COURSE OUTLINE

Class schedule:                               Course start date:  09/15/2015 to 12/31/2015

                                                         Time:  Mardi/Tuesday 14:30 - 17:30

Professor’s office hours:             Fridays 14.00-16:00

E-mail:                                          ndordell@uottawa.ca

 COURSE DESCRIPTION

         This course will provide an overview of the international legal system. Public international law deals with the legal relations between states and, to a certain extent, between individuals and those states. This course begins by exploring the structural foundations of the international legal system. This includes: the origins and nature of creating international law and traditional ideas about the formation, sources and application of international law. The law of treaties, explaining the legal essence of treaties, treaty making, the institutional framework of international law; the relationship between states and territories; state jurisdiction; jurisdictional immunity of states; state responsibility.  The course includes a critical and integrated analysis of different key case studies, video presentations, and group discussions in order to cover both the theory and practice.