International Law in International Relations 4003-ILIR-ERASMUS-OG

A target group of the course proposed is: students of law, international relations, political sciences, and everyone interested in international politics. Questions to be considered read as follows: does international law play any role in contemporary world? Are interpretation and application of international law subordinated to requirements of current political needs? Can international law be used to support international position of the State. A number of seminars/lectures will be devoted to the jurisprudence of international courts, self-determination and use of force in international relations, as the most acute problems.
1. International law and domestic law - a comparison
2. International Law-Making
3. Role of Customary Law in Contemporary IL
4. Application of International Law in domestic law (including Poland)
5. 1st and 2nd Gulf War - Allied Powers v.Iraq
6. Dissolution of USSR and Yugoslavia - a comparative study
7. Right of self-determination today
8. Kosovo Conflict - an evaluation
9. Conflict in Georgia - principles governing the use of force
10. Ban on the use of force and humanitarian intervention
11. Solution of international disputes
12. European Union as subject of international law
13. International legal aspects of Polish-German relations
14. Proposals for Reform of the United Nations
15. European Convention on Human Rights and its practical importance