INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
| Title | ΔΙΕΘΝΕΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΘΝΕΙΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ / INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
| Code | ΣΣΒ01 |
| Faculty | Law |
| School | Law |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Miltiadis Sarigiannidis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600022174 |
Programme of Study: Koinó PMS Stratīgikés Spoudés (2022-sīmera)
Registered students: 198
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| ENERGEIA KAI VIŌSIMĪ ANAPTYXĪ | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| EPIKOINŌNIES KAI NEES TECΗNOLOGIES | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| DIOIKĪSĪ ERGOU | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 26 |
| Class ID | 600289321
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600289321
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17124
- Other: GOOGLE DRIVE (STUDENTS ONLY)
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
► realise the importance and usefulness of international law in an era of ruptures and transitions.
► understand the function and applications of international law and avoid distorted and unscientific approaches promoted by mechanisms of control and power.
► take a critical approach to the successes and failures of international law.
► elaborate on international politics through legal discourse and the foundation of legal reasoning.
► form a basic legal internationalist awareness, both as citizens and officers and as bearers of rights and obligations in the international legal order.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
International Law includes the fundamental subjects that require an understanding of the international legal order. The nature of international law, as well as the institutional and normative constitution of the international community, is understood through the historical course and the development of international law. Emphasis is placed on the subjects and sources of international law, and on the agents of rights and obligations in the international legal order. In addition, the concept of sovereignty is examined both in the light of international law and through the filter of international relations. Further, it examines competences and jurisdictions in international law, as well as competences in space, with particular emphasis on the legal order and the principal organs of the United Nations. Finally, introductory topics such as the peaceful settlement of disputes, the use of force and the collective security system, the law of armed conflict and international criminal law complete a comprehensive understanding of how the international legal order operates and ensures peace and cooperation. In general, the course emphasizes international law and how it affects international relations, harmonizing a stable international environment where all those normative and institutional tools exist to support order and security.
Content & Structure
1. Historical development and theories in international law and international relations
2. State and sovereignty in international relations
3. International organizations, institutions and informal forms of international cooperation
4. The individual and other non-state international actors
5. The sources of international law
6. Diplomacy
7. Peaceful settlement of disputes
8. Crisis analysis and management
9. Case study: the war in Ukraine
10. Law of the Sea and challenges for Greece
11. Law of Airspace and Space and challenges for Greece
12. Self-help, defence and other forms of unilateral use of force
13. Collective security and the UN: forms of coercion
14. International Humanitarian Law / Law of Armed Conflict
15. International Criminal Law: war crimes, crimes against humanity, peace crimes, and genocide
Keywords
international law, international relations, security, use of force, international crimes
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Podcast
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
- Integrated e-learning management system (elearning.auth) (LMS) which is implemented by the open source software Moodle and allows the creation and hosting of a virtual classroom.
- Provide a friendly modern tele-education environment for real-time interaction of the participants that allows to conduct remote lectures for course needs using tools such as Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, BigBlueButton
- Classrooms with appropriate audio-visual equipment to host a distance learning postgraduate programme.
- Creation and hosting of the website of each MSc using the service https://websites.auth.gr/.
- Technological support for the creation of multimedia material (podcasts - videocasts) synchronized with the presentation of a speaker in the offered courses through the production infrastructure of educational material of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (https://it.auth.gr/service/studio/)
- Support for live and recorded streaming/recording of the courses.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | 1.0 | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 20 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 54 | 2.2 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | ✓ | ||
| Other / Others | 22 | 0.9 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 125 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Q&A during lectures
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Χατζηκωνσταντίνου Κ., Χ. Αποστολίδης, Μ. Σαρηγιαννίδης, Θεμελιώδεις Έννοιες στο Διεθνές Δημόσιο Δίκαιο (2η έκδοση, Αθήνα-Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα, 2014)
Additional bibliography for study
Αντωνόπουλος Κ. & Κ. Μαγκλιβέρας (επιμ.), Το Δίκαιο της Διεθνούς Κοινωνίας
(4η έκδοση, Αθήνα: Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη, 2022)
Χρήσιμες ιστοσελίδες https://www.ejiltalk.org/ https://www.asil.org/insights http://opiniojuris.org/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ https://foreignpolicy.com/ https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/
https://isideris.gr/?p=5338 [Τετράδια Διεθνούς Δικαίου και Διεθνούς Πολιτικής] https://isideris.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/e-Tetradia_05_fot_Book_site.pdf [Τετράδια Διεθνούς Δικαίου και Διεθνούς Πολιτικής] https://www.eliamep.gr/publications/
https://idis.gr/#
Last Update
07-01-2024
