The Law of International Responsibility II

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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.

Course Content

1. Implementation of International Responsibility / Entitlement to Claim

2. Implementation of International Responsibility / The Process of Claim

3. Implementation of Responsibility by Judicial Process

4. Implementation of Responsibility by Extra-Judicial Process

5. Implementation of Responsibility by Extra-Judicial Process

6. Responsibility for Gross Violations of Peremptory Norms: Aggravated Responsibility of States

7. State Succession to International Responsibility

8. State Succession to International Responsibility

9. Liability for Injurious Consequences of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law

10. Presentations on International Court Cases

11. Presentations on International Court Cases

12. Presentations on International Court Cases

13. Presentations on International Court Cases

14. Final Exam

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Students have knowledge of the nature of international responsibility;

2. Students can identify the breaches of different kinds of international rules and the possible legal consequences thereof;

3. Students have knowledge of how international responsibility is implemented;

4. Students have knowledge of the theories concerning State succession to international responsibility;

5. Students can analyze the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms;

6. Students understand relations between international responsibility and other branches of international law;

7. Students have knowledge of the most significant decisions of the International Court of Justice.

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.

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