Practical Course on Public International Law

							 Autumn semester                                                 Cand. legal sc., Mag. jur. Vera Rusinova
                                                   /Head of the Chair for International and European Law/

                            Practical Course on Public International Law

                                            Content of the course

       I. Basic Knowledge on International Law
       1. Nature of International Law
       2. Sources of International Law
       3. The Law of International Treaties
       4. Principles of International Law
       5. International Law and National Law
       6. International Human Rights Law
       7. State Responsibility
       8. International Tribunals


       *Shaw M. International Law. Cambridge, 2004;
      **Encyclopedia of Public International Law / R. Bernhardt (Hsgb.), Amsterdam/            Lausanne/
New York/ Oxford/ Shannon/ Singapore/ Tokyo, 1997 etc.



       II. Advanced Study of Classical Cases on International Law
       1. Barcelona Traction Case (Belgium v. Spain), ICJ
       2. Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v.
          USA), ICJ
       3. Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (New Zealand v. France)
       4. Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project Case (Hungary v. Slovakia), ICJ
       5. North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark; Federal Republic of
          Germany v. Netherlands), ICJ
       6. LaGrand Case (Germany v. USA), ICJ
       7. Handyside v. UK, ECHR
       8. Corfu Channel Case (UK v. Albania), ICJ
       9. United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States v. Iran), ICJ
       10. Prosecutor v. Tadic, ICTY
       11. Palestinian Wall, Advisory Opinion, ICJ
       12. Arrest Warrant Case (Congo v. Belgium), ICJ.


       http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idecisions.htm
       http://www.echr.coe.int


       III. Preparation for participation in the Phillip Jessup Moot Court Competition on Public
       International Law
       *http://www.ilsa.org
       **http://www.whitecase.ru