Alexander Orakhelashvili, Michael Barton Akehurst. Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law. Routledge, 2018. 512 p.
8. Gerhard von Glahn, James Larry Taulbee. Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law. 11th ed. Taylor & Francis, 2017. 628 p.
9. James Crawford Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law. – Oxford University Press, 2020.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation is carried out according to the modular rating system. Current control: answers (up to 30 points); out-of-class work (up to 38 points); final module quizzes (up to 32 points). The form of final control is in the form of exam (up to 40 points).
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
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Departments
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