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INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW

PROFESSOR EMMANUEL ROUCOUNAS

Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

Copyright © United Nations, 2013

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSOR EMMANUEL ROUCOUNAS

Outline 5 Legal instruments and documents

1. United Nations Charter, 1945 For text, see Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 (III) A of 10 December 1948)

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3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 For text, see The Work of the International Law Commission, 8th ed., vol. II, p. 116

4. Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (United Nations General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, annex)

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5. Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (United Nations General Assembly resolution 37/10 of 15 November 1982)

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6. Definition of Aggression (United Nations General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974)

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7. Principles and guidelines for international negotiations (United Nations General Assembly resolution 53/101 of 20 January 1999)

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Case Law

8. Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1949, p. 174 (excerpts)

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9. Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua, (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Merits, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1986, p. 14 (excerpts)

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10. Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996, p. 226 (excerpts)

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Legal writings [Documents not reproduced in electronic version]

11. Robert Y. Jennings, “What is International Law and How Do We Tell It When We See It?”, Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht, 1981, pp. 59-88

12. Mahnoush H. Arsanjani and W. Michael Reisman, “The Quest for an International Liability Regime for the Protection of the Global Commons”, International Law:

Theory and Practice. Essays in Honour of Eric Suy, K. Wellens (ed.), The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1988, pp. 469-492

13. Georges Abi-Saab, “Whither the International Community?”, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 9, 1998, pp. 248-265

14. B. S. Chimni, “International Institutions Today: An Imperial Global State in the Making”, European Journal of International Law , Vol. 15, 2004, pp. 1-37

15. Antonio Cassese, International Law, 2nd ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 3-80

16. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, “International law for humankind: towards a new jus gentium (I): general course on public international law”, Recueil des Cours – Collected Courses of The Hague Academy of International Law, Vol. 316 (I), 2005, pp. 37-121

17. Pierre-Marie Dupuy, “A Doctrinal Debate in the Globalization Era: On the ‘Fragmentation’ of International Law”, European Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 1-19

18. David Kennedy, “One, Two, Three, Many Legal Orders: Legal Pluralism and the Cosmopolitan Dream”, NYU Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 641-659

19. Institut de Droit International, Session of Santiago, Chile, 10th Commission, Rapporteur Emmanuel Roucounas, Present Problems on the Use of Force in International Law, Sub-group on Self-defence, Paris, Éditions A. Pedone, 27 October 2007

20. Finn Seyersted, Common Law of International Organizations, Leiden, Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008, pp. 1-77

21. V. I. Kuznetsov, B. R. Tuzmukhamedov (eds.), International Law - A Russian Introduction, Utrecht, Eleven International Publishing, 2009, pp. 1-35

22. Rosalyn Higgins, “The Identity of International Law”, Themes and Theories, Selected Essays, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 91-107

23. Ahmed Mahiou, “International Law of Development”, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, available at www.mpepil.com, 2013

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COURSE OUTLINE

PROFESSOR EMMANUEL ROUCOUNAS

The international community (or society) and the main characteristics of its normative structure. The role of States. International organizations and foremost the United Nations. Other public and private : “subjects, actors, participants and users” of international law. The cardinal principles of cooperation and non-use of force. The difficult co-existence between organization and decentralization. The basis of rights and obligations under international law. Law and Politics. Law and Ethics. International law and international relations. Lessons from the history of international law. The place of theory: Schools of thought, movements and tendencies: positivism, jus naturalism, socially oriented approaches, realism, pragmatism, constitutionalism and other “isms”. West and East. Voices of the South. Worksites producing international law: international conferences and international organizations, the importance of the United Nations System, bilateral meetings. Negotiation, expertise, and agreement. The emerging international civil society. The final product: preponderance of treaty law, the relevance of custom, a place for general principles of law, the jurisprudence of international and domestic courts, teachings, unilateral acts of states, soft law and contemplations regarding relativism. The relationship between international and domestic law. Constitutional provisions and application of international law by domestic organs. International law is everywhere: the debate over its unity, universality, vacuums and contradictions. The price of rapid expansion of international normativity and the claims of fragmentation. State sovereignty in the twenty-first century. The quest for democratization, governance, and management of public common goods.

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 (III) A of

10 December 1948)

Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in

accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (United Nations General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) of

24 October 1970, annex)

Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes

(United Nations General Assembly resolution 37/10 of 15 November 1982)

Definition of Aggression (United Nations General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of

14 December 1974)

Principles and guidelines for international negotiations (United Nations General Assembly resolution 53/101 of

20 January 1999)

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