Information for the LL.M. PIL 2015-2016 students:
The introduction meeting of the LL.M. PIL programme will take place on Monday 31 August at the ‘Klein Auditorium’ at the second floor of the Academy Building of Leiden University at Rapenburg 73 in Leiden. The meeting is held from 10:00 to 11:30 hrs and attendance is obligatory. During this session, you will receive detailed information about the structure of the LL.M. PIL programme and the content of the courses. For further information, please check the following website.
Please make sure to register for the PIL colloquia via uSIS.
Admission requirements
Admission to the Masters programme.
Description
In this course the core concepts of public international law will be discussed in considerable depth. The course will cover the traditional curriculum of public international law, including subjects, sources, responsibility and the use of force as well as various of the sub-areas of international law including human rights law, environmental law, the law of the sea and international economic law. The course will build on the introductions to public international law as offered in most BA-programmes in law. It will be presupposed that all students have such a basic knowledge. It will particularly focus on recent state practice and judicial decisions.
Course objectives
Objectives of the course
The main purpose of the course is to provide students with a thorough knowledge of public international law as a necessary basis for further study and career in this field. In addition, research and writing skills are trained through written assignments.
Achievement levels
The following achievement levels apply with regard to the course:
Knowledge:
After successfully completing this course, students have a thorough knowledge of and insight into the existing legal framework, the fundaments and the system of public international law. The students have a profound knowledge of the specific rules and regulations that were studied during the course and of the interrelationship between those rules. They understand how international law can operate as a system. Moreover, the students are well aware of the political and social context in which these rules are applied.
Academic skills and attitude:
After successfully completing this course, students are able to interpret and analyse the relevant literature and sources critically and to present solutions for legal problems after thorough legal research. Students are also trained to present these solutions both orally and in writing in a structured way. Students are able to present their own opinion on relevant legal matters on the basis of sound and convincing legal arguments and to defend this opinion in a legal debate.
Timetable
The timetable of this course can be found in uSis.
Mode of instruction
Lectures
Number of (2 hour) lectures: 10 (1 per week)
Names of lecturers: Dr. R.W. Heinsch, Dr. Y. Radi and other instructors
Required preparation by students: Reading of materials as prescribed in the outline that can be found on Blackboard as well
Colloquium
Number (2 hour): 10 (1 per week)
Names of instructors: Dr. R.W. Heinsch, Dr. Y. Radi and other instructors.
Required preparation by students: Reading the materials, preparing answers to the questions and issues raised on Blackboard and preparation of assignments.
Other methods of instruction
None.
Assessment method
Examination form(s)
Exam (50%)
(Two) Written assignments (50%; that is 25% each) – this has the status of so called practical assignments
Only the written exam can be retaken when the overall grade is a non-passing grade.
Submission procedures
The written assignments will be handed in at the start of the respective seminars to which they relate. Students will have to hand them in both electronically and in hard copy.
Areas to be tested within the exam
The examination syllabus consists of the required reading (literature) for the course, the course information guide and the subjects taught in the lectures, the seminars and all other instructions which are part of the course.
Blackboard
More information on this course is offered on Blackboard.
Reading list
Obligatory course materials
Literature:
Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, 8th ed., OUP, 2012
Blackstone’s, International Law Documents, 11th ed., OUP, 2013.
Course information guide:
Outline as posted on Blackboard
Reader:
No reader
Recommended course materials
To be announced on Blackboard
Registration
- It is not necessary to register in uSis for this course.
Contact information
Co-ordinator: Dr. R.W. Heinsch
Work address: KOG, Office B1.26
Contact information: via e-mail
Telephone number: 071-527 7578 (secretary)
E-mail: r.w.heinsch@law.leidenuniv.nl
Institution/division
Institute: Public Law
Division: Public International Law
Room number secretariat: KOG, Office B1.21
Opening hours: 9.00 – 17.00 hrs
Telephone number secretariat: 071-5277578
E-mail: volkenrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl