The classes will be in Catalan except for the group: 02 in Spanish. All the seminars will be held in Catalan except for group 02 in which two seminars will be held in Spanish and one seminar in Catalan.

  Law:

Group 01: Jaume Munich Seminars: Susana Beltrán; Sònnia Güell; Jaume Munich
Group 02: Susana Beltrán  Seminars: Jaume Munich; Sònnia Güell; Susana Beltrán
Group 51: Ana Ayuso Seminars: Susana Beltrán; Jaume Munich; Anna Ayuso    

Political Science: Sònia Güell

Content

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW PROGRAM

 

I. THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Lesson 1. International society and the public international law (PIL)

Origin and evolution. The institutionalization of the international system: The United Nations system. The principles of the United Nations . Concept of PIL. The PIL as a legal system of the current international society.

II. THE INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTIVITY

Lesson 2. The international subjectivity of the State

Concept and constituent elements of the State. The principle of sovereign equality. Immunities of the State. The principle of non-intervention. The succession of States. The recognition of States. The recognition of governments. Foreign representation of States.

Lesson 3. The international subjectivity of international organizations (IO) and the international status of other actors

The international legal personality of the IO. The competences of the IO. Historical situations. The peoples. NGOs. Transnational corporations. The individual. The humanity.

III. THE PROCESS FOR TRAINING RULES IN PIL

Lesson 4. The structure of the international legal system

Concept of source of law and lege ferenda norms. Consent and consensus of the States in the formation of norms. The hierarchy of international norms: the ius cogens.

Lesson 5. Treaties as a source of PIL

Concept of treaty. Modalities of treaties and functions. The celebration of treaties: special reference to the Spanish State. The reservations. The provisional application Deposit and registration of treaties.

Lesson 6. Other sources of PIL, auxiliary means and their interaction

The custom. The general principles of law. Equity. Jurisprudence and doctrine. Concept and modalitiesof unilateral acts of States. The normative acts of the IO: the internal normative function and the external normative function. Soft law. The interaction between formal sources and coadjuvant mechanisms for the creation of norms.

 

IV. ORDINARY APPLICATION OF THE PIL

Lesson 7. The relations of the PIL with the internal rights

The reception of the PIL and its hierarchy: special reference to the Spanish State. The interpretation. The application of the PIL: special reference to the Spanish State. Follow-up techniques and international control.

Lesson 8. Effects of international regulations and their possible alterations

The effects of the international norms, special reference to the erga omnes effects. Nullity, modification, termination and suspension of treaties.

V. EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION OF THE PIL

Lesson 9. The peaceful resolution of international disputes

Concept and regulation of disputes. The diplomatic means of solution. The means of jurisdictional solution: the arbitration and the judicial solution (special reference to the ICJ). The resolution of disputes in the IO.

Lesson 10. International responsibility

Concept of international responsibility. The objective element and the subjective element. Excluding circumstances. Consequences of the internationally illicit fact: the repair. The obligation to repair by lawful acts. The international responsibility of the individual.

Lesson 11. Mechanisms for demanding compliance with the PIL

Diplomatic protection. Countermeasures. The institutionalized procedures: a) the social sanction and the disciplinary power b) The prohibition on the use of force and the power of coercion of Chapters VII and VIII of the Charter. The practice of the United Nationsand other international mechanisms.

VI.SPACE COMPETENCES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Lesson 12. Space competences and spaces of collective interest

The terrestrial space. Air space. The law of the sea. Other spaces of collective interest. The protection of the environment.

Lesson 13. International economic architecture and development cooperation

International financial relations. International trade relations. Development cooperation.

Evaluation model: the evaluation is continued and aims to enable teachers to establish the degree of achievement of competencies.

10 Evaluated activities will be carry out in the Seminars and will represent 50% of the final mark. Each activity is worth 5%

Content exam: this is a question exam related to the subject's program, which equals 50% of the final grade.

Re-evaluation: there is a re-evaluation but only of the exam of contents (max 50%). No minimum mark of examination of contents is requested to go to the re-evaluation exam.

The subject will be approved if the sum of the marks obtained among all activities is at least 5, as long as the mark of the exam of contents is equal to or greater than 4.