GISDepartment of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies

This course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of international law, with a particular emphasis on the impact that international law instruments and practices have on national laws and policies. The course begins with an introduction to general principles of international treaty and customary law, examining important cases and doctrines that have developed over time. The first part of the course will conclude with a framework of analysis that students may consider in assessing both the respective merits and limitations of international law instruments. The second part of the course will look at how international law has attempted to shape the world we live in by examining selected areas where it has tried to influence human behavior, including security, human rights, the environment, health, trade/investment and other commercial issues, and the global commons.

At the end of the course, students should have a basic understanding of international law instruments, with an emphasis on recognizing the impact and limitations of treaties in their historical, economic, social and political contexts.

Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3” and “DP 4”.

英語 / English

The course will be conducted using lectures, group discussion and exercises, and one negotiation simulation exercise. At the beginning of class, feedback for the previous class is given using comments from submitted reaction papers. Students will need access to the Internet in order to retrieve the cases, treaties and articles. Writing assignments will include a case brief and a term paper.

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授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

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1[オンライン/online]：Introduction to International Law

How Does International Law Differ from National Law?
Sources of International Law
Codified Treaty Law – By Whom, and How, are Treaties Made?
Case Law - the Role of the International Court of Justice
Customary International Law – The Paquete Habana case

2[対面/face to face]：Treaties

A Brief History of Treaties
The Vienna Convention

3[対面/face to face]：Treaties

A Brief History of Treaties
The Vienna Convention
Assignment - Writing a Case Brief. What Constitutes a Treaty?

4[対面/face to face]：Treaties Related to Security Issues

Treaties and Wars – Versailles, Potsdam and San Francisco
The UN Charter
Treaties Limiting Arms (Nuclear Arms, Chemical/Biological Weapons, etc)
Bilateral and Multilateral Approaches

5[対面/face to face]：Treaties Related to Humanitarian Issues

The Geneva Conventions
The 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol
Group Exercise: Applying the Refugee Convention
A Framework for Analyzing Treaties and Explanation of the Term Paper

6[対面/face to face]：Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic and Social Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women

7[対面/face to face]：Health-related Treaties

The UN Drug Control Conventions (1961, 1971 and 1988)
Case Study - The Curious Case of Cannabis
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

8[対面/face to face]：Mid-Term Examination

In-Class Examination and review

9[対面/face to face]：Treaties on Economic, Commercial and related Issues

Policy Space and Developing Countries
The WTO Agreements
Multilateral Agreement on Trade in Goods
Agreement on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Bilateral and Plurilateral Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements
US, Japanese and European Bilateral Agreements, CPTPP
Interface between Commercial and other Issues

10[対面/face to face]：Treaties on Economic, Commercial and related Issues

Policy Space and Developing Countries
The WTO Agreements
Multilateral Agreement on Trade in Goods
Agreement on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Bilateral and Plurilateral Preferential Trade and Investment Agreements
US, Japanese and European Bilateral Agreements, CPTPP
Interface between Commercial and other Issues
Case Study: Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products in Australia
Explanation of the Group Simulation Exercise

11[対面/face to face]：Group Simulation Exercise

Negotiating a Bilateral Trade Agreement

12[対面/face to face]：Environmental Treaties

CITES, Convention on Biological Diversity, UNFCCC

13[対面/face to face]：Global Commons

Law of the Sea – UNCLOS
Outer Space, Antarctica

14[対面/face to face]：Wrap-Up and Presentations of Term Paper

Student Presentations
The Possibilities and Limits of International Law

Students are expected to attend classes and read weekly assignments ahead of the session for which it is assigned.
Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Klabbers, International Law, Cambridge University Press.
case readings, treaty text, articles as assigned

Additional reference material will be provided in class.

1 Case Brief Writing Assignment 10%
1 Mid-Term Examination 35%
1 Term Paper 35%
Group Work and Participation 20%
Class attendance will be reflected in the score for group work and participation.

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