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Non-degree seminar on international law, 2015

Programme

Subject 1: Informal International Law-making

Textbook: Joost Pauwelyn, et al., Informal International Law-making, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.

Subject 2: International Law Commission's works on "Identification of customary international law"

Materials: International Law Commission, Formation and evidence of customary international law/Identification of customary international law

Spring Semester: Friday, 2nd period (10:30-12:00)

Autumn Semester: Friday, 3rd period (13:00-13:30)

(last updated on 7 January 2016)


17 April 2015

Subject 1

An Introduction to Informal International Lawmaking

1. Informal International Lawmaking

24 April 2015 2. The International Legal Forum and Status of Informal International Lawmaking
1 May 2015 (no class)
8 May 2015 3. Informal International Lawmaking
15 May 2015 4. The Economics of Informal International Law
22 May 2015 (no class)
29 May 2015 5. Legal Approaches to Global Governance and Accountability
5 June 2015 (no class)
12 June 2015 6. Is It International Law or Not, and Does It Even Matter?
19 June 2015 7. The Legal Nature of Informal International Law
26 June 2015 (no class: Prof Morten Bergsmo's seminar)
3 July 2015 (no class)
10 July 2015 (no class)
17 July 2015 8. From a Pluralization of International Norm-making Processes to a Pluralization of the Concept of International Law
(summer vacation)
2 Oct 2015 James Harrison, "The International Law Commission and the development of international investment law" George Washington International Law Review, vol. 45, 2013, pp. 413-442.
9 Oct 2015 (no class)
16 Oct 2015 Alan Boyle and James Harrison, "Judicial settlement of International Environmental Disputes: Current Problems" Journal of International Dispute Settlement, vol. 4, 2013, pp. 245-276.
23 Oct 2015

Extraordinary session with Dr James Harrison & Dr Alina Miron (14:00-16:00, RPG2)

  • James Harrison (University of Edinburgh), "The Evolution of Investment Treaty Arbitration as a Means for the Settlement of Investor-State Disputes - remembering the past, illuminating the present and predicting the future"
  • Alina Miron (Université de Paris 13 (Paris-Nord)), "Arbitration or Adjudication? Strategy and tactics in the choice of forum”
30 Oct 2015 10. International Courts and Informal International Law
6 Nov. 2015 11. The Interaction of Formal and Informal International Lawmaking
13 Nov. 2015 (no class)
18 Nov. 2015
12. The Limits of Informal International Law: Enforcement, Norm-generation, and Learning in the ICN
20 Nov. 2015 (no class)
25 Nov. 2015
(12:15-13:45)
14. Operationalizing Accountability in Respect of Informal International Lawmaking Mechanisms
27 Nov. 2015 (no class)
4 Dec. 2015

Subject 2

Second report on identification of customary international law, by Michael Wood, Special Rapporteur, U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/672.

Participants are required to read the followings in advance:

11 Dec. 2015 (no class)
18 Dec. 2015
  • Second report (cont.)
(winter vacation)
8 Jan. 2016
14 Jan. 2016
(Friday timetable)
(no class)
22 Jan. 2016