Objective: 

The course of Public International Law is aimed at providing the general information on elements constituting the international legal order.

The aim:
To provide knowledge of international law issues constituting the very nature of international legal order.
To provide detailed knowledge of sources of international law

Acquired knowledge:
Student has knowledge of the very essence of public international law (its general structure).
Student knows the sources of public international law (where does international law come from?).

Acquired skills:
Student is able to identify legal issues concerning relations between public international law and other normative orders.
Student is able to identify norms of international law and classify them.
Student is able to prepare and use the international legal argumentation to present his/her opinions on constitutive aspects of international law and to resolve situations involving the application of international law.

Developed reflection:
Student accepts the normative character of international law.
Student understands the significance of international law within the modern international community.

Assessment: 
The final grade consists of: exam ( 80% ), term paper ( 10 % ), class activity ( 10% ).

Contents: 
An overview of the international legal system – its constituent elements.

Making of international law (customary law, general principles of law, law of treaties, unilateral acts, international legal judiciary and legal teachings).

International legal personality.

Basics of State jurisdiction.

The law of international responsibility.

Settlement of international disputes (international courts and tribunals).

Sanctions, countermeasures, and collective security system.

Recommended reading: 
International Law, Jan Klabbers, OUP 201, Oxford, 2013.
Public International Law, Alina Kaczorowska, Routledge, 2010.
Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, J. Crawford, OUP, Oxford, 2013.
Limits of International Law, J. L Goldsmith, E. A. Posner, OUP, Oxford, 2006.
Sources of International Law, M. Koskenniemi (ed.), Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2001.
Modern Treaty Law and Practice, M. Aust, CUP, Cambridge, 2007.
Oxford Guide to Treaties, D. B. Hollis, OUP, Oxford, 2012.