Duration
24h SEM
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is a seminar-based course, during which students are required to defend a structured, legally motivated position regarding a draft international instrument. The course, in this respect, allows the students to deepen the knowledge they have already acquired through the public international law course and intends to simulate international negotiations.
The topics will be determined according to the current international events and may involve various legal issues: maritime law, the law of diplomatic relations or the international economic law.
This course will be organised for the academic year 2021-2022. It will not be organised for the academic year 2022-2023.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims to help the students acquire an in-depth knowledge of some public international law issues through and active participation to the class discussions through negotiations and through the defense of the interests of an entity (state, NGOs , European Union) represented by the student. The student's ability to react and to explain public international law topics will be evaluated and encouraged.
The course aims for the students to face situations that emulate real-life negotiations and during which they will be faced with practical issues encountered in complex negotiation processes. This will require the students to use their theoretical knowledge in order to achieve a practical diagnosis within a reasonable time, which is the challenge of employment.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisite is required for students who are regularly enrolled in a Master in Law. The student must nevertheless have a certain knowledge of public international law and its fundamental principles.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The course is taught in the form of 2 hours-seminars which take place every three or four weeks. During each seminar, students must defend and justify their positions regarding an international text which is currently under negotiation. The students will be expected to be reaching a form of compromise, while scrupulously respecting the international law applicable to the discussed agreement.
Recommended or required readings
The use of the following reference books is especially recommended: either International Law, (4th ed. ), edited by Malcolm Evans ( Oxford University Press, 2014, 952 pages ), or International Law ( 7th ed . ), by Malcolm N. Shaw ( Cambridge University Press, 2014, 1063 pages).
Students will be assessed based on their global work, including their participation during the class discussions (representing 50% of the final grade). In addition, the students will have to write a five page essay, in English, about a topic chosen by the student (with the Professor's agreement). The dissertation will then be defended during an oral examination and will represent 50% of the final grade.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is held every uneven year (2019-2020; 2021-2022; etc.). It takes place during the second semester.
Contacts
Franklin DEHOUSSE - Extraordinary professor : F.Dehousse@uliege.be Manon WUINE - assistant : manon.wuine@uliege.be