INTERNATIONAL LAW-I

Course Description

This course examines general principles of international law, including the law of international institutions and its nature, relevance, and relationship to the international community. Discussion of the theories of international law and its historical development is within the framework of this course. The relationship between national (municipal) law and international law in different countries, sources of international law, international personality and its loss, recognition of states and governments, rights of international legal persons (states), rights of existence, independence, territorial supremacy and self-defense are the main topics of this course. The Project, which has a relationship with the dispute settlements will be the highlight of the semester.

INTERNATIONAL LAW-I

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Demonstrate knowledge of the International Legal History
2. 02 Explain the main features and principles of international law
3. 03 Create a theoretical and empirical link between international law and international relations
4. 04 Understand lawmaking sources and their processes
5. 05 Articulate a research project in international relations tied to a contemporary law issue

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Malcolm N. Shaw International Law 2021 Cambridge University Press 9th edition
2. 02 James Crawford Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law 2019 Oxford University Press 9th edition
3. 03 Paola Gaeta, Jorge E. Viñuales, Salvatore Zappalá Cassese's International Law 2020 Oxford University Press 3rd edition
4. 04 Ilias Bantekas, Efthymios Papastavridis International Law Concentrate Law Revision and Study Guide 2021 Oxford University Press 5th edition

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Demonstrate knowledge of the International Legal History SOLO 4
2. L02 Explain the main features and principles of international law SOLO 3
3. L03 Create a theoretical and empirical link between international law and international relations SOLO 5
4. L04 Formulate lawmaking sources and their processes SOLO 3
5. L05 Perform a research project in international relations tied to a contemporary law issue SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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