Lesson 1. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. Origins; Classic international law; Shift to contemporary international law; Distinctive features of contemporary International Society and its legal system.

Lesson 2. INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTIVITY. General considerations; States, the primary subjects of the international legal system; International organisations: new subjects of the international legal system; International legal personality of the people; International legal personality of the individual under international law; International legal personality of others entities.

Lesson 3. THE STATE. Constituent elements; International-legal statute of the State; Immunities of States. Recognition of States; Recognition of Governments.

Lesson 4. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. Definition, characteristics and types; Structure of International Organisations: A) Persons involved in its operation; B) Bodies; Formation of the Organisation’s will; The United Nations Organisation.

Lesson 5. THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (I) TREATIES. Sources of creation of International Law; Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice; Treaties: Introduction; Concept; Types of treaties; Process of treaty signing; Reservations to treaties; Entry into force; Compliance and enforcement of treaties; Temporal, spatial limits and limits with regard to other treaties; Effects of treaties on third parties; Interpretation of treaties; Archiving, registration and publication of treaties; Revision of treaties: “Amendment” and “change”; Nullity of treaties; Termination, removal and suspension of treaty operation; Procedure in cases of nullity, termination and suspension; adoption of treaties in Spanish Law.

Lesson 6. THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (II) CUSTOM AND OTHER SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. The concept and relevance of custom. Elements: Practice and opinio juris of States; Types and evidence of custom; Interaction between custom and treaties in contemporary international law; Unilateral conduct of States as a source of international law; The normative value of actions by international Organisations; General principles of law as a source of international law.   

Lesson 7. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THROUGH STATE LAWS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW. Introduction; Reception of international rules in the Spanish legal system; The hierarchy of international rules in the Spanish legal system.

Lesson 8. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION. General considerations on international responsibility; Elements of an internationally wrongful act of a State; Circumstances precluding wrongfulness; Legal consequences of an internationally wrongful act; Diplomatic protection: General aspects; Requirements for the exercise of diplomatic protection.

Lesson 9. JURISDICTION OF THE STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE POPULATION, LAND TERRITORY AND AIRSPACE; Jurisdiction of the States with respect to the population: introduction; Jurisdiction with regard to nationals; Jurisdiction with regard to foreigners; The territorial sovereignty of States; Acquisition of State territory; The delimitation of State territory; Borders; Spanish land borders; Airspace.

Lesson 10. THE POWERS OF STATES OVER MARINE SPACES. Introduction; Historical development of the Law of the Sea; Current status; Baselines; Inland waters; Territorial waters; The contiguous zone; The continental shelf; The Exclusive Economic Zone; Islands; The high seas; The International Zone of the seabed and ocean floor.

Lesson 11. PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. The obligation for peaceful settlement of disputes in contemporary international law; General principles; Procedures for peaceful settlement of international disputes; Non-jurisdictional procedures for the peaceful settlement of disputes; Jurisdictional procedures for the peaceful settlement of disputes; Common traits; Arbitration; The judicial settlement.

Lesson 12. THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FORCE. The recourse to war in classical international law; The prohibition of the use of armed force in contemporary international law; Caveat for self-defence; Exception of the use of force under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations;

Lesson 13. THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS. Introduction; Developments of the regulations governing armed conflict law; Fundamental principles of armed conflict law; Regulation of international armed conflict; Regulation of domestic armed conflicts.

Lesson 14. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Introduction; Protection of Human Rights at the universal level; Protection of Human Rights at the regional level.