The Law of International Responsibility
Course: International Law (ECL Bachelor, language of program - english)
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
The Law of International Responsibility
Code
ДВС.3.07.02
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2018/2019
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
To know: the main theory conceptions as to the legal responsibility and as to the particular features of legal responsibility; the contents of the rules of international law that regulate the responsibility of states; the basis of the international responsibility of international intergovernmental organisations.
To be able to: use the acquired knowledge in the legal analysis of the events of the modern international relations; to characterize the efficacy of application of the law of international responsibility.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- to master successfully the courses "Public International law (the basics of theory)"; "Public International law" (the main branches and institutes)";
- to know the basis of the theory of law and state, the basis of the history of law and state of Ukraine and foreign countries;
- to possess the elementary skills of analysis of the contents of the international law obligations.
Course content
Thematic plan of the discipline:
Module 1. The internationally wrongful act of a state.
1. The responsibility under international law as a kind of legal responsibility.
2. The internationally wrongful act of a state.
Module 2. The content and the implementation of the international responsibility of a state. The responsibility of international organizations.
3. The content of the international responsibility of a state.
4. The implementation of the international responsibility of a state.
5.The particular features of the international responsibility of international organizations under international law.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Draft articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts,
with commentaries// Text adopted by the IL Commission at its fifty-third session, in 2001
2. Draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations, with commentaries 2011// Adopted by the International Law Commission at its sixty-third session, in 2011.
3. Crawford J. State Responsibility: the General Part. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 2016. - 906 p.
4. Peter Malanczuk, Alexander Orakhelashvili, Michael Barton Akehurst. Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law. Routledge, 2018. 512 p.
5. Gerhard von Glahn, James Larry Taulbee. Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law. 11th ed. Taylor & Francis, 2017. 628 p.
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 50 points); out-of-class work (up to 20 points); final module quizzes (up to 30 points). The form of final control is in the form of credit (up to 40 points).
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Valentyna
Rzhevska
International Law Chair
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
International Law Chair
Educational and scientific institute of international relations