PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

2nd Semester, SY 2015-2016

Reading List

Course Code JDPIL2

Course Credit 2 units
Course Classification Bar Subject
Course Lecturer Jemy Gatdula

Core reading:

International Law (Isagani Cruz)1

Reviewer on Political Law (Antonio Nachura)

Recommended books:2

Introduction to Public International Law (Joaquin Bernas)

Principles of Public International Law (Ian Brownlie)
International Law (Antonio Cassese)
Akehursts Modern Introduction to International Law (Pieter Malanczuk)
Oppenheims International Law (L. Oppenheim)
International Law (Malcolm Shaw)

Required readings:3

a. General Principles and the Sources of International Law

Asylum Case (Colombia/Peru) [1950] ICJ Reports 266

The S.S. Lotus (France v. Turkey), 1927 PCIJ (Ser. A) No.10
United States-Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products (Shrimp
Turtle) DS58/AB/R (1998)
- Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It (Rosalyn Higgins)
- Sovereignty, Subsidiarity, and Separation of Powers (John Jackson, 2002)

1
The outline of the course shall essentially follow the chapter succession of Justice Cruzs book
2
Actually, the student is recommended to read any and all books on the subject and particular topic
discussed
3
The student is required to read all the cases (local, foreign, or international) cited in Justice Cruzs and
Justice Nachuras books, at least in digest form. However, the cases (and articles) listed here are required to
be read in their original, complete form. The cases are available online. The articles are available at the
SLG office; the student may get it from there directly or may be e-mailed upon request.
- The Doctrine of Incorporation Revisited (Roger OKeefe, 2006)
- Around the World in Seventy Days: International Law and Natural Law (Jorge
Coquia, 1976)
- On International Law (David Reidy, 2006)

b. The International Community, the United Nations, the Concept of the State, and
Recognition

- The Criteria For Statehood in International Law (James Crawford, 1977)

c. The Right of Existence and Self-Defense, the Right of Independence, and the Right
of Equality

Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua

(Nicaragua v. United States) 1984 ICJ 169, 1986 ICJ 14
- Anticipatory Self-Defence Under International Law Leo Van den Hole, 2003

d. Territory and Jurisdiction

Magallona vs Ermita (G.R No. 187167, 16 July 2011)

North Sea Continental Shelf (FRG v Denmark, Netherlands) [1969] ICJ Rep 3
Joyce v. Director of Public Prosecutions, [I946]

e. The Right of Legation and of Consuls

WHO vs Aquino (48 SCRA 242)

Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (ICJ; 1980)
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations (Advisory
Opinion) [1949] ICJ Reports 174 at 178
- Personal Inviolabilit and Diplomatic Immunit in Respect of Serious Crimes (Rene
Vark, 2003)

f. Treaties

Tanada vs Angara, 272 SCRA 18

Akbayan vs. Aquino (GR No. 170516, 2008)
Nuclear Tests Case (Australia & New Zealand v. France) I.C.J. 1974 I.C.J. 253, 457
- Constitutional and International Law Problems of the JPEPA (Florentino Feliciano,
2010)
- Treaty interpretation: A tale of two stories (Aimee Craft, 2011)

g. Nationality and Statelessness, and the Treatment of Aliens

Barcelona Traction (Belgium v Spain) (1970) ICJ Reports 3

Tadic Jurisdiction Decision, 2 Oct. 1995
Liechtenstein v. Guatemala, Nottebohm, ICJ Reports 1955
 R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, ex p Pinochet Ugarte (No.
3) [2000] 1 AC 147
- Third report on State responsibility (James Crawford, 2000)
- Four Human Rights Myths (Susan Marks, 2012)

h. Settlement of Disputes

- Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute (Florentino Feliciano)

- The Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals (Chester Brown, 2006)
- The South China Sea Arbitration: Is There a Case to Answer? (Stefan Talmon, 2014)

Recommended links

The WTO http://wto.org

The ICJ http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php?lang=en
The ITLOS https://www.itlos.org
The International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/Pages/default.aspx
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes https://icsid.worldbank.org
The Lauterpacht Centre http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk
International Law Commission http://legal.un.org/ilc/research.shtml
The British Yearbook of International Law http://bybil.oxfordjournals.org
American Society of International Law http://www.asil.org