The Outline of《International Law for International Relations》

1.Basic Teaching Information

Course Code： 2334230011170		Course Title： International Law for International Relations
Faculty：School of Political Science and Public Administration		Targeted Student：undergraduatesof all majors
Course Credit：2		Lecture Hours： （consisted of __32__ theoretical hours and __0__ practical hours）
Course Leader：	Name：Zhou Xiaoming		E-mail：xiaoming.zhou@whu.edu.cn
	Office：		Mobile：
Course Type：一般通识课程General Course
RelatedPreview Courses：No

2.Course Introduction

The Course “International Law for International Relations” is a general course for all undergraduates but not majoring in Diplomacy or Law. Within 32credit hours, the course will cover topics on the definition of IL, history of IL, its subjects, contents, implementation, role and function. With the development of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance, China’s implementation on IL meets new challenges and issues. This course will forcus on the hot issues and new challenges and aim at improving students ability and skills on solve international legal issues by using interactive teaching method like MOOC, discussion, role play. etc.

3.The Allocation of Content and Lecture Hours

Content	Lecture Hours
Chapter 1 Definition of IL	3
Chapter 2Sources andSubjects of IL	3
Chapter 3 Sovereign States	3
Chapter 4 Territories	4
Chapter 5 Law of the Sea	4
Chapter 6Global Governance	2
Chapter 7International Organizations	3
Chapter8International Competence	3
Chapter9Cross-culture issues	3

4.Assessment Methods and Marking Criterion

1.Homework：15%。

2.Performance：15%。

3.Term Exam：70%。

5.Textbooks and References

Textbook： 马工程重点教材《国际公法》

Reference：

Ian Brownlie: Principles of Public International Law, Oxford University Press, 1998.