2013 Ad MU PIL Syllabus
2013 Ad MU PIL Syllabus
SCHOOL OF LAW
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Description
The course will cover the fundamental legal principles governing relationship among states and other entities in
international law. It will distinguish the main function of international law from the operation of municipal legal
systems. Specific application of international law will be made in regard to the Philippine setting. Students will also
be exposed to practical moot exercises on international legal issues.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
synthesize public international law and facts into meaningful order;
identify relevant facts and recognize fact patterns; and
pursue further studies or careers with a basic knowledge of public international law
Methodology
Principal References:
JOAQUIN G. BERNAS, S.J., INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (2009 ed.)
JAMES CRAWFORD, BROWNLIE’S PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (2013)
A. Introduction
1. Nature of International Law
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3. Individuals and Corporations
D. Jurisdiction of States
1. Territory
2. Adjacent Maritime Areas
3. Jurisdiction over Persons and Economic Activities
(a) Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction
(b) Immunity from Jurisdiction
i. State Immunity and Act of State
ii. Diplomatic and Consular Immunity
iii. Immunities of International Organizations
4. Areas Not Subject to the Jurisdiction of Individual States
E. Responsibility of States
1. General Principles of Responsibility
2. Responsibility for Acts Affecting Individuals
(a) Traditional International Liability
(b) International Protection of Human Rights
(c) The Taking of Property: Nationalization and Expropriation
3. Responsibility for Environmental Harm
4. International Claims
F. Resolution of Disputes
1. Use of Force
(a) General
(b) The Laws of War
(c) The Concepts of Self-Defense and Self Protection
(d) The Legality of Reprisals
(e) Humanitarian Intervention
(f) Terrorism
2. Judicial and Arbitral Settlement
(a) International Court of Justice
(b) Non-Judicial
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 1-7.
ROSALYN HIGGINS, PROBLEMS AND PROCESS: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HOW WE USE IT 1-38
(1996)
H.L.A. HART, THE CONCEPT OF LAW 77-96 (1986).
Recommended Readings:
Michael Payne, Hart's Concept of a Legal System, 18 WM. & MARY L. REV. 287 (1976).
Jack Goldsmith and Daryl Levinson, Law For States: International Law, Constitutional Law,
Public Law, 122 HARVARD L. REV. 1791 (2009).
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 8-10, 15-18, 23-57.
PHIL. CONST. art. 7 § 20-21; art. 8 § 4; art. 18 § 25.
Office of the President, Providing for the Guidelines in the Negotiation of International
Agreements and its Ratification, Executive Order No. 459 (Nov. 25, 1997).
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, May 23, 1969, 1155 UNTS 331.
Bayan v. Zamora, G.R. No. 138570, Oct. 10, 2000.
Lim v. Exec. Secretary, G.R. No, 151445, Apr. 11, 2002.
Pimentel v. Executive Secretary, G.R. 158088, July 6, 2005.
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Constantino v. Cuisia and Del Rosario, G.R. No. 106064, Oct. 13, 2005.
Abaya v. Ebdane, G.R. No. 167919, Feb. 14, 2007.
Pharmaceutical v. DOH, GR 173034, Oct. 9, 2007.
The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel, G.R. No. 183591, Oct. 14, 2008.
Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (2008)
Bangsamoro Framework Agreement (2012)
Bayan Muna v. Romulo, G.R. No. 159618, Feb. 1, 2011.
China National Machinery v. Santamaria, G.R. No. 185572, Feb. 7, 2012.
Reservations to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports, 1951)
Interpretation of Peace Treaties Case (Second Phase, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 221, 1950)
Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Jurisdiction, United Kingdom v. Iceland, I.C.J. Reports, 1974)
Danube Dam Case (Hungary v. Slovakia, 37 ILM, 1998)
Sei Fujii v. California (242 P. 2d 617; 19 ILR 312, 1952)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 10-15
Llamzon, “The Generally Accepted Principles of International Law as Philippine Law: Towards a
Structurally Consistent Use of Customary International Law in Philippine Courts,” J.D. Thesis SY
2001-02, 47 Ateneo L.J. 243 (2002)
Republic v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 104768, July 21, 2003.
The Paquete Habana (175 U.S. 677, 1900)
The Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru, 17 I.L.R. 28; I.C.J. Reports, 1950)
North Sea Continental Shelf Case (I.C.J. Reports, 1969)
Nuclear Test Cases (Australia v. France; New Zealand v. France, I.C.J. Reports, 1974)
Nicaragua v. U.S. ( I.C.J Reports, 1986)
Dissenting Opinion of Judge Tanaka in the South-West Africa Cases (I.C.J. Reports, 1966)
Higgins, The Advisory Opinion on Namibia: Which U.N. Resolutions are Binding Under Article
25 of the Charter?
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 17-19, 58-70.
PHIL. CONST. art. 2 § 2.
Tanada v. Angara, 272 SCRA 18
Mijares v. Hon. Ranada, GR 1393325, April 12, 2005
International Status of South-West Africa, Opinion of Sir Arnold McNair (I.C.J. Reports 128,
1950)
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala (630 F. 2d 876, 1980)
Trendtex Trading Corporation v. Central Bank of Nigeria (1 All E.R. 881, 1977)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 71-86, 98-100.
Case Concerning Rights of Nationals of the United States of America in Morocco (I.C.J. Reports,
176, 1952)
Report of the Fifth Committee of First Assembly of the League of Nations, with reference to
Admission to the League of Liechtenstein (6 December 1920)
Tinoco Arbitration, 1923
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Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Territories and Peoples (U.N. G.A. Res.
1514 (XV), 14 December 1960)
Western Sahara Case (Advisory Opinion, I.C. J. Reports, 1975)
International Status of South-West Africa (Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports, 1950)
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South-West
Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 of 1970 (I.C.J. Reports, 1971)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 87-89, 93-97.
PHIL. CONST. art. 2 § 2.
Charter of the United Nations, Articles 1, 2, 7, 104
Reparations for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations (I.C.J. Reports, 1949)
European Economic Community Treaty, Article 211
European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 1991
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 101-02.
Ebdalin, “The International Criminal Court: An Overview,” 46 Ateneo L.J. 318 (2001)
Vazquez, “Direct v. Indirect Obligations of Corporations under International Law,” 43 Colum.
Journal of Transnat’l. L. 927 (2005)
The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel (supra.)
Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal
Dispute between Texaco Overseas Petroleum Co./California Asiatic Oil Co. and the Government
of the Libyan Arab Republic (Compensation for Nationalized Property, Arbitral Awards on the
Merits, 19 January 1977, 17 I.L.M., 1978)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 103-116.
PHIL. CONST. art. 1.
Diagram of Construction of Baselines
Divisions of the Continental Margin (illustration)
DFA Policy Paper No. 15 (on Sabah Claim)
Coquia, “The South China Sea Dispute – The Spratlys”
Treaty Limits of the Philippines (illustration)
South China Sea: Selected Claims (illustration)
New Baselines Law (R.A. 9522)
Magallona v. Executive Secretary, GR 187167, August 16, 2011
Island of Palmas Case (Netherlands v. U.S.A., 2 R.I.A.A. 829, Permanent Court of Arbitration
Legal Status of Eastern Greenland (P.C.I.J. Reports, series A/B, No. 53, 1933)
Western Sahara Case (Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports, 1975)
Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944
Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway, I.C.J. Reports, 1951)
The Corfu Channel Case (I.C.J. Reports, 1949)
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 3, 8
Required Readings/Assignments:
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BERNAS, 119-131.
PHIL. CONST. art. 2 § 2.
People v. Tulin, GR 111709, August 30, 2009
North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Germany v. Denmark/Holland, 8 I.L.M. 340, 1969)
Gulf of Maine (Canada/USA, I.C.J. Reports, 1984)
Libya/Malta Continental Shelf Case (I.C.J. Reports,
1985)
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 76
Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (U.K. v. Iceland, Merits, I.C.J. Reports, 1974)
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 55, 56, 57, 211, 123
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 132-91.
PHIL. CONST. art. 2 § 2.
Table of RP Extradition Treaties
Procedure on Extradition under P.D. 1069
The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction
Gov’t. of U.S.A. v. Hon. Purganan, GR 148571 Sept. 24, 2002
Gov’t. of Hongkong v. Olalia, GR153675, April 19, 2007
The S.S. Lotus (2 World Court Reports, 1920)
A97, UNCLOS -
The Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann (36 I.L.R. 277, 1962)
In the Matter of the Requested Extradition of Joseph Patrick Thomas Doherty (7 Vand. J.T. L.,
1984)
Philippine Extradition Law (P.D. 1069)
Secretary of Justice v. Hon. Lantion (G.R. No. 139465, October 17, 2000)
Secretary of Justice v. Muñoz (G.R. No. 140520, December 18, 2000)
Rodriguez v. RTC of Manila (GR 157977, February 27, 2006)
Montreal Convention of 1971- Article 8(2)
R.Y. Jennings, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the United States Antitrust Laws; Sherman Act of
1890 and Federal Trade Commission Act and Clayton Act of 1914
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 198-203.
PHIL. CONST. art. 16 § 3.
Sanders v. Veridiano, 162 SCRA 88
U.S. v. Guinto, 182 SCRA 644
Chuidian v. Sandiganbayan, GR 139941, January 19, 2001
Dayrit v. Phil Pharmawealth, GR 169304, March 13, 2007
Professional Video v. TESA, GR 155504, June 26, 2009
ATCI v. Echin, GR 178551, October 11, 2010
Gunigundo v. Sandiganbayan, GR 124772, August 14, 2007
Victory Transport Inc. v. Comisaria General de Abastecimientos y Transportes (35 I.L.R., 110
U.S.C.A. 2d Circ., 1994)
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Venne (22 D.L.R. (3d) 669, 1972) t.
I1 Congreso del Partido- Cuban Sugar Trade (2 All E.R. 1064, 1981)
Trendtex Trading Corporation v. Central Bank of Nigeria (1 All E.R. 881, 1977) Philippines:
Pinochet Case (House of Lords, November 25, 1998)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 203-22.
Excerpts from the DFA 1997 Manual on Immunities and Privileges
Minucher v. CA, 214 SCRA 242
Republic of Indonesia v. Vinzon, 405 SCRA 126
Nicolas v. Romulo, GR 175888, February 11, 2009
U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (U.S. v. Iran, I.C.J. Reports 3, 1980)
Regina v. Palacios (7 D.L.R. 112, 4th, 1984)
Holy See v. Rosario (238 SCRA 524)
Indonesia v. Vinzon (GR 154705, June 26, 2003)
Deutsche v. CA (GR 152318, April 16, 2009)
DFA v. NLRC (262 SCRA 39)
Lasco v. UN (241 SCRA 681)
WHO v. Aquino (48 SCRA 242)
ICMC v. Calleja (190 SCRA 130)
Liang v. People (G.R. 125865, January 28, 2000)
Sps. Lacierda v. Platon (GR 157141, August 31, 2005 )
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 116-18, 129-31.
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 87, 97
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Definition of Piracy, Article 101
Declaration of Principles Governing the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil Thereof,
Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction – Resolution 2749 XXV (1970)
1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part XI
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in Exploration of Outer Space and the Use
of Outer Space, Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies (1967)
Convention on Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (1972)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 227-30.
International Law Commission Draft Articles on State Responsibility, Articles 1-10, 19
Youmans Case (RIAA iv. 110, 1926)
Caire Claim Case (France v. Mexico, French-Mexican Claims Commission, RIAA v. 516, 1929)
Home Missionary Society Case (RIAA vi. 42, 1920)
Required Readings/Assignments:
United States (Chattin) v. Mexico (4 R.I.A.A. 282, 1927)
The Law of Responsibility of States for Damages Done in Their Territory to the Person or Property
of Foreigners, 23 Am. J. Int’l L. 131-239 (1929) Supplement: Codification of International Law.
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(b) International Protection of Human Rights
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 248-66.
U.N. Charter, Articles 1(3), 55, 56
Mejoff v. Director of Prisons (90 Phil. 70)
Marcos v. Manglapus, 177 SCRA 668; 178 SCRA 760
International School v. Quisumbing, GR 128845, June 1, 2000
Republic v. Sandiganbayan, GR 104768, July 21, 2003
CB Employees v. BSP, GR 148208, December 14, 2004
Sec. of National Defense v. Manalo, GR 180906, October 7, 2008
Reyes v. CA, GR 182161, December 3, 2009
Rubrico v. GMA, GR 183871, February 18, 2010
BOAC v. Cadapan, GR 184461-62, May 31, 2011
Biraogo v. Truth Commission, GR 192935, December 7, 2010
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and Optional Protocols 1 and 2
International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (1966)
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1969)
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1981) and Optional Protocol
(2000)
Convention against Torture (1987)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990) and Optional Protocols on Sale, Prostitution and
Pornography (2002) and Children in Situations of Armed Conflict (2002)
Migrant Workers Convention (2003)
South-West Africa Cases, Second Phase (I.C.J. Reports, 1966, Dissenting Opinion of Judge
Tanaka)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 247.
United Nations Declaration on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, 1962, U.N.G.A.
Resolution 1803 (XVII)
United Nations Resolution 3171 (XXVIII) on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources, Dec.
17, 1973
Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, 1974, U.N.G.A. Resolution 3281 (XXIX)
Proposed Amendment to Article 2 of Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States
Texaco Overseas Petroleum Co./California Asiatic Oil Co. and the Government of Libyan Arab
Republic (Compensation for Nationalized Property, 19 January 1977, 17 I.L.M. 1)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 138-40.
Oposa v. Factoran
DENR v. Concerned Residents, GR 171947, December 18, 2008
Ma. Socorro Manguiat, The Right to Cleaner Air: Strategies for Pollution Control in the Light of
Existing Laws (1993) (unpublished J.D. thesis, Ateneo de Manila University) (on file with the
Professional Schools Lobrary, Ateneo de Manila University).
The Trail Smelter Arbitration (3 R.I.A.A.1905, 1938/1941)
The Corfu Channel Case (supra.)
The Stockholm Principles (1972)
U.N.G.A. Resolution 2995 (XXVII)
U.N.G.A. Resolution 2996 (XXVII)
International Law Association Resolution 1972
United Nations Environment Program: Governing Council Decisions Concerning Policy
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Objectives, 12 I.L.M. 1183 (1973)
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, A/CONF.151/5/Rev.1, 31 I.L.M. 874 (1992)
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
1989 Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 141-50, 219, 246.
Vinuya v. Romulo, GR 162230, April 28, 2010
United States [North American Dredging Co. of Texas] v. United Mexican States (4 R.I.A.A. 26,
1927)
Dissent of Judge Nielsen in the subsequent case of International Fisheries Co., (Nielsen’s Opinions
207, 1931)
The Tattler (United States v. Great Britain, Nielsen Rep. 489, 1920)
The Panevezys-Saldutiskis Railway Case (Estonia v. Lithuania, P.C.I.J. Series A/B, No. 76, 1939)
Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala, I.C.J. Reports 4, 1955)
Case Concerning the Barcelona Traction (Belgium v. Spain, I.C.J. Reports 3, 1970)
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Peter L.F. Sabbatino (376 U.S. 398, 1964)
Alfred Dunhill of London Inc. v. The Republic of Cuba (425 U.S. 682, 48 L.Ed. 2d.301, 1976)
Buttes Gas and Oil Co. and Another v. Hammer and Another (3 W.L.R. 787, H.L., 1981)
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 295-98.
Grotius, On The Rights of War and Peace (1901)
General Treaty for the Renunciation of War
Briand-Kellogg Pact (1928)
Charter of the United Nations, Articles 2 (3) (4), Articles 39-42
General Assembly Resolution 3314 XXX on the Definition of Aggression
Pro-democratic Invasion
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 307-19.
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 298-301.
Charter of the United Nations, Article 51
Required Readings/Assignments:
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BERNAS, 301-02.
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 302-06.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) – Reconstruction of Iraq
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 317-19.
Koechler, “The United Nations, The International Rule of Law and Terrorism”
Candelaria, de Guzman and Patdu, “The Legal Concept of Terrorism and Its Implication under
International and Municipal Law,” 51 Ateneo L.J. 823 (2007)
Southern Hemisphere Engagement Network, Inc. v. Anti-Terrorism Council, G.R. No. 178552,
Oct. 5, 2010.
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 271-94.
Statute of the ICJ
Required Readings/Assignments:
BERNAS, 268-70.
Del Monte v. CA, GR 136154, February 7, 2001
LM Power v. Capitol, GR 141833, March 26, 2003
Frabelle v. Philamlife, GR 158560, August 17, 2007
Gonzales v. Hon Pimentel, GR 167994, January 22, 2007
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