International Case Law

Year
0
Academic year
2017-2018
Code
02033851
Subject Area
International Law
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
2.0
Type
Elective
Level
Non Degree Course

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Methodology will be predominantly inductive. The starting point will always be a concrete case from international affairs submitted to an international court's appreciation. The States practice on the matter at hand, analysis of the circumstances that involve each particular situation and the application of international law by judicial bodies will constitute the necessary support to reach general conclusions about some of the most heated dogmatic and theoretical questions of international law, especially those wherein split opinions may still be encountered amidst the doctrine. According with the goals of the curricular unit, evaluation will consist in the realization of a mout court of international law.

Learning Outcomes

The present curricular unit seeks to sensitize pupils to the importance of international jurisprudence in a legal domain where mechanisms for the authoritarian creation of law are scarce. In particular, it is intented for the role of case law to be highlighted, both in the assurance of the existence and reach of consuetudinary norms as well as in the progressive development of international law - which supposes its subsequent dogmatic elaboration. Confronted with some of the most significant moments of concrete realization of international law in various thematic areas, students should, on one hand, become familiar with the essential of jurisdictional dispute settlement's procedural and substantive methods, whilst, on the other hand and through an abstract and reflexive exercice, demonstrate the capacity to apprehend the fundamental outlines of some of the main institutions of international law.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This curricular unit will encompass some areas of international law in wich decisions emitted by international courts have revealed themselves particulary meaningful from the view point of a progressive development of international law. These are namely the international law of human rights, international criminal law, international liability of States, law of the sea and international environment law.

Head Lecturer(s)

Francisco António Macedo Lucas Ferreira Almeida

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Realization of a mout court of international law: 100.0%

Bibliography

- ALMEIDA, Francisco Ferreira de, Os crimes Contra a Humanidade no Actual Direito Internacional Penal, Almedina, Coimbra, 2009; Codificação e desenvolvimento progressivo do direito internacional penal, Boletim da Faculdade de Direito, Coimbra, 2012; Direito Internacional Público, 2ª edição, Coimbra Editora, 2003.

- ALMEIDA RIBEIRO, Manuel/PEREIRA COUTINHO, Francisco, Jurisprudência Resumida do Tribunal Internacional de Justiça, D. Quixote, 2016.

- GOUVEIA, Jorge Bacelar, Direito Internacional Penal - Uma Perspectiva Dogmático-Crítica, Almedina, Coimbra, 2008.

- MACHADO, Jónatas, Direito Internacional - Do paradigma Clássico ao pós 11 de Setembro, Coimbra Editora, 2006.