Public International Law
Dr Gabrielle Simm
Contact details:
Consultation by appointment

Introductions
Write your preferred name on nameplate
In pairs:1. Which languages do you speak?2. What do you expect from this class? Theother students? The seminar leader?

Assessment
1. Class participation:
2. Mid
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term assignment:
3. Final Exam:
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Books
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Class breaks

Nature and Subjects of International Law
What is
Public
International
Law?

Bright Sides
Dark Sides
International Law: Bright and Dark Sides?

Sources of International Law

Statute of the International Court of Justice 1945,
art 38
1. a. Treaties
b. Custom
c. General Principles of Law
d. Judicial Decisions and Publicists
2.
Ex aequo et bono
if parties agree
