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030712 PUE Exercise in International Law for Beginners (2023W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 111 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Only the Studienservicezentrum can register you once the deadline for course registration has passed. Please contact the SSC rather than the instructors or Frau Weidinger (ssc.rechtswissenschaften@univie.ac.at).

For organisational matters, please contact Brigitte Weidinger at brigitte.weidinger@univie.ac.at.

  • Thursday 12.10. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 19.10. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 09.11. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 16.11. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 23.11. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 30.11. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 07.12. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.12. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG
  • Thursday 11.01. 09:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum SEM10 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is a practical course of continuous assessment that helps students prepare for “FÜM I”, particularly for IRWEI students who write this exam in English. The course is focussed on the structure of international law – principle rules of the international legal system, the sources of international law, the actors in international law, basic rules of interstate relations and liability under international law.

Intended Learning outcomes
1. Students understand the principles and peculiarities of the international legal system, including international dispute settlement and secondary rules of international law (conceptual knowledge).
2. Students can identify and characterise the sources of international law, that is:
a. Students can explain the procedural matters around the formation and validity of international treaties (factual knowledge – application and analysis);
b. Students can interpret an international treaty (process-orientated knowledge);
c. Students can identify jus cogens norms in customary international law (factual knowledge – comprehension);
d. Students understand the range of other sources of international law.
3. Students can define, explain and discuss the position and role of different actors in international law.
a. Students can analyse the international legal system from the starting point that it is based on states’ consent;
b. Students can apply the rules for recognition of statehood;
c. Students can discuss the structure of the United Nations; and
d. Students can give examples of areas of law in which individuals are the focus.
4. Students understand a few of the basic rules of interstate relations:
a. Students can critically reflect on the use of armed force in international law; and
b. Students can discuss the basic rules of international humanitarian law.
5. Students understand the consequences of an actor breaching public international law and can:
a. compare means of international dispute settlement; and
b. explain and apply the law of state responsibility.
6. Students are prepared for the written exam “FÜM I” on public international law, in English.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are expected to prepare for each weekly class and to engage with their peers in class discussions in each class.

Students are expected to attend all classes. A signature sheet will be passed around each class. If a student is not absent for more than two classes, the course cannot be completed. There is no need to notify the lecturers about absences within this limit.

Students can expect assessment throughout the course, as detailed below, including being allocated to one unit for a short written assessment and one unit for answering questions in class. The final test is an online test via Moodle on 11 January 2024. The class on 11 January will therefore only take place digitally and not in the lecture hall.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

The scope of the FÜM I exam.

Reading list

The course is based on the English version of the teaching materials for the FÜM I. It also relies on An Introduction to Public International Law by Cecily Rose et al (Cambridge University Press, 2022), which students can access on u:search.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Tu 03.10.2023 00:04