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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
International Law I LW 207 Fall 03+00+00 Elective 3 4
Academic Unit: Faculty of Law
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: N/A
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: To provide students with an understanding of public international law, the basic legal systems that regulate the relations between governments and to examine in detail the legal structure of the international community with the state as its principal actor.
Course Contents: In the first part of the course, after having provided an introduction to the concept of international law, its historical evolution, sources and fundamental principles, the relationship between international law and municipal law, law of treaties, states as primary subjects of international law, sea, air and land as sovereignty areas of state will be discussed.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- The students will have learned historical structure and theory of the International Law.
  • 2- The students will have learned the relationship between International Law and domestic legal systems.
  • 3- The students will have learned the sources of International Law, general principles of law, case law and writings of scholars.
  • 4- The students will have learned sources of international law and the law of treaties.
  • 5- The students will have learned the elements of a treaty, conditions for its validity.
  • 6- The students will have learned reasons for and methods of termination of a treaty
  • 7- The students will have learned the importance and functions of international treaties in Turkish Law.
  • 8- The students will have learned the concept of personality in International Law and definition of a State, its elements and recognition of States in International Law
  • 9- The students will have learned the function of recognition, status of individuals, NGOs, and insurgents in International Law.
  • 10- The students will have learned the status and structure of international organisations and examine specifically the United Nations.
  • 11- The student will have learned the concept of sovereignty, its functions and methods of acquiring sovereignty in International Law.
  • 12- The student will have learned methods and reasons for loosing sovereignty in International Law
  • 13- The students will have learned the methods of protection of citizen by State in international law.
  • 14- The students will have learned the methods of protection of citizen by State in international law.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Lecture, question&answer, case studies and discussion.


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Introduction to the International Law Reading the course materials
2 Theories to explain the International Law Reading the course materials
3 The Sources of International Law Reading the course materials
4 Customary International Law Reading the course materials
5 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties I Reading the course materials
6 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties II Reading the course materials
7 National and International Law Reading the course materials
8 International Law and the Turkish Constitution Reading the course materials
9 Subjects of the International Law I Reading the course materials
10 Subjects of the International Law II Reading the course materials
11 Self Determination Reading the course materials
12 State Jurisdiction Reading the course materials
13 State Immunity Reading the course materials
14 Diplomatic Immunities Reading the course materials


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

- GÜNDÜZ, ASLAN, MİLLETLERARASI HUKUK, (ED. R. VOLKAN GÜNEL), ISTANBUL, 2013, BETA.
- PETER MALANCHZUK, AKEHURT?S INTERNATİONAL LAW, ROUTLEDGE, 2011.


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

- BROWNLİE, IAN, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, OUP, 2006.
- PAZARCI, HÜSEYİN, ULUSLARARASI HUKUK DERSLERİ, TURHAN YAYINLARI, ANKARA, 2009.
- Bowett, D. W. ?Self-Defence in International Law?, Manchester University Press, (1958)
- Cassese, A, International Law, OUP, (2001)
- Dixon M. & MCCorqupdale, ?Cases and Materials on International Law?, 4th Edition, OUP, (2003)
- Gray, C. International Law and the Use of Force?, OUP (2000)
- Higgins, R, ?Problems & Process, International Law and How we Use it?, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1994)
- Jennings, R. and Watts, A. (Editors), Oppenheim?s International Law, Vol. 1, Longman (1992)
- Sarooshi, D. ?The United Nations and Development of Collective Security?, OUP, Oxford, (1999)
- Simma, B. ?The Charter of the United Nations?, A Commentary, OUP, Oxford (2002)


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Total: 2 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Homework Assigments22754
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes122
Final Exam122
Total Workload (hour):100


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

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