Non-degree seminar on international law, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, 2016

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Non-degree seminar on international law, 2016

Programme

Last update: 4 Jan 2017

Autumn Semester

Theme 1: Student presentation

Subjects shall be selected by students willing to make presentations.

Thme 2: Recent studies on customary international law

14 October 2016
Recent studies on customary international law: 1. International Court of Justice

Christian J. Tams, "Meta-Custom and the Court: a Study in Judicial Law-Making", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 51-79.

Stefan Talmon, "Determining Customary International Law: the ICJ's Methodology between Induction, Deduction and Assertion", European Journal of International Law, vol. 26, 2015, pp. 417-443.

21 October Student presentation

28 October
Recent studies on customary international law: 2. Investment arbitration

Jean d'Aspremont, "International Customary Investment Law : Story of a Paradox", in Tarcisio Gazzini & Eric de Brabandere, International Investment Law, Leiden, Nijhoff, 2012, pp. 5-47.

Patrick Dumberry, "The Role and Relevance of Awards in the Formation, Identification and Evolution of Customary Rules in International Investment Law", Journal of International Arbitration, vol. 33, 2016, pp. 269-288.

4 November
Recent studies on customary international law: 3. international criminal tribunals

Micaela Frulli, "The Contribution of International Criminal Tribunals to the Development of International Law: the Prominence of opinio juris and the Moralization of Customary Law", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 80-93.

Larissa van den Herik, "The Decline of Customary International Law as a Source of International Criminal Law", in Curtis A. Bradley ed., Custom's Future, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 230-252.

11 November
Recent studies on customary international law: 4. Instant formation

Diego Germán Mejia-Lemos, "Some considerations Regarding 'Instant' International Customary Law, Fifty Years Later", Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 55, 2015, pp. 85-108.

18 November Student presentation

25 November Student presentation

2 December
Student presentation

9 December
(no class)

16 December
Recent studies on customary international law: 5. An explanatory theory

Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Erik Voeten, "Precedent, Compliance, and Change in Customary International Law : an Explanatory Theory", American Journal of International Law, vol. 108, 2014, pp. 389-434.

6 January 2017
(no class)

13 January
Recent studies on customary international law: 6. Theoretical confusion?

Lászlo Blutman, "Conceptual Confusion and Methodological Deficiencies: Some Ways that Theories on Customary International Law Fail", European Journal of International Law, vol. 25, 2014, pp. 529-552.

Andrew T. Guzman & Jerome Hsiang, "Some Ways that Theories on Customary International Law Fail: a Reply to Lászlo Blutman", European Journal of International Law, vol. 25, 2014, pp. 553-559.

20 January (no class)

Spring Semester

Theme 1: Student presentation

Subjects shall be selected by students willing to make presentations.

Thme 2: Recent development in international dispute settlement

Materials

International Court of Justice, Certain Activities Carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) / Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica), Judgment, 16 December 2015.

International Court of Justice, Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (analysis of Memorials, Counter-Memorials and Oral Pleadings)

Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom

Marshall Islands v. Pakistan

Marshall Islands v. India

Arbitral Tribunal, Philippines v. China, Award (to be rendered in 2016?)

3rd period (13:00-14:00), Friday. Venue: Kokyo Dai 2 Enshu-shitsu (Seminar Room #2, School of Government)

8 April 2016	International Court of Justice, Certain Activities Carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) / Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica), Judgment, 16 December 2015. Participants are required to carefully read the judgment prior to seminar. Suppose that you are writing a caes note of this judgment for an academic journal. On which aspects of the judgment will you place a particular emphasis? Is there any (procedural and/or substantive) innovation? What kind of impact will the jugment exert upon the theory and/or practice of international law? Note that the authentic text of the judgment is French. Although we use the English translation in the seminar, participants are strongly encouraged to read the authentic text as well.
15 April 2016	student presentation William W. Burke-White, "Power Shifts in International Law: Structural Realignment and Substantive Pluralism", Harvard International Law Journal, vol. 56, 2015, pp. 1-79.
22 April 2016	student presentation CJUE, Abdhullahi v. Bundesasylamt, C-394/12, Judgment [GC], 10 December 2013, ECLI:EU:C:2013:813.
29 April 2016	(national holiday)
6 May 2016	International Court of Justice, Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. India) (Marshall Islands v. Pakistan) (Marshall Islands v. UK) Examination of preliminary objections "Marshall Islands' acceptance of the Court's compulsory jurisdiction was only for the purposes of the present dispute" UK Preliminary Objections, paras. 76-82. RMI Observations (UK), paras. 51-61. "The absence from the proceedings of States whose essential interests are engaged by the claim" UK Preliminary Objections, paras. 83-103. Indian Counter-Memorial, paras. 27-42. Pakistani Counter-Memorial, paras. 8.73-8.94. RMI Observations (UK), paras. 97-114. "The Marshall Islands' claim falls outside the judicial function of the Court" UK Preliminary Objections, paras. 104-112. Pakistani Counter-Memorial, paras. 8.95-8.118. RMI Observations (UK), paras. 115-130. RMI Memorial (Pakistan), paras. 24-29. See also relevant oral pleadings.
13 May 2016	(cont.) Examination of preliminary objections (cont.) "The RMI has no jus standi" Pakistani Counter-Memorial, paras. 8.49-8.63. RMI Memorial (UK), paras. 103-110. RMI Memorial (Pakistan), paras. 31-39. See also relevant oral pleadings.
20 May 2016	student presentation "Ch. 3: 'Illegal Refugees' and the Rise of Restrictive Asylum Politics", in Rebecca Hamlin, Let Me Be a Refugee: Administrative Justice and the Politics of Asylum in the United States, Canada, and Australia, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014.
27 May 2016	student presentation "Some Observations on International Legal Norms", in Serge Sur, International law, power, security and justice : essays on international law and relations, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2010 (originally published as 'Quelques observations sur les normes juridiques internationales', Revue générale de droit international public, 1985, p. 903-923).
3 June 2016	(no class)
10 June 2016	student presentation Philippines v. China, Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 29 October 2015.
17 June 2016	student presentation Gleider Hernandez, "Interpretative authority and the international judiciary", in Andrea Bianchi et al., Interpretation in international law, Oxford, 2015, pp. 166-185.
24 June 2016	student presentation Kazuko Hirose Kawaguchi, A social theory of international law : international relations as a complex system, Leiden, Nijhoff, 2003.
1 July 2015	student presentation Brusil Meranda Metou, "Le droit au refuge", in Guy S. Goodwin-Gill &Philippe Weckel, sous la direction de, Protection des migrants et des réfugiés au XXIe siècle : aspects de droit international, Leiden, Nijhoff, 2015, pp. 561-593.
8 July 2015	(no class)
15 July 2015	student presentation José E. Alvarez, "'Beware Boundary Crossings'- a Critical Appraisal of Public Law Approaches to International Investment Law", Journal of World Investment and Trade, vol. 17, 2016, pp. 171-228.
22 July 2015	student presentation Philippines v. China, Award, 12 July 2015.

14 October 2016	Recent studies on customary international law: 1. International Court of Justice Christian J. Tams, "Meta-Custom and the Court: a Study in Judicial Law-Making", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 51-79. Stefan Talmon, "Determining Customary International Law: the ICJ's Methodology between Induction, Deduction and Assertion", European Journal of International Law, vol. 26, 2015, pp. 417-443.
21 October	Student presentation
28 October	Recent studies on customary international law: 2. Investment arbitration Jean d'Aspremont, "International Customary Investment Law : Story of a Paradox", in Tarcisio Gazzini & Eric de Brabandere, International Investment Law, Leiden, Nijhoff, 2012, pp. 5-47. Patrick Dumberry, "The Role and Relevance of Awards in the Formation, Identification and Evolution of Customary Rules in International Investment Law", Journal of International Arbitration, vol. 33, 2016, pp. 269-288.
4 November	Recent studies on customary international law: 3. international criminal tribunals Micaela Frulli, "The Contribution of International Criminal Tribunals to the Development of International Law: the Prominence of opinio juris and the Moralization of Customary Law", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 14, 2015, pp. 80-93. Larissa van den Herik, "The Decline of Customary International Law as a Source of International Criminal Law", in Curtis A. Bradley ed., Custom's Future, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 230-252.
11 November	Recent studies on customary international law: 4. Instant formation Diego Germán Mejia-Lemos, "Some considerations Regarding 'Instant' International Customary Law, Fifty Years Later", Indian Journal of International Law, vol. 55, 2015, pp. 85-108.
18 November	Student presentation
25 November	Student presentation
2 December	Student presentation
9 December	(no class)
16 December	Recent studies on customary international law: 5. An explanatory theory Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Erik Voeten, "Precedent, Compliance, and Change in Customary International Law : an Explanatory Theory", American Journal of International Law, vol. 108, 2014, pp. 389-434.
6 January 2017	(no class)
13 January	Recent studies on customary international law: 6. Theoretical confusion? Lászlo Blutman, "Conceptual Confusion and Methodological Deficiencies: Some Ways that Theories on Customary International Law Fail", European Journal of International Law, vol. 25, 2014, pp. 529-552. Andrew T. Guzman & Jerome Hsiang, "Some Ways that Theories on Customary International Law Fail: a Reply to Lászlo Blutman", European Journal of International Law, vol. 25, 2014, pp. 553-559.
20 January	(no class)