UNADE · Business & Finance
SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Program Overview
Public international law is difficult to define because it involves more than just written treaties, including customary and indirect sources.
It is a dynamic field shaped by diverse cultural values and moral perspectives across different societies.
Practices like child labour, poor living conditions, and unfair wages may be accepted in some regions but rejected in others.
For this reason, international law seeks to create universal standards grounded in human rights principles.
Not all positive law is inherently just or ethical, which complicates its interpretation and application.
As a result, public international law remains one of the most complex areas within legal studies.
- Aimed at experts in public international law.
- Aimed at professionals in the legal and diplomatic fields.
- Aimed at anyone interested in global ethics and human rights
- Analyze the fundamental aspects of public international law, understanding its nature, characteristics, and sources.
- Examine the main theories regarding the creation and functioning of public international law, identifying their doctrinal foundations.
- Identify and understand the normative elements of public international law and their application within the international legal system.
- Study the subjects of international law, determining their capacities, rights, and obligations.
- Evaluate the role, structure, and functions of universal international organizations within the international system.
- Analyze regional organizations of States, understanding their structures, competences, and functions within the international order.
Study Plan
1. Fundamental aspects of public international law
2. Principal theories of the creation and function of public international law
3. Normative elements of public international law
4. Subjects of international law
5. International and universal organisations
6. Regional organisations of states, structures and functions