This is an advanced course
in public international law engaging with a number of selected topics. The aim
is to make students aware of the complex challenges of modern international
law, its substantive rules, enforcement mechanisms, but also its methods and
narratives. As an overall thread, it will be shown that modern international
law has become highly diverse, risking what some call veritable
'fragmentation'. Beyond the basic rules of international law that students should
already master at this level, specific regimes of international law such as
human rights or world trade law are introduced. At the level of enforcement,
the rules of state responsibility are examined in more detail, as well as the
problem of multiplication of dispute settlement fora. If time permits, the
variety of methodological approaches to the study of international law
(critical legal studies, law and economics etc.) will also be discussed. A moot
court provides students with an opportunity to gain some hands-on experience in
international law.
Students interested in taking this course should contact benedikt.pirker@unifr.ch to receive the password for the moodle platform. Readings for the first course session are already available.
- Enseignant·e: Andrea Charlotte Egbuna
- Enseignant·e: Rekha Oleschak
- Enseignant·e: Benedikt Harald Pirker