Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Практикум по международному праву
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Юриспруденция)
Кто читает:
Департамент международного права
Где читается:
Факультет права
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 1 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
28
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This workshop is a practically oriented course which is designed as a set of training, research and analytical activities in the subject field of international law related to the authority of the Ministry of Justice. The workshop enables students to enhance both their theoretical and practical competences by solving problem-based cases which the Ministry of Justice deals with on everyday basis. Students will have an opportunity to extensively learn the features of treaty-making process in the field of justice including ratification matters, namely, in relation to international treaties on extradition, transfer of sentenced persons and mutual legal assistance. The workshop clearly demonstrates that practical work requires an international lawyer to have a solid understanding of basic international law questions and advanced methodological skills as most of the practical problems comprise a diverse range of issues from different branches of international law.
Learning Objectives
- The main purpose of the workshop is to provide students with a general overview of the practical issues which commonly arise in the work of justice practitioners, deepen their understanding of the subject field related to the combination of interrelated questions of international justice, law of international treaties, international criminal law and sovereign immunities and develop critical thinking skills.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students must gain knowledge on competence of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the field of international law; treaty-making capacities of states in the sphere of international justice; interrelation of international and national law when concluding, applying and terminating an international treaty;
- Students must gain knowledge on main approaches to the key issues of sovereign immunities in the context of unilateral coercive measures and arbitration proceedings; particularities of immunities of government officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction.
- Students will acquire the following skills and abilities: ability to use specific legal terms frequently referred to in the sphere of international justice; practical abilities to undertake a research and analysis of judicial decisions and legal writings; skills to comprehensively analyse and solve cases by proving the elaborated legal position in the sphere of international justice.
- Students should gain the following competences: competence to work with information (search, evaluate, use information, necessary for fulfilment of scientific and professional tasks); competence to analyse specific information, critically assess it and find multiple correct solutions to the problems provided;
- Students should gain the following competences: competence to search, analyse and work with legally relevant information by using of juridical, comparative and other specific methods; competence to describe complex legal problems and situations in simple terms.
Course Contents
- Topic 1. Competence of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the international legal sphere: an overview.
- Topic 2. International treaties in the field of criminal justice.
- Topic 3. International treaties in the field of civil justice.
- Topic 4. Provisional application of international treaty.
- Topic 5. Sovereign immunities of the State and its property.
- Topic 6. Immunities of State officials from the criminal jurisdiction of States.
Assessment Elements
- Classroom-based workAttendance, presentations during the seminars, participation in the peer-review procedure, and involvement in the discussions
- ProjectWritten research paper (a draft international treaty in the sphere of justice with argumentation) and its defence:: individually; length: 2 000 – 4 000 words; footnotes are obligatory.
- ExamForm of the exam: in both written and oral form: preparation of written answer on the task given, discussion of the answer with reference to theory, cases and examples from practice in the form of an interview on the whole syllabus (individually).
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dörr, O., & Schmalenbach, K. (2018). Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties : A Commentary (Vol. Second edition). Berlin, Germany: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1685794
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Hazel Fox, & Philippa Webb. (2013). The Law of State Immunity: Vol. Third edition. OUP Oxford.
- Zimmermann, A., Tzanakopoulos, A., Tams, C. J., & Edward Elgar Publishing. (2014). Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=853885