Date (dd/mm): Session Title

I will populate this file with the relevant readings and podcasts as the term proceeds.  When readings begin/end on a page within a chapter, assume that you are to start/finish reading at the first headings, unless otherwise noted.

30/01: Practice 1: Intro to Int'l Law and Relations

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, pp. 1-47; Sean Mirski, The South China Sea Dispute: A Brief History & Dispute in the South China Sea: A Legal Primer

Podcast: Podcast 1 (History); Podcast 2 (Politics).  These two podcasts are longer than usual, and are designed to create a "level playing" field for students coming to this topic for the first time.

01/02: Practice 2: Substantive Topic I: Use of Force (The Basics)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, pp. 843-860; 880-895; 596-599; Spratly Skirmish - 1988; Philippines-Mindanao Conflict

Podcast: Podcast 2A (Primer on the Law of Armed Conflict)

06/02: Practice 3: Sources of Int'l Law (Treaties I)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, pp. 47-50; 54-70; 70-83 (excluding Genocide Conventions case and Law in Context text box)

Podcast: Podcast 3 (Treaties 1); Podcast 4 (Treaties 2)

08/02: Practice 4: Sources of Int'l Law (Treaties II)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 83-88 (up to Free Zone case); 90-92 (up to "Draft Articles"); 97-115.

Podcast: Podcast 5 (Treaties 3); Podcast 6 (Treaties 4)

Ripped from the headlines: Be prepared to evaluate the international law claims made in this article and this article.

13/02: Practice 5: Sources of Int'l Law (Custom and Left Overs)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 116-157

Podcasts: Podcast 8 (Customary I); Podcast 9 (Customary II); Podcast 10 (Other Sources of IL)

15/02 Practice 6: Subjects of Int'l Law (States I)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 180-193 (up to Customs Regime); 195 (beginning at last full paragraph "One of...") - 202 (up to "Memorandum"); 204 (from second last full para "The Canadian approach...") - 211.

Podcasts: Podcast 11 (States I)

20/02: No practice (Family Day)

DUE by 4 pm 21/02: Feedback Quiz I (Sources) and Research Quiz I (Int'l Law in Cdn Law) (listen to Podcast 7 (Treaty Reception) before attempting this quiz.

22/02: Practice 7: Subjects of Int'l Law (States II)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 211-221; 225-246

Podcasts: Podcast 12 (States 2)

27/02: Practice 8: Subjects of Int'l Law (Int'l Organizations & the UN System)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 246-306

Podcasts: Podcast 13 (UN System)

01/03: No practice (Career Day)

DUE by 4 pm 04/03: Feedback Quiz II (Subjects); Research Quiz II: Reading an International Treaty (make sure to have a full copy of the UN Charter in front of you before attempting this quiz).

06/03: No practice

08/03: Practice 9: Substantive Topic II: Int'l Human Rights Law (The Basics)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 599-636; 654-676

Podcast:  Podcast 13A (Primer on International Human Rights Law)

13/03: Practice 10: State Jurisdiction over Territory (Land I)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 307-345

Podcasts:Podcast 14 (State Territory I)

15/03: Practice 11: State Jurisdiction over Territory (Land II)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 345-380

Podcasts: Podcast 15 (State Territory II)

DUE by 4 pm 17/03: One page briefing note for Canadian minister of foreign affairs's statement on the developing crisis in the South China Sea (part of our in-class "hypothetical")

20/03: Practice 12: State Jurisdiction over Territory (Inland Waterways and Oceans)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 381-387; 393-400; 402-454.

Podcasts: Podcast 16 (Oceans I) and Podcast 17 (Oceans II and Special Regions)

22/03: Practice 13: State Jurisdiction over People, Places and Things (Enforcement and Prescriptive Jurisdiction)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 475-521

Podcasts: Podcast 18 (State Jurisdiction I)

27/03: Practice 14: State Jurisdiction over People, Places and Things (Jurisdictional Immunities)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 523-548; 554-584

Podcasts: Podcast 19 (State Jurisdiction II)

29/03 Practice 15: Substantive Topic III: International Criminal Law (The Basics)

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, 905-916; 929-941

Podcasts:Podcast 19A (Primer on International Criminal Law)

DUE by 4 pm 31/03: Feedback Quiz III (Jurisdiction); Research Quiz III (Reading an ICJ Case Skill Building) (this quiz will focus on whole Tehran Hostage Taking Case, so read the Case judgments before attempting this quiz)

03/04: Practice 16: State Responsibility

Readings: Currie, Forcese et al, pp. 763-792; 797-803; 807-810

Podcasts: Podcast 20 (State Responsibility)

05/04: Practice 17: Pre exam prep and review

Podcast: Forcese exam writing tips and podcast

DUE by 4 pm 07/04: One page briefing note for Canadian minister of foreign affairs's statement on the latest in the developing crisis in the South China Sea (part of our in-class "hypothetical")