Public International Law

Code:

MD121

Acronym:

DIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S (since 13-09-2021 to 18-12-2021)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	27	Plano Oficial MD do ano letivo 2016	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to cover three specific areas of public international law and international relations: global governance, international commercial contracts and international criminal law.

Learning outcomes and competences

Stronger knowledge of these core issues of Public International Law, and a greater capacity for understanding some of the most central issues of contemporary international relations.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

Maria do Céu Pinto; As Nações Unidas e os Desafios da Governação Global, Letras Itinerantes, 2014
Rui Medeiros; A Constituição Portuguesa num contexto global, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2015
Maria Angela Bento Soares; Contratos internacionais. ISBN: 972-40-0095-8
Eckart Brödermann; UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: an Article-by-Article Commentary, Wolters Kluwer, 2018
João Silva Miguel; O^ tribunal penal internacional e a transformação do direito internacional. ISBN: 0871-0336
Vital Moreira; O^Tribunal Penal Internacional e a ordem jurídica portuguesa. ISBN: 972-32-1238-2
Wladimir Brito; Estatuto de Roma do Tribunal Penal Internacional. ISBN: 978-989-54032-5-7
Antonio Cassese; The^Rome statute of the International Criminal Court. ISBN: 0-19-829862-5
Otto Triffterer; Commentary on the Rome statute of the International Criminal Court. ISBN: 3-7890-6173-5
Börzel, Tanja A., Risse, Thomas; Governance without a state: Can it work?,Regulation & Governance (2010) 4, 113–134 , Blackwell, 2010. ISBN: doi:10.1111/j.1748-5991.2010.01076.x
Global Challenges Foundation; La historia de los modelos de gestión mundial, Global Challenges Foundation, 2017
Sinclair, Timothy J.; Varieties of Global Governance, in Timothy M. Shaw, Laura C. Mahrenbach, Renu Modi and Xu Yi-chong (Eds.), The Paçgrave Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy, Palgrave McMillan, 2019. ISBN: doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45443-0
Biermanna, Frank et al.; Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Elsevier, 2017. ISBN: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.01.010
Held, David, & Hervey, Angus F.; Democracy, climate change and global governance, Policy Network, 2009
Alston, Philipe, Mégret, Frédéric (Eds.); The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (2nd Edition), OUP, 2020. ISBN: DOI: 10.1093/law/9780198298373.001.0001
Barbour, Brian, Gorlick, Brian; Embracing the ‘responsibility to protect’: a repertoire of measures including asylum for potential victims, UNHCR, 2008
ICISS; The Responsability to Protect, International Development Research Centre , 2001. ISBN: 0-88936-960-7
Schmitt, Michael N., VIHUL, Liis; The Nature of International Law Cyber Norms, CCDCOE, 2014
Osula, Anna-Maria, Rõigas, Henry (Eds.); International Cyber Norms Legal, Policy & Industry Perspectives, CCDCOE, 2016. ISBN: 978-9949-9544-7-6
Graça Enes; A União Europeia e a globalização: agente, paradigma normativo e vítima"A União Europeia e a globalização: agente, paradigma normativo e vítima", in Globalização/Globalization, Cadernos Mateus DOC IX, Instituto Internacional Casa de Mateus, pp. 69-82 , IICM, 2015
Glória Teixeira; Manual de Direito Fiscal 6ª edição Almedina 2021
Glória Teixeira; Glossário Fiscal Almedina 2021

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical/practical lectures, frequently using the applicable international treaties and jurisprudence.

Software

https://web.archive.org/web/20070731161527/http://www.iciss-ciise.gc.ca/report2-en.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEBPV1oRmqs
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/a-discussion-of-the-new-report-terrorism-and-international-law-accountability-remedies-and-reform?playvideo=1

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	85,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	124,00

Eligibility for exams

According to applicable rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final evaluation is the result of the avarage of 3 written tests, one for each Module.

Examinations or Special Assignments

N.A

Internship work/project

N.A.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to applicable rules.

Classification improvement

According to applicable rules.

Observations

Students who cannot attend classes (presenting a reaon), can do a final exam encompassing all syllabus.