Non-degree seminar on international law, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, 2013 Autumn

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Non-degree seminar on international law, Autumn Semester, 2013

Programme

Textbook: Jean d'Aspremont, Formalism and Sources of International Law, Oxford, Oxford Univ.Pr., 2011.

4 Oct. 2013	1. Introduction 2. The Concept and the Rationale of Formalism in International Law
18 Oct. 2013	3. The Emergence of Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of the Sources of International Law
25 Oct. 2013	4. The Critiques of Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of hte Sources of International Law
1 Nov. 2013	(preparation for Valerie Hughes's seminar on 3 Nov.) "Panel I: What makes the WTO Dispute Settlement Procudure particular: Lessons to be learned for the Settlement of International Disputes in General?" in Rüdiger Wolfrum, Ina Gätzschmann (eds.), International Dispute Settlement: Room for Innovations?, Springer, 2013. Michel Cartland et al. eds., "Is Something Going Wrong in the WTO Dispute Settlement?", Journal of World Trade, vol. 46, 2012, pp. 979-1015. Mitsuo Matsushita, "The Dispute Settlement Mechanism at the WTO: the Appellate Body - Assessment and Problems" in Amrita Narlikar et al. eds., The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization, Oxford University Press, 2012.
8 Nov. 2013	(no class)
15 Nov 2013	(no class)
22 Nov. 2013	(no class)
29 Nov. 2013	(no class)
6 Dec. 2013	5. Deformalization of Law-Ascertainment in Contemporary Theory of the Sourcces of International Law
13 Dec. 2013	6. Lessons from the Discontent with Formalism
20 Dec. 2013	7. The Configuration of Formal Ascertainment of International Law: The Source Thesis
10 Jan. 2014	8. The Foundations of Formal Ascertainment of International Law: The Social Thesis 9. Concluding Remarks: Ascertaining International Legal Rules in the Furutre

Reading Assignments for the following classes: to be announced.

17 Jan. 2014
24 Jan. 2014