Seminar on international law, 2017
Programme
Last updated: 21 December 2017
Autumn Semester
Theme 1: Student presentation
Subjects shall be selected by students willing to make presentations.
Theme 2: Recent international cases
6 October 2017
- Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration (Mauritius v. United Kingdom), Award, 18 March 2015; Dissenting and Concurring Opinion (Kateka and Wolfrum)
- On Mauritius' first and second submissions
13 October 2017
- Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration (Mauritius v. United Kingdom), Award, 18 March 2015.
- On the merits
20 October 2017
- The “Enrica Lexie” Incident (Italy v. India), Order, Request for the Prescription of Provisional Measures, 24 August 2015.
- The "Enrica Lexie" Incident (Italy v. India), Order, Request for the Prescription of Provisional Measures, 29 April 2016.
27 October 2017
- Student presentation
3 November 2017 (no class) 10 November 2017 (no class) 17 November 2017
- Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia), Judgment, Preliminary objections, 17 March 2016.
24 November 2017 (no class) 1 December 2017 (no class) 8 December 2017
- Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia), Judgment, Preliminary objections, 17 March 2016 [note: the authentic text is in French].
15 December 2017 (no class) 22 December 2017
- The Duzgit Integrity Arbitration (Malta v. São Tomé and Príncipe), Award, 5 September 2016; Dissenting Opinion of Judge Kateka.
5 January 2018
- Arbitration Between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia, Partial Award on 30 June 2016.
12 January 2017 (no class) 19 January 2017
- Arbitration Between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia, Final Award on 29 June 2017.
Spring Semester
Theme 1: Student presentation
Subjects shall be selected by students willing to make presentations.
Theme 2: Recent studies on precedent / case law / jurisprudence
14 April 2017
- Eric de Brabandere, "The Use of Precedent and External Case Law by the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea", Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 24-55.
- Christian Tams, "The ICJ as a 'Law-Formative Agency': Summary and Synthesis", in Christian Tams & James Sloan eds., The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 377-396.
21 April 2017
- Joost Pauwelyn, "Minority Rules: Precedent and Participation before the WTO Appellate Body", in Joanna Jemielniak et al. eds., Establishing Judicial Authority in International Economic Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 141-172.
- Krzysztof J. Pelc, "The Welfare Implications of Precedent in International Law", in Joanna Jemielniak et al. eds., Establishing Judicial Authority in International Economic Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 173-187.
28 April 2017
- Josefa Sicard-Mirabel, "Precedential Value of International Arbitral Awards", in Arthur W. Rovine ed., Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation, The Fordham Papers 2015, Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2017, pp. 72-86.
- Stephan W. Schill & Katrine R. Tvede, "Mainstreaming Investment Treaty Jurisprudence: The Contribution of Investment Treaty Tribunals to the Consolidation and Development of General International Law", Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 94-129.
5 May 2017 (no class) 12 May 2017 (no class) 19 May 2017
- Aldo Zammit Borda, "The Use of Precedent as Subsidiary Means and Sources of International Criminal Law", Tilburg Law Review, vol. 18, 2013, pp. 65-82.
- Aldo Zammit Borda, "The Direct and Indirect Approaches to Precedent in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals", Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 608-642.
26 May 2017
- Student presentation
2 June 2017
- Takis Tridimas, "Precedent and the Court of Justice: A Jurisprudence of Doubt?", in Julie Dickson & Paulos Z Eleutheriades, Philosophical Foundations of European Union Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 307-330.
- Karen McAuliffe, "Precedent at the Court of Justice of the European Union: The Linguistic Aspect", in Michael Freeman & Fiona Smith eds., Law and Language, Oxford, Oxford University PRess, 2013, pp. 483-492.
9 June 2017 (no class) 16 June 2017
- Cecilia Medina Quiroga, "The Role of Interntional Tribunals: Law-Making or Creative Interpretation?", in Dinah Shelton ed., The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 649-669.
- Dragoljub Popovic, "The Role of Precedent in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights", in Dean Spielmann et al., sous la direction de, La Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, un instrument vivant : mélanges en l'honneur de Christos L. Rozakis, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2011.
23 June 2017
- Jochen von Bernstorff, "Hans Kelsen on Judicial Law-Making by International Courts and Tribunals: A Theory of Global Judicial Imperialism?", Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 35-50.
30 June 2017
- Armin von Bogdandy & Ingo Venzke, "International Courts as Lawmakers", in Rüdiger Wolfrum & Ina Gätzschmann eds., International Dispute Settlement: Room for Innovation?, Heidelberg, Springer, 2013, pp. 161-214.
7 July 2017 (no class) 14 July 2017
- Harlan Grant Cohen, "Theorizing Precedent in International Law", in Andrea Bianchi et al. eds., Interpretation in International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 268-289.
Further readings (not obligatory)
- SFDI, Le précédent en droit international, Paris, Pedone, 2016.
- Marc Jacob, Precedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the European Court of Justice: Unfinished Business, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Armin von Bogdandy & Ingo Venzke, International Judicial Lawmaking, Heidelberg, Springer, 2012.
- Eric Carpano, sous la direction de, Le revirement de jurisprudence en droit européen, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2012.
- Katia Lucas-Alberni & Frédéric Sudre, sous la direction de, Le revirement de jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2008.
- La Création du droit par le juge (Archives de philosophie du droit, t. 50), Paris, Dalloz, 2007.