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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| EUR2061 | International Law | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. YÜKSEL ALPER ECEVİT |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Assist. Prof. MEHMET CENGİZ UZUN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational understanding of the international legal order. The course seeks to introduce key concepts, historical development, and fundamental theories of international law. Students will explore the sources of international law, the relationship between international and national legal systems, and the role of legal personality in international law. Additionally, the course aims to equip students with knowledge of the structure of the international community, the legal framework governing international relations, and the principles regulating world public order, including dispute resolution and the use of force. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define the basic concepts of the international legal order; 2. To recognize the basic structure of the international community; 3. To indicate the primary and secondary sources of international law; 4. To know the norm making procedures in international relations; 5. Make sense of the effects of international legal sources on national legal orders; 6. Recognize the personality of international law; 7. Recognize the constituent elements of the state in international law; 8. Know the right of peoples to self-determination in international law; 9. Understand the function of recognition in international law; 10. Recognizing the legal problems arising from the use of force in international law; |
| Introduction to international law and its historical development; Theories underpinning the international legal order; Primary and secondary sources of international law; The process of treaty-making and the formation of customary international law; the relationship between international and national legal orders; The concept of legal personality in international law; Statehood, recognition of states, state powers, and state succession; The structure of the international community and world public order; The institutional structure of the United Nations; Peaceful resolution of international disputes; Legal framework regulating the use of force in international relations Teaching methods of the course are "Case Study, Lecture, Reading and Discussion". |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Epochs of International Law (I): Historical Development of the International Legal Order | Reading: ONUMA, Yasuaki, "When was the Law of International Society Born? - An Inquiry of the History of International Law from an Intercivilizational Perspective", Journal of the History of International Law, V.2, 2000 (ss.1-66). Advanced Reading: GREWE, Wilhelm G., The Epochs of International Law, (Ter.) BYERS, Michael, Third Edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 2000 SCHMITT, Carl, The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of Jus Publicum Europaeum, (Çev.) ULMEN, G. L., Telos Pres Publishing, New York, 2006 |
| 3) | Epochs of International Law (II) Historical Development of the International Legal Order | Reading: ONUMA, Yasuaki, "When was the Law of International Society Born? - An Inquiry of the History of International Law from an Intercivilizational Perspective", Journal of the History of International Law, V.2, 2000 (ss.1-66). Advanced Reading: GREWE, Wilhelm G., The Epochs of International Law, (Ter.) BYERS, Michael, Third Edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 2000 SCHMITT, Carl, The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of Jus Publicum Europaeum, (Çev.) ULMEN, G. L., Telos Pres Publishing, New York, 2006 |
| 4) | Theory of Sources of International Law International Treaties, Customary International Law | Reading: STARKE, J. G., “Monism and Dualism in the Theory of International Law”, BYIL, V.17, 1936, pp. 66 ff. 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties WEIL, Prosper, “Towards Relative Normativity in International Law”, AJIL, V.77, 1983, pp. 413 ff. GUZMAN, Andrew, “Saving Customary International Law”, Michigan Journal of International Law, V.27, 2005, pp. 115 ff. Advanced Reading: KELSEN, Hans, Principles of International Law, The Lawbook Exchange, New Jersey, 2003, pp. 401-450. SHELTON, Dinah (Ed.), International Law and Domestic Legal Systems, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011. AUST, Anthony, Modern Treaty Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. TOMUSCHAT, Christian / THOUVENIN, Jean-Marc (Ed.), The Fundamental Rules of the International Legal Order: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes, Brill, Leiden, 2006. Ceren Zeynep Pirim, "Uluslararası Hukukta Hakkaniyetin Normatif Niteliği", TAAD, 7, 26, 2016, pp. 169 ff. D’AMATO, Anthony A., The Concept of Custom in International Law, Cornell University Press, 1971. Hugh Thirlway, The Sources of International Law, Oxford, 2014 |
| 5) | Theory of International Legal Personality: Statehood (I) Legal Personality and International Law Constitutive Elements of the State | Reading: Reparation for injuries suffered in the service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, I.C. J . R e p o ~ t s1949,p. 174. 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States Advanced Reading: Roland Portman, Legal Personality in International Law, Cambridge, 2010 CRAWFORD, James R., The Creation of States in International Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007 RAIC, David, Statehood and the Law of Self-Determination, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag, 2012 |
| 6) | Theory of International Legal Personality: Statehood (II) The Right to Self-determination of peoples | Reading: HURST, Hannum, “Rethinking Self-Determination”, Virginia Journal of International Law, V. 34, 1993-1994, ss 1 vd. 1998 Canada Supreme Court, In Re Secession of Quebec Advanced Reading: CASSESE, Antonio, Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Reappraisal, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998 HURST, Hannum, Autonomy, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination: The Accommodation of Conflicting Rights, Revised Edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania, 1990 |
| 7) | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| 8) | Recognition under International Law Recognition of Statehood Recognition of Governments Recognition of Armed Opposition Groups | Reading: VYVER, J. D. Van Der, “Statehood in International Law”, Emory International Law Review, V. 5, 1991, ss. 5 vd. TALMON, Stefan, “Recognition of Opposition Groups as the Legitimate Representative of a People”, Bonn Research Papers on Public International Law, Paper No1/2013, 3 March 2013 Advanced Reading: TALMON, Stefan. Recognition in International Law: A Bibliography, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag, 2000 TALMON, Stefan, Recognition of Governments in International Law: With Particular Reference to Governments in Exile, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001 Liesbeth Zegveld, Armed Oppositon Groups in International Law, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 2000 |
| 9) | The United Nations The Institutional Framework of the United Nations | Reading: 1945 United Nations Charter, Chapter 1-5 International Court of Justice, Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the U.N., Order, 1948 I.C.J. 121 (Dec. 11) Advanced Reading: WEISS, Thomas G. / DAWS, Sam (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the United Nations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008 |
| 10) | Law on the Use of Force | Reading: 1945 United Nations Charter, Chapter 6-7 HOLDER, William, “Towards Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes”, Australian Yearbook of International Law, 1968-1969, p.102 WRIGHT, Quincy, “The Legality of Intervention under the United Nations Charter”, American Society of International Law Proceedings, V.51, 1957, p. 79 EVANS, Gareth, “Responsibility to Protect”, Foreign Affairs, V.81, 2002, p.99 Advanced Reading: DINSTEIN, Yoram, War, Aggression and Self-Defense, Fifth Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011 HOFFMANN, Julia / NOLLKAEMPER, André (Ed.), Responsibility to Protect: From Principle to Practice, Pallas Publications, Amsterdam, 2012 |
| 11) | Laws of Armed Conflict Laws and Regulations applicable to armed conflict situations | Reading 1949 Geneva Conventions (I) (II) (III) (IV) 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions 1977 Additional Protocol II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions Advanced Reading: Dinstein, Yoram, Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflicts, 2004 |
| 12) | The Regulation and Governance of Territory under International Law Law of the Sea and Air and the Regulation of Cyber Space | Reading: 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Advanced Reading: Stephens, Tim, Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea, Oxford University Press, 2015 |
| 13) | State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts | Reading: 2001 UN Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, with Commentary Advanced Reading: Crawford, James, State Responsibility: The General Part, Cambridge University Press, 2014 |
| 14) | Final Exam Review Review of subjects discussed during the semester |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | -Hüseyin Pazarcı, Uluslararası Hukuk Dersleri, Turhan Kitabevi -Shaw, Malcolm N., International Law, Cambridge University Press, -Bronwlie, Ian, Principles of Public International Law, Oxford University Press -Daillier, Patrick / Forteau, Mathias / Dinh Nquyen Quoc / Pellet Alain, Droit International Public |
| References: | Yok |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 39 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 86 |
| Homework Assignments | 4 | 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | 1.5 |
| Final | 1 | 1.5 |
| Total Workload | 148 | |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design | |
| 2) | Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development | |
| 3) | Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language | |
| 4) | Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge | |
| 5) | Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them | |
| 6) | Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels | |
| 7) | Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods | |
| 8) | To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions | |
| 9) | Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications | |
| 10) | Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. | |
| 11) | Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures | |
| 12) | Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments | |
| 13) | Planning, managing and executing the design process individually and as a team. |