Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Basic textbooks:
1.
Cruz, PIL
2. Agpalo, Public International Law, 2008
3. Bernas, Introduction to PIL, 2009
4. Higgins, Problems & Process, 1994
5. Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, 1998 edition
COURSE SYLLABUS
I. INTRODUCTION
Defintions, common concepts and principles
II. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Art. 38, ICJ Statute
Art. 53, 1969 Vienna Convention on Treaties
Cases:
Kuroda v. Jalandoni. 83 SCRA 171
Yamashita v. Styer, 75 Phil 563
Kookooritchkin v. Solicitor General, 81 Phil 435
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua
(Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ Reports, 1969
South West Africa Case (2nd Phase), ICJ Reports, 1966
Asylum Case, ICJ Reports, 1950
Nuclear Test Cases, ICJ Reports:
-New Zealand v. France, 1974
-Australia v. France, 1974
-Request for an examination of the situation in accordance with
par. 63 of the courts judgment of the 20
December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v.
France) Case, 1995
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Reports,
1996
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2. UNCLOS
International Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ILM
21, 1982
Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the
UNCLOS, ILM 33, 1994
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the
UNCLOS Relating to the Conservation & Management of
Straddling Fish Stocks & Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
Cases:
a. Internal Waters
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua
(Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, 27 ILR 117
b. Territorial Sea
Arts. 27-32, UNCLOS
The Gulf of Sidra Incidents, 5 Italian Yearbook of
International Law
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports, 1951
El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua Intervening, ICJ
Reports, 1992
US v. California, 382 US, 1966
US v. Louisiana, 382 US 11, 1969
c. Straits
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
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d. Archipelagos
Arts. 49, 52-53, UNCLOS
Coquia, Analysis of the Archipelago Doctrine in the Law of
the Sea, 8 PYIL 30
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
e. The Contiguous Zone
f. The Continental Shelf
North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ Reports, 1969
Libya v. Malta, ICJ Reports, 1985
Tunisia v. Libya, ICJ Reports, 1982
Guinea v. Guinea Bissau, ILR 77, 1985
Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey), ICJ
Reports, 1978
Anglo-French, ICJ Reports, 1979
Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation in the area between
Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway), 1993
Canada & France, St. Pierre
g. The Exclusive Economic
Arts. 55-58, 70-73, UNCLOS
Spain v. Canada (facts only), ICJ Reports, 1966
M/V Saiga (St. Vincent & Grenadines v. Guinea), ITLOS
Judgment, July 1, 1999
Camouco Case (Panama v. France), Judgment, 7 Feb 2000,
www.un.org/depts/ios/itlos/jud-camouco.htm)
h. Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries
Gulf of Maine Case (Canada v. US), ICJ Reports, 1994
i. The High Seas
Arts. 86-97, 105-111, UNCLOS
j. Conservation & Management of Living Resources of
the High Seas
Southern Blue Fin Tuna Cases (NZ & Australia v. Japan), Order
on Request for Provisional Measures, ITLOS Order, August 27,
1999
k. Right of Land-Locked States to & from the Sea
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International Responsibility
ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility, Harris Casebook, 2004
edition
Cases:
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (Report)
US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ Reports, 1980
DC Decision on UNOCAL
Chorzow Factory Case, 1928 PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17
Prosecutor v. Tadic
Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the
Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Bosnia Case (Application of the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and
Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)), February 26, 2007
State Responsibility, Harris Case book , 1994 & 2004 editions
1994 edition
Union Bridge Company Claim (US v. Great Britain),
1924
Youmans Claim (US v. Mexico), 1926
Zafiro Claim (Great Britain v. US), 1925
Bolivar Railway Company Claim (Great Britain v.
Venezuela), 1903
2004 edition
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6.
B.International Organizations
1. The UN Charter & the Use of Force
Arts. 2(3), 2(4), 24(1), 25, 23(1), 27(3), UN Charter
Higgins, Chapters 10, 14 & 15
Cases:
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Applicable Law
Arts. 38 & 59, ICJ Statute
The Security Council under Chapter VII of the UN Charter:
Problems under the Rule of law, H. Harry L. Roque, Jr.
b. Jurisdiction
Art. 36(1), (2) & (3), ICJ Statute
c.
Advisory Opinions
Cases on Jurisdiction:
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against
Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
Lockerbie Case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA), ICJ
Reports, 1988
ELSI Case, ICJ Reports, 1989
South West Africa Cases, ICJ Reports, 1966
Nauru v. Australia, ICJ Reports, 1992
Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia), ICJ
Reports, 1995
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a. Nurumberg Tribunal
b. Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (Report)
c. 1949 Geneva Conventions
d. 1978 Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention
e. Security Council Resolution No. 827 (Yugoslavia War
Crimes Tribunal)
f. Security Council Resolution No. 955 (Rwanda War
Crimes Tribunal)
g. 1998 Rome Convention on the International Criminal
Court
Cases:
Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons (WHO
Request), ICJ Reports, 1996
Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal Decision on Tadic, July 15,
1999 (www.un.org/icyt/ pressreal/tad-sumj99)
Yamashita v. Styer, 75 Phil 563
Dizon v. Commanding General (Report)
3. Foreign Investments & Natural Resources
Cases:
Texaco v. Libya, 17 ILM or 53 ILR 389, 1978
BP v. Libya, 53 ILR 279
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, 27 ILR 117
Chorzow Factory Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17, 1928
LIAMCO v. Libyan Arab Republic, 62 ILR 140
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Report
Kuwait v. Aminoil, 66 ILR 518
Sapphire Case, 35 ILR 136
a. When Lawful
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Report
AMOCO Case (US v. Iran), 27 ILM 1314
Phillips Petroleum Company Iran, v. The Islamic Republic of
Iran, and The National Iranian Oil, 21 Iran-US Claims Report
Readings
Higgins, The Taking of Property by the State, vol. 162,
Rescueil des Cours, 1979
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WTO
The Philippines and the WTO: Survey of Current Practices
with Emphasis on Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties and
Safeguard Measures, H. Harry L. Roque, Jr.
Cases:
Bautista Paper (Amicus Memorandum of Ambassador Lilia
Bautista), GR No. 118295, August 1996
Taada v. Angara, GR No. 118925, May 2,1997
Appellate Body Reports:
JapanTaxes on alcoholic beverages, October 4, 1996
KoreaTaxes on alcoholic beverages, January 18, 1999
European CommunitiesMeasures Affecting Asbestos and
Asbestos-Containing Products, March 12, 2001
United
StatesStandards
for
Reformulated
and
Conventional Gasoline, April 29, 1996
European CommunitiesAnti-Dumping Duties on Imports
of Cotton-type Bed Linen from India, April 8, 2003
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