BMET 22A07 - International Law in Practice: Dispute Resolution

How does international law work in practice? How do states solve their disputes, without recurring to the use of force? Throughout this workshop, we are going to analyze the main causes of contention in the international arena, together with the mechanisms of their possible resolution. Every week, a ground-breaking case will be presented, showing how dispute resolution functions in practice. Legal cases will be supported by fictional problem solving scenarios, through which students will be asked to put their skills as international jurists into action. The aim of this workshop is to introduce students to the main mechanism of dispute resolution and to offer them the tools to address the most up-to-date problems of international law.

Noémie BOIVIN

Atelier

English

Autumn 2021-2022

To validate the course, the student is expected to pass the following assignments (at least three grades): 1°) Case Presentation: students will present a legal case in details along the semester (40%) 2°) Problem-solving Scenarios: to mark the continuous assessments, students will be offered fictional legal scenarios to solve every week (30%) 3°) Final Mock-Trial: a more consistent legal case will be assigned to students, with the aim of putting into practice the notions acquired during the semester (30%)

At the end of the course, the student is expected to: 1°) Understand how international law works in practice 2°) Understand the mechanisms through which states use dispute resolutions 3°) Be conversational in dispute-resolutions processes and cases Group work, presentations, case-studies, fictional scenarios