1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Law and Administration
3. winter term 2020/2021
4. WPiA - oferta ERASMUS - Erasmus programme
5. Diplomatic Law

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Diplomatic Law - course description

Aim of the course

The field of Diplomatic Law adopts a broad view of the diplomacy as the legal tool in creation of the international relations. International Diplomatic Law includes various aspects of such topics like: sovereign immunity, the establishment and conduct of diplomatic relations, the categories of diplomatic missions, the legal position in international law of Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers and diplomatic agents, the diplomatic corps, status and functions of diplomatic missions, duties of diplomatic missions, diplomatic asylum, members of the diplomatic mission, diplomatic inviolability, diplomatic privileges and immunities.

 

Prerequisites

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General knowledge in the scope of lawmaking, principles of law, civil law, constitutional law and international relations.

Scope

 

Learning Outcomes

• introduce the basic concepts and terminology of international diplomatic law,
• introduce the establishment and conduct of diplomatic relations and the legal position in international law of those state’s organ, which carry international affairs,
• introduce the sources in the field of international diplomatic law with special regard to the custom and its role in this field,
• introduce the law of diplomatic asylum,

introduce diplomatic privileges and immunities,

• introduce the methods of international dispute resolution with special regard to the diplomatic methods,
• introduce the concept and the meaning of the jurisdictional immunity of the State.

Teaching methods

Discussion, brainstorm, multimedia presentation, case-law analysis.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

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Assignment conditions

Students in small groups (1-3 persons) work on a task to solve “the problem” (which is legal situation of given subjects - States or others - of public international law described by the teacher).

Recommended reading

1. E. Denza,  Diplomatic Law: Commentary on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Oxford University Press, 2008.
2. I. Roberts, ed. Satow’s Diplomatic Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009,
3. A. Aust, Handbook of International Law, Cambridge 2009. 

 

Preliminary Reading

The preliminary reading required for this course will be available from the course (teacher) home page at least one week prior to every meeting with the teacher. The preliminary reading covers Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties (1969), Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004).

Further reading

1. J. L. Goldsmith, E. A. Posner, The Limits of International Law, Oxford 2005.

Notes

Modified by dr Justyna Michalska (last modification: 17-11-2020 13:40)