The Law of International Responsability(ÖHKHDR-301)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÖHKHDR-301 | The Law of International Responsability | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
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| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Level | Doctoral Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Ceren Zeynep PİRİM KIZILCA (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | To provide a general understanding of the law of international responsibility and liability of States, a deep knowledge on the consequences of breaches of international obligations and an outline of the implementation of State responsibility. |
| Content |
1. Introduction / General Characteristics of International Responsibility / Codification of State Responsibility 2. Conditions for International Responsibility I: Internationally Wrongful Act 3. Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State 4. Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State 5. Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness 6. Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness 7. Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection 8. Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection 9. Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation 10. Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation 11. The Implementation of International Responsibility / Countermeasures 12. Responsibility for Gross Violations of Peremptory Norms: Aggravated Responsibility of States 13. Liability for Injurious Consequences of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law 14. Final Exam |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
1. Students have knowledge of the nature of international responsibility; 2. Students can identify the breaches of international rules and the possible legal consequences thereof; 3. Students have knowledge of the rules on attributing responsibility to a State; 4. Students can analyze the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms; 5. Students understand relations between international responsibility and other branches of international law; 6. Students have knowledge of how international responsibility is implemented; 7. Students have knowledge of the most significant decisions of the International Court of Justice. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | |
| References |
James Crawford, State Responsibility. The General Part, CUP, Cambridge, 2013. James Crawford, The International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, Introduction, Text and Commentaries, Cambridge, CUP, 2007. |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction / General Characteristics of International Responsibility / Codification of State Responsibility |
| 2 | Conditions for International Responsibility I: Internationally Wrongful Act |
| 3 | Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State |
| 4 | Conditions for International Responsibility II: Attribution of Conduct to a State |
| 5 | Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness |
| 6 | Conditions for International Responsibility III: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness |
| 7 | Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection |
| 8 | Consequences of International Responsibility / Notions of Damage and Injury / Types of Damages / Indirect Damages and Diplomatic Protection |
| 9 | Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation |
| 10 | Content of the International Responsibility of a State: Obligation of Reparation / Modalities of Reparation |
| 11 | The Implementation of International Responsibility / Countermeasures |
| 12 | Responsibility for Gross Violations of Peremptory Norms: Aggravated Responsibility of States |
| 13 | Liability for Injurious Consequences of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law |
| 14 | Final Exam |
Practice Topics
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Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation | 1 | 25 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Toplam | 2 | 50 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing positive norms in private law and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology, | X | ||||
| 2 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems, | X | ||||
| 3 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyze and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy, | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions, | X | ||||
| 5 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems, | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system, | X | ||||
| 7 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in private law in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner, | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals, | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems, | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to explain and utilize academic study methodologies in order to conduct academic research on a certain legal problem. | X | ||||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Assignments | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 242 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 9.68 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 10 | ||