LAW OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY- SYLLABUS
1. / Course:Law of International Responsibility2. / University Department: Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
3. / Course Code:
4. / Course Type: Optional
5. / Programme: International and European Law LLB
6. / Degree: Bachelor LLB
7. / Year: II
8. / Semester:Winter
9. / Form of Tuition and Number of Hours: 40 (20 – Classes, 20 – Lectures)
10. / Name, Surname, academic title:
Dr Bartłomiej Krzan
11. / Prequisites:
1. Basic Knowledge of Public International Law
12. / Course Objectives:
1. To provide general understanding of the responsibility and liability of subjects of international law
2. To provide basic knowledge on the consequences of breaches of international obligations
3. To provide general outline of the implementation of international responsibility
13. / Learning Outcomes:
XYZ_W01 Student have knowledge of the nature of international responsibility / K_W01, K_W02, K_W04, K_W08
XYZ_W02Student have knowledge of the rules on attributing responsibility to subjects of international law / K_W01, K_W04, K_W08
XYZ_W03Student have knowledge of how international responsibility is implemented / K_W01, K_W08
XYZ_U01Student is able to identify a breach of international rule and the possible legal consequences thereof / K_U02, K_U05, K_U06, K_U08, K_U09
XYZ_U02 Student is able to analyse the facts of a case with application of relevant legal norms and case-law / K_U02, K_U03
K_U04, K_U05, K_U06
XYZ_U03 Student is able to compare types of responsibility of different subjects / K_U05, K_06, K_U08, K_U10
XYZ_K01 Student is able to present results of problem analysis / K_K03, K_K04,K_K06
XYZ_K02 Student understands relations between international responsibility and other branches of international law / K_K01, K_K04
K_K10
XYZ_K03 Student understands the significance of responsibility regime in international legal order / K_K01,K_K04, K_K10
14. / COURSE CONTENT:
No. / Subject of Lecture
1 / Introduction. Responsibility as a consequence of personality under International Law/Subjects of responsibility
2 / Liability for Injurious Consequences of Acts Not Prohibited by International Law
3 / Codification of State Responsibility
4 / The Elements of an Internationally Wrongful Act
5 / Attribution of Conduct to the State, to International Organizations and Other Entities
6 / Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness
7 / The Content of International Responsibility
8 / Modalities of Reparation
9 / Responsibility for Gross Violations of Human Rights Obligations
10 / The Implementation of International Responsibility
11 / Invocation of Responsibility
12 / Countermeasures
13 / Diplomatic Protection. Diplomatic Channel, Resort to Arbitration and International Courts
Total Hours: 40
15. / LITERATURE:
Recommended Reading:
1 / J. Crawford, The International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility, CUP, Cambridge, 2002;
Additional Reading:
1 / J. Crawford, A. Pellet, S. Olleson (eds.), The Law of International Responsibility, OUP/Oxford 2010.
2 / M. Hirsch, The responsibility of international organizations toward third parties, M. Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht1995.
3 / E. van Sliedregt, Individual criminal responsibility in international law, OUP, Oxford 2012
16. / Ways of earning credits for the completion of a course/methods of assessing academic progress:
Lecture: Exam
Class: Final Test, Evaluation of Student activity during classes, Evaluation of Student activity during Case Studies, Participation in classes
17. / Course’s language: English
18. / STUDENT’S WORKLOAD
Activity / Average number of hours
for the activity
Classes / 20
Lectures / 20
Preparation for Final Test / 20
Preparation for classes / 10
Preparation for Case Studies / 15
Preparation for Exam / 25
Total hours: / 110
Total ECTS points / 4