About this Course
Postgraduate Laws programme:
Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
Course outline
| Law of treaties |
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| Section A: Introduction to the law of treaties |
| · Introduction to the law of treaties |
| · Sources of international law with a particular focus on treaties |
| · Concept of a treaty in international law |
| · Treaty-making process |
| · Depositaries, registration and publication of treaties |
| · Consent to be bound by a treaty |
| Section B: Entry into force and the scope of treaty obligations |
| · Entry into force and obligations prior to entry into force |
| · Reservations to treaties |
| · Application of treaties (pacta sunt servanda; observance of treaties and internal law; effect on third states) |
| Section C: Legal aspects of the working of treaties |
| · Interpretation of treaties |
| · Conflict of treaties |
| · Revision, amendment and modification of treaties |
| · Succession to treaty obligations |
| Section D: Legal aspects of invalidity, termination and suspension of treaty obligations |
| · Termination and suspension of treaties |
| · Invalidity of treaties |
| · Procedural aspects of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 |
| · Miscellaneous provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 |
| Sequence: Section A first. |
| Textbooks: Anthony Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), ISBN: 9780521678063 |
| David Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law 7th revised ed (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2010), ISBN: 9781847032782 |
| Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Olufemi Elias, Contemporary Issues in the Law of Treaties (Utrecht: Eleven International Publishing, 2005), ISBN: 9789077596067 |