Public International Law
Code
LL116
Department
Área de Ensino
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Francisco Pereira Coutinho
Weekly hours
4.5
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
This curricular unit has as its main purpose to provide students competences to recognize the major sources of international law and their content. Its goal is to give students a solid knowledge of international law that will enable them to create of a framework of reference to understand international law and its future evolution.
In the end of the semester, students will be able to recognize:
(i) the main sources and subjects of international law;
(ii) the international spaces subjected to international law;
(iii) the principles of international state and individual responsibility;
(iv) international law conflicts resolution mechanisms.
Subject matter
I – Introduction
1. Notion.
2. Evolution.
3. Legal nature.
II – Sources
1. The sources of international law in general.
2. The treaties.
3. International conventions procedure in Portugal.
III – International law and internal law
1. Doctrinal conceptions and incorporation models.
2. The position of public international law in the Portuguese legal order.
IV - Subjects
1. States.
2. International Organizations.
3. Human person.
4. Other.
V - International spaces
1. Legal framework of international spaces.
VI - International responsibility
1. States civil responsibility.
2. Individual criminal responsibility.
VII - International conflicts resolution mechanisms
1. The principle of peaceful resolution of conflicts.
2. Non judicial peaceful conflicts resolution mechanisms.
3. Judicial conflict resolution mechanisms.
VIII - The Use of Force
1. The international prohibition on the use of force.
2. The United Nations Charter legal framework on the use of force.
Bibliography
Brownlie, Ian, Princípios de Direito Internacional Público, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1997
Silva Cunha, Joaquim e Maria da Assunção do Vale Pereira - Direito Internacional Público, 2ª Edição, Almedina, Coimbra, 2004
Cassese, Antonio International Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
Gonçalves Pereira, André e Quadros, Fausto, Manual de Direito Internacional Público, 3ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2005
Machado, Jónatas, Direito Internacional - do paradigma clássico ao pós-11 de setembro, 3ª ed., Coimbra Editora, Coimbra, 2006
Bacelar Gouveia, Jorge, Manual de Direito Internacional, 3ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2010
Almeida Ribeiro, Manuel de, Pereira Coutinho, Francisco e Cabrita, Isabel (coord.), Enciclopédia de Direito Internacional Público, Almedina, Coimbra, 2011
Miranda, Jorge, Direito Internacional Público, 5ª Edição, Principia, Lisboa, 2012
Teaching method
Two teaching methodologies are followed:
1 – Doctrinal lessons where the teacher present the syllabus. In these lessons the students are invited to participate by asking questions and making comments.
2- Individual presentations by students. In these sessions, the teacher will guide students in the oral presentations, in the simulations of hearings of the International Court of Justice and in the resolution of case-studies.
Evaluation method
The evalutaion method was designed to measure the extente to which students competences were developed. Students that reguarly attend classes are evaluated by oral and written presentations (maximum of 10% of the evaluation). Final written exam for all studentes.