Public International Law

University of the East

Atty.Celeste R.L. Cembrano-Mallari

Session 1

I. Concept and Nature

Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law 8th ed., Chapter I, pp. 3-19
Onuma, When was the law of international society born? 2 J. of the History of Intl Law, 1-66
(2000)

Session 2
II. Sources of International Law
Statute of the International Court of Justice, Art 38 see Art 59
Crawford, supra, pp. 20-47

1. International Custom
- North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (1969) ICJ Reports 5-54
- International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judgment of 27 June 1986 in Case Concerning
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua, especially pars. 18-25, 92-
97, 172-182 http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/70/070-19860627-JUD-01-00-
EN.pdf
- Asylum Case, (1950) ICJ Reports, pp. 266 ff.

Session 3

2. General Principles of Law, Jus Cogens and Obligations erga omnes

Bruno Simma and Philip Alston, The Sources of Human Rights Law:Custom, Jus Cogens and
General Principles http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AUYrBkIntLaw/1989/5.pdf

International Law Commission Report (1966) II YB. INt’l L.C. 169, 247-249,
http://legal.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/english/ilc_1966_v2.pdf

Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company (Second Phase) 1962, http://www.icj-
cij.org/files/case-related/50/050-19640724-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf

Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Rwanda
(2006) http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/126/126-20060203-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf

Session 4
3. Treaties
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 63 Am.J. INt’l, L. 875

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Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (US v Iran) http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-
related/64/064-19800524-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf

Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua, supra

Philippine Constitution Art VII Sec. 21

USA v Guinto, 182 SCRA 645 (1990)
Secretary v Lantion [G.R. No. 139465. January 18, 2000]
Philip Morris v Court of Appeals 224 SCRA 576 (1993)
Kuroda v Jalandoni 83 Phil 171 (1949)

4. Judicial Decisions and Writings of Publicists

Session 5

III. International Law and Philippine Law

Section 2 Article II, Constitution

Section 21, Article VII, Constitution
Section 5 (2) (a) , article VIII, Constitution
Merlin M. Magallona, Fundamentals of Public International Law pp.523-565
Ichong v Hernandez, GR No. L-7995, may 31, 1957
Gonzales V Hechanova, GR No. L-21897, October 22, 1963
Tanada v Angara, GR No. 118295, May 2, 1997 (on Legislative Power)
Pimentel v Office of the Executive Secretary, GR No. 158088, July 6, 2005.
EO 459 dated November 25, 1997

Session 6

IV. Subjects of International Law

Shaw, 195-260
1. State
2. Individuals
3. International Organizations

V. Recognition
Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, pp. 85-104

Session 7

VI. Territory

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Shaw, 487-552
Magallona, “Acquisition and Loss of Territory in International Law,” International Law Issues in
Perspective, pp. 56-77 (1996)
Menquiers and Ecrechos Cases 1953 ICJ Reports, p. 46
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case (1951) ICJ Reports, 18 Intl L. Reports 86 (1954)
Island of Palmas Case, 2 RIAA 826, 22 AJIL 863 (1928)

Session 8
VII. State Jurisdiction
Brownlie, 289-322
SS Lotus Case , PCIJ Ser. A. No. 10

Shaw, 553-627 (on the Law of the Sea)

Territorial Sea, UNCLOS Arts. 27-32
Archipelagic Waters, UNCLOS Arts. 49, 52-53
High Seas, Arts. 86-97, 105-111
Exclusive Economic Zone, Arts. 55-58, 70-73
Continental Shelf, 77-78

Philippine-PRC Arbitration Case Award,

https://pca-cpa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2016/07/PH-CN-20160712-Award.pdf

Session 9
VIII. Immunities from Jurisdiction
Brownlie, 323-382

Session 10
IX. State Responsibility
Crawford, Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts ,
http://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ha/rsiwa/rsiwa_e.pdf
ILC Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts
Corfu Channel Case, 1949 ICJ Reports
ELSI Judgment , ICJ reports 1989, pp. 12, 32-33, 40-51, 63-74, 81

Session 11
X. International Peace and Security: Fundamental Principles in Relations Among
States
1. In General
UN Charter Arts 1 &2; Chaps VII and IX
UNGA Resolution 3314 Definition of Aggression

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 Wedgwood, The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Israeli Security Fence and the Limits of Self-
Defense, 99 Am. J. Int’l L (2005)
Chinkin, Legality of NATO’s Action in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia under
International Law, 49 ICLQ (2000)
The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia: The Decision of the Appeals
Chamber on Tadic Case, 45 ICLQ 691

Session 12
2. Self-Defense
UN Charter , Art. 51
Legality of the Threat and Use of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Reports 1995 (Advisory Opinion)
Ratner, Jus ad bellum and Jus in Bello after September 11, An. J. Int’l L
Wedgwood, Al Qaeda, Terrorism and Military Commissions, Am. J. Int’l L

Session 13
3. Use of Force by UN
UN Charter Chap. VII (Arts. 39-50)
T.D. Gill, Legal and Some Political Limitations on the Power of the UN Security Council to
Exercise its Enforcement Powers Under Chapter VII of the Charter, 26 Netherlands
Yearbook of International Law.