Doctoral Program in Public Law

Succession and recognition in international law(KHDR-216)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
KHDR-216 Succession and recognition in international law 2 4 0 0 4 10
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Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Elective
Course Level Doctoral Degree
Course Instructor(s) Akif Emre ÖKTEM akifemreoktem@yahoo.com (Email)
Assistant
Objective Discussing the birth and death of the state in international law: Adressing the issues of recognition of states and governments, international succession and state continuity
Content - Recognition of States in international law and theories of recognition
-Other forms of recognition: governments, national movements of liberation, belligerency...
-Succession in international law
-Theory of continuing state in international law and the legal relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
Course Learning Outcomes -The students will acquire substantial knowledge on the recognition of States in international law
-The students will be informed on other forms of recognition (governments, national movements of liberation, belligerency...)
-The students will learn about the concept of succession and its effects in international law
-The students will learn about the theory of continuing state in international law and discuss the legal relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
Teaching and Learning Methods Lecturing, presentation of papers, discussing
References Emre Öktem, "Is Turkey Successor or Continuing State of the Ottoman Empire?" in Leiden Journal of International Law, 2011.
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Recognition of States in international law
2 Theories of recognition
3 Unlawful forms of recognition
4 Recognition of governments
5 Recognition of national movements of liberation, of belligerency
6 Criterion of effectivity in recognition
7 Significance and function of recognition in current international law
8 Successionin international law
9 Succession to treaty obligations and rights
10 Succession State properties
11 Newly independent States and succession
12 Theory of continuing State
13 Exemples of continuing states
14 Legal relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 40
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 60
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 1 100
Presentation 0 0
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 1 100
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 2 28
Working Hours out of Class 1 35 35
Assignments 1 45 45
Presentation 1 2 2
Other Applications 1 10 10
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 40 40
Other 8 10 80
Total Workload 240
Total Workload / 25 9,60
Credits ECTS 10
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