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SCHOOL OF LAW
Adapted from the Course Outline of Dean Raul C. Pangalangan. (used with permission)
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I.
Introduction
J.G. BERNAS, S.J., INTRODUCTION
(2009),
ch. 1-2
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Treaties
BERNAS, ch. 3
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)
UN Charter, art. 103
CONST., art. VIII, sec. 5(2) (a)
CONST., art VII sec. 21
E.O. 459, November 25, 1997
pacta sunt servanda
Cases:
Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France and New Zealand v.
France) (1975)
Texaco v. Libya (1977)
Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia) (1997)
Reservations to the Genocide Convention (1951)
Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (US v. Iran)
Gonzales v. Henchanova, 9 SCRA 230 (1963)
Abbas v. COMELEC, 179 SCRA 287
Secretary of Justice v. Lantion 343 SCRA 377
Guerreros Transport Services v. Blaylock 71 SCRA 621
(1976)
Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, 253 SCRA 630
Agustin v. Edu, 88 SCRA 195
International School Alliance v. Quisumbing, 333 SCRA 13
Marcos v. Manglapus, 177 SCRA 668
Mayor Simon v. Commission on Human Rights, 229 SCRA 117
Pimentel v. Exec. Secretary, G.R. No. 158088, 462 SCRA 622
V.
BERNAS, ch. 3
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), art. 2(1)(a)
CONST. art. XII, sec. 21
Memorandum Circular No. 89
Cases:
Dames and Moore v. v. Regan, 453 U.S. 654 (excerpt)
USAFFE Veterans v. Treasurer, 105 Phil. 1030
Commissioner of Customs v. Eastern Sea Trading, 3 SCRA
351 (1961)
Bayan v. Zamora, 342 SCRA 449 (2000)
VI.
VII.
BERNAS, ch. 13
How does the ICJ acquire jurisdiction?
Statute of the ICJ, art. 36
Limitations on the jurisdiction of the ICJ
Statute of the ICJ, art. 34 and 36
Advisory Opinions
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory (Advisory Opinion) excerpt
Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Kosovo (Advisory
Opinion) (2010)
Cases:
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (Advisory
Opinion)
LaGrand (Germany v. United States)
Lockerbie Case (Request for the Indication of Provisional
Measures) (1992)
VIII.
State Sovereignty
The Island of Las Palmas Case, 2 Report of International
Arbitration Awards 839 (1928)
Trail Smelter Arbitration (see BERNAS, at 138-139)
Taada v. Angara, supra.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, art. 194
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment,
Principle 21
Recognition of states
Recognition of governments
Recognition of belligerency
Stateless persons (definition and consequences)
Convention in Relation to the Status of Stateless Persons
(1954)
Convention on the Conflict of Nationality Laws (1930)
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961)
IX.
State Responsibility
BERNAS, ch. 11
ILC Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for
Internationally Wrongful Acts
Cases:
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, ICJ
Reports
Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala), ICJ Reports
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, supra
Case Concerning East Timor, supra
Velasquez-Rodriguez v. Honduras, Inter-American Court of
Human Rights
Asian Agricultural Products v. Sri Lanka, 30 ILM 577 (1991),
ICSID
Dames and Moore v. Regan, supra.
Principle of Attribution
X.
State Immunities
BERNAS, ch. 10
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Extradition
BERNAS, ch. 9, pp. 174-191
Double Criminality
Attentat Clause
Principle of Specialty
Distinguished from Deportation
Predominance or Proportionality test
Cleugh v. Strakosch, 109 F2d 330
Wright v. Court of Appeals, 235 SCRA 341
Secretary of Justice v. Lantion, supra.
XVI.
Territory
BERNAS, ch. 7
Const, art. I.
Treaty on the Principles Governing the Activities of States in
the Exploration and Use of Outer-Space, Including the
Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
Liability for Damage Caused by Spaced Objects Convention
(1972)
Registration of Objects in Space Convention (1974)
Moon Treaty (1979)
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Cases:
The Island of Las Palmas (Or Miangas), supra.
The Clipperton Island Case
Case Concerning the Legal Status of Eastern Greenland
Case Concerning the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso /Mali)
Land and Maritime Boundary (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan
(Indonesia/Malaysia)
Eritrea v. Yemen
XVII.
Flag State
UNCLOS, art. 91
Flag of Convenience
Western Philippine Sea
Cases:
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, supra.
Magallona v. Executive Secretary
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