Courses Winter Term 2021/22

Tuesday (6), GER/037

This introduction to Public International Law will cover fundamental aspects of public international law, namely subjects and sources of international law, its relationship to municipal law, and fundamental principles, such as those of sovereign equality, non-interference, state immunity, the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, state responsibility, and the prohibition of the use of force, including its exceptions.

The course will feature several case studies and discuss current debates. These will, among others, include the question of Palestinian statehood, the status of Crimea, international terrorism, and the disputed legality of humanitarian interventions.

A sourcebook and reading material will be provided.

Further reading on fundamental principles of international law: Besson/Tasioulas, The Philosophy of International Law, OUP 2010; Fassbender/Aust (Eds.), Basistexte: Völkerrechtsdenken, Nomos UTB 2012.

Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger

Students enrolled in the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Relations

Fundamental knowledge in constitutional law or public international law

This course will provide an overview of the Institutional Law and fundamental freedoms of the European Union. After an outline of the history and the institutions of the EU we will engage with the sources of EU Law, the competences of the EU and the system of legal protection under the TFEU. Furthermore, we will look into the direct effect and supremacy of EU law and give an overview of the fundamental freedoms with a focus on free movement of goods. During the course, the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will be highlighted.

A sourcebook and reading material will be provided.

Introductory session: November 8, 2021, 6. DS (4.40 pm), virtual/in person tbc
Final presentations and seminar: January 28 and 29, 2022, , virtual/in person tbc