Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Draft Syllabus
Second Semester, 2014-2015
I. The Nature of International Law
A. Concepts
1. Obligations erga omnes
2. Jus cogens
3. Concept of ex aequo et bono
Romulo v. Vinuya, GR 162230, April 29, 2010
Article 38(2), ICJ Statute
B. International and National law
Edye v. Robertson
Whitney v. Robertson
II. The Sources of International Law
Art. 38, ICJ Statute
Art. 53, 1969 Vienna Convention on Treaties
Kuroda v. Jalandoni. 83 SCRA 171
Yamashita v. Styer, 75 Phil 563
Kookooritchkin v. Solicitor General, 81 Phil 435
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ
Reports, 1986
North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ Reports, 1969
South West Africa Case (2nd Phase), ICJ Reports, 1966
Asylum Case, ICJ Reports, 1950
Nuclear Test Cases, ICJ Reports:
New Zealand v. France, 1974
Australia v. France, 1974
Request for an examination of the situation in accordance with par. 63 of the
courts judgment of the 20
December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) Case, 1995
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Reports, 1996
Paquete Habana, 175 US 677, 1900
Preah Vihear Temple Case, ICJ Reports, 1962
Case Concerning Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India)
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
Chorzow Factory Case, 1928 PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17
Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Company Case, ICJ Reports, 1970
Texaco v. Libya, 17 ILM or 53 ILR 389, 1978
BP v. Libya, 53 ILR 297
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, 27 ILR 117
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3. State Responsibility
Doctrine of state responsibility
4. Treatment of Aliens
Extradition
Wright v. CA, GR 113213, April 15, 1994
Government of Hong Kong v. Olalia, GR 153675, April 19, 2007
Deportation
Djumantan v. Domingo, GR 99358, January 30, 1995
Secretary of Justice v. Koruga, GR 166199, April 24, 2009
B. Other Subjects of International Law: International Organizations and
Individuals
Liban v. Gordon, GR 175352, January 18, 2011
V. Territory: Land, Air, Outer Space
Island of Las Palmas Case (US v. Netherlands), 2 RIAA 829
Eastern Greenland Case, PCIJ Ser. A/B, No. 53
SS Lotus Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 10
Minquiers & Ecrehos Case, ICJ Reports, 1951
Case
Concerning
Sovereignty
Over
Pulau
Ligitan
and
Pulau
(Indonesia/Malaysia)
Eritrea-Yemen Arbitration, ICJ Reports, 1998
Preah Vihear Temple Case, ICJ Reports, 1962
Frontier Dispute Case (Burkina Faso v. Mali), ICJ Reports, 1986
Libya v. Chad, ICJ Reports 1994
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports, 1951
Western Sahara Case, ICJ Reports, 1975
El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua intervening, ICJ Reports,1992
Clipperton Island Arbitration (France v. Mexico), January 28, 1931
Sipadan
n. Marine Pollution
Civil Liability Convention of 1969
International Fund Convention of 1971
TOVALOP
CRISTAL
1984 Protocols to CLC & FC Conventions
1992 CLC & FC
TOVALOP Supplement of 1994
Crystal 1992
o. Settlement of Disputes
p. Peaceful Use of the Oceans
q. Archaeological & Historical Objects
r. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
VII.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Jurisdiction of States
Territoriality principle
Nationality principle and statelessness
Protective principle
Universality principle
Passive personality principle
Conflicts of jurisdiction
XII.
Applicable Law
Arts. 38 & 59, ICJ Statute
b. Jurisdiction
Art. 36(1), (2) & (3), ICJ Statute
c.
Advisory Opinions
Cases on Jurisdiction:
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ
Reports, 1986
Lockerbie Case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA), ICJ Reports, 1988
ELSI Case, ICJ Reports, 1989
South West Africa Cases, ICJ Reports, 1966
Nauru v. Australia, ICJ Reports, 1992
Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia), ICJ Reports, 1995
Cases on Provisional Measures:
Bosnia Case (Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)), February 26,
2007
Lockerbie Case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA), ICJ Reports, 1988
Cases on Dispute:
Admissions Case (Conditions of Admission of a state to membership in the United
Nations), ICJ Reports, May 28, 1948
Free Zones Case (Case of the Free Zones of Upper Savoy and the District of Gex), PCIJ
Ser. A/B. No. 45, June 7, 1932
Marvrommatis Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 2, 1924
UN Headquarters Advisory Opinion (Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under
Sec. 21 of the UN Headquarters Agreement of June 26, 1947), ICJ Reports, April 26,
1988
Cases on Advisory Opinions:
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict (WHO Request),
ICJ Reports, 1996
Monetary Gold Case (Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Italy v. France, UK
of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, & the USA)), ICJ Reports, June 15, 1954
Certain Expenses of the UN, ICJ Reports, 1962
Western Sahara Case, ICJ Reports, 1975
Botswana v. Namibia (Case Concerning kasikili/Sedudu Island), ICJ Reports, 1999
Status of Eastern Carelia (Finland v. Russia), PCIJ Ser. B, No. 5, July 23, 1923
Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories
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Madrid Protocol and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property
Foreign Investments & Natural Resources
Texaco v. Libya, 17 ILM or 53 ILR 389, 1978
BP v. Libya, 53 ILR 279
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, 27 ILR 117
Chorzow Factory Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17, 1928
LIAMCO v. Libyan Arab Republic, 62 ILR 140
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Report
Kuwait v. Aminoil, 66 ILR 518
Sapphire Case, 35 ILR 136
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Report
AMOCO Case (US v. Iran), 27 ILM 1314
Phillips Petroleum Company Iran, v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, and The National
Iranian Oil, 21 Iran-US Claims Report
Jimenez de Arechega, State Responsibility for the Nationalization of Foreign Property,
11 NHUJ of International Law & Politics 189, 1978
E. Lauterpacht, Issues of Compensation and Nationality in the Taking of Alien
Property, 8 JENRL 241, 1990
M. Meldelson, What Price Expropriation? Compensation for Expropriation: The Case
Law, 79 AJIL 414, 1985