Anotace
Stručná anotace předmětu - Course Purpose and General Description Public International Law is a university grade course for students of master degree programs in political sciences and international relations. A structure of this introductory course aims to develop logical reasoning and ability to conduct basic legal research in the framework of Public international law. The course begins with a reflection on the role that law plays in society in general, and then continues through milestones of historic development to key phenomena of public international law. Subjects, sources, mechanisms and instruments of substantive and procedural norms of PIL are explained and demonstrated on various cases decided by International Court of Justice in Hague and Permanent Court of International Justice in Genève such as Corfu Channel Case, Trail Smelter Case and Fisheries Case. The course put special emphasis on territorial and spatial factors in contemporary public international law and therefore could be beneficial for political geographers, students of international relations. This course endeavors to bring basic understanding to public international law through lectures, discussions, assigned readings, case studies and, where appropriate, audio-visual materials . One lesson will be dedicated to moot court re-enactment of one historic case brought before International court of justice.* Course structure - Public International Law
1. What is Public International Law
2. The nature and Evolution of international law and Jursidiction
3. Subjects of International Law: States, International Organizations, and Non-State Actors
4. Sources of international law and International Court of Justice
5. Recognition and succession of state and State responsibility
6. Territory
7. The Law of the sea
8. International environmental law
9. The international protection of human rights and "Humanitarian Law"
10. The Law of the Treaties and Use of force
11. Settlement of Disputes
12. International institutions with emphasis on the UN
13. *Moot court lesson