ARELLANO UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
COURSE SYLLABUS
I. COURSE MATERIALS
1. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J., Introduction to Public International Law (2009)
2. Justice Isagani Cruz and Carlo Cruz (2020)
3. Alina Kaczorowska-Ireland (5th ed., 2015)
4. James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law (8th ed.,
2013)
5. Malcolm Shaw, International Law (7th ed., 2014)
II. GRADING SYSTEM
Preliminary Exam 30%
Final Exam 40%
Class Standing 30%
III. COURSE OUTLINE
A. INTRODUCTION
1. Nature of International Law
B. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Executive Order No. 459 – Guidelines in the Negotiation of International
Agreements and its Ratification, (Nov. 25, 1997)
2. Articles 38 and 59 of the ICJ Statute
a. Treaties
i. 1987 Philippine Constitution Art. VII Sec. 20-21; Art. VIII
Sec. 4; Art. XVIII Sec. 25
ii. Sen. Pangilinan vs. Sec. Cayetano, G.R. No. 238875, Mar.
16, 2021
iii. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Art. 2, 26-36,
46-64
iv. BAYAN v. Zamora, G.R. No. 138570, Oct. 10, 2000
v. Nicolas vs. Romulo, G.R. No. 175888, Feb. 11, 2009
vi. Lim v. Exec. Secretary, G.R. No, 151445, Apr. 11, 2002
vii. Pimentel v. Executive Secretary, G.R. 158088, July 6, 2005
viii. Vinuya v. Malaya Lolas Organization, G.R. No. 162230 August
12, 2014
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ix. Abaya v. Ebdane, G.R. No. 167919, Feb. 14, 2007
x. Pharmaceutical and Health Care Ass'n v. DOH, GR 173034,
Oct. 9, 2007
xi. Bayan Muna v. Romulo, G.R. No. 159618, Feb. 1, 2011
xii. Pangilinan v. Cayetano G.R. No. 238875, Mar. 16, 2021
xiii. Reservations to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Advisory
Opinion, I.C.J. Reports, 1951)
xiv. Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Jurisdiction, United Kingdom
v. Iceland, I.C.J. Reports, 1974)
xv. Danube Dam Case (Hungary v. Slovakia, 37 ILM, 1998)
xvi. Sei Fujii v. California (242 P. 2d 617; 19 ILR 312, 1952)
b. Customary International Law
i. Republic v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 104768, July 21, 2003
ii. The Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru, 17 I.L.R. 28; I.C.J.
Reports, 1950)
iii. North Sea Continental Shelf Case (I.C.J. Reports, 1969)
iv. Nuclear Test Cases (Australia v. France; New Zealand v.
France, ICJ Reports, 1974)
c. General Principles
i. Temple of Preah Vihear Case (Cambodia v. Thailand), ICJ
Reports, 15 June 1962.
ii. Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 9 April 1949
iii. Factory at Chorzów Case, 1928 PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17 20
iv. Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company Case, ICJ
Reports, 1970
d. Judicial Decisions
i. South-West Africa Cases (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia
v. South Africa); Second Phase, 18 July 1966
C. RELATIONSHIP OF NATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Doctrine of Incorporation
i. Tomoyuki Yamashita v. Styer, )G.R. No. L129, 19 December
1945)
ii. Kookooritchkin v. Solicitor General, (G.R. No. L-1812, 27
August 1948)
iii. Shigenori Kuroda v. Jalandoni, (G.R. No. L-2662, 26 March
1949)
iv. Gonzales v. Hechanova, (G.R. No. L21897, October 22, 1963)
v. Tañada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 02, 1997.
vi. BAYAN v. Zamora (supra)
vii. Republic v. Sandiganbayan (supra)
viii. Pharmaceutical and Health Care Ass'n v. DOH (supra)
ix. Vinuya v. Romulo, G.R. No. 162230, 28 April 2010
x. Bayan Muna v. Romulo, (supra)
xi. Poe-Llamanzares v. Commission on Elections, G.R. Nos.
221697 & 221698-700, 8 March 2016
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2. Doctrine of Transformation
i. Tañada v. Angara, (supra)
ii. BAYAN v. Zamora, (supra)
iii. Pharmaceutical and Health Care Ass'n v. DOH (supra)
iv. Nicolas v. Romulo, (supra)
v. Bayan Muna v. Romulo, (supra)
3. Interpretation in Case of Possible Conflict
i. Co Kim Cham v. Valdez, G.R. No. L-5, 17 September 1945
ii. Lim v. Executive Secretary, (supra)
iii. Abaya v. Ebdane, (supra)
iv. China National Machinery v. Santamaria, G.R. No. 185572, 7
February 2012
C. PERSONALITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. Subjects and objects of International Law
2. States
i. 1933 Montevideo Convention on Rights & Duties of States,
Art. 1.
ii. 1945 Charter of the United Nations, Arts. 1, 2, 3, & 4
iii. Case Concerning Rights of Nationals of the United States of
America in Morocco, Judgment of 27 August 1952, I.C.J.
Reports 1952, p. 176.
iv. Western Sahara Case, Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975,
I.C.J. Reports 1975, p. 12
v. The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel, G.R. No.
183591, Oct. 14, 2008)
vi. Republic v. Sandiganbayan, (supra)
3. International Organizations
i. 1945 Charter of the United Nations, Arts. 7, 104
ii. Reparations for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United
Nations, Advisory Opinion if 11 April 1949, I.C.J. Reports
1949, p. 174
iii. Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed
Conflict, Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996, ICJ Reports 1996, p.
66
iv. International Catholic Migration Commission v. Calleja, G.R.
No. 85750, 89331, 28 Sep. 1990
v. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture
Department v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. No.
86773, 14 Feb. 1992
4. Individuals and Corporations
i. Vazquez, “Direct v. Indirect Obligations of Corporations under
International Law,” 43 Colum. Journal of Transnat’l. L. 927
(2005)
ii. The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP Peace Panel (supra)
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iii. Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal Dispute between Texaco
Overseas Petroleum Co./California Asiatic Oil Co. and the
Government of the Libyan Arab Republic (Compensation for
Nationalized Property, Arbitral Awards on the Merits, 19 January
1977, 17 I.L.M., 1978)
D. JURISDICTION OF STATES
1. Territory
i. Article I Philippine Constitution
ii. Diagram of Construction of Baselines Divisions of the
Continental Margin (illustration)
iii. DFA Policy Paper No. 15 (on Sabah Claim)
iv. Coquia, “The South China Sea Dispute – The Spratlys” Treaty
Limits of the Philippines (illustration)
v. South China Sea: Selected Claims (illustration)
vi. New Baselines Law (R.A. 9522) Magallona v. Executive
Secretary, GR 187167, August 16, 2011
vii. Island of Palmas Case (Netherlands v. U.S.A., 2 R.I.A.A. 829,
Permanent Court of Arbitration
viii. Legal Status of Eastern Greenland (P.C.I.J. Reports, series A/B,
No. 53, 1933)
ix. Western Sahara Case (Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports, 1975)
x. Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on
7 December 1944
xi. Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway, I.C.J. Reports,
1951)
xii. The Corfu Channel Case (I.C.J. Reports, 1949) 1982
xiii. Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 3, 8
2. Adjacent Maritime Areas
i. Article II, Sec. 2, Philippine Constitution
ii. People v. Tulin, GR 111709, August 30, 2009
iii. North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Germany v.
Denmark/Holland, 8 I.L.M. 340, 1969)
iv. Gulf of Maine (Canada/USA, I.C.J. Reports, 1984)
v. Libya/Malta Continental Shelf Case (I.C.J. Reports, 1985) 1982
vi. Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 76
vii. Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (U.K. v. Iceland, Merits, I.C.J.
Reports, 1974)
viii. 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 55, 56, 57, 211,
123
ix. Carpio, Historical Facts, Historical Lies, and Historical Rights
in the West Philippine Sea
x. South China Sea Arbitration, Award on Jurisdiction
and Admissibility, 29 October 2015
3. Jurisdiction Over Persons and Economic Activities
a. Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction
i. Procedure on Extradition under P.D. 1069
ii. The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction
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iii. Gov’t. of U.S.A. v. Hon. Purganan, GR 148571 Sept. 24, 2002
iv. Gov’t. of Hongkong v. Olalia, GR153675, April 19, 2007
v. The S.S. Lotus (2 World Court Reports, 1920)
vi. Article 97, UNCLOS
vii. The Attorney-General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann
(36 I.L.R. 277, 1962)
viii. Secretary of Justice v. Lantion (G.R. No. 139465, Oct. 17, 2000)
ix. Secretary of Justice v. Muñoz (G.R. No. 140520, Dec. 18, 2000)
x. Rodriguez v. RTC of Manila (GR 157977, February 27, 2006)
b. Immunity from Jurisdiction
i. State Immunity and Act of State
• Art. 16, Sec. 3, Philippine Constitution
• Sanders v. Veridiano, 162 SCRA 88
• U.S. v. Guinto, 182 SCRA 644
• Chuidian v. Sandiganbayan, GR 139941, January 19, 2001
• Dayrit v. Phil Pharmawealth, GR 169304, March 13, 2007
• Professional Video v. TESA, GR 155504, June 26, 2009
• ATCI v. Echin, GR 178551, October 11, 2010
• Gunigundo v. Sandiganbayan, GR 124772, August 14, 2007
ii. Diplomatic and Consular Immunity
• Excerpts from the DFA 1997 Manual on Immunities and
Privileges
• Minucher v. CA, 214 SCRA 242
• Republic of Indonesia v. Vinzon, 405 SCRA 126
• Nicolas v. Romulo, GR 175888, February 11, 2009
• U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (U.S. v. Iran,
I.C.J. Reports 3, 1980)
• Holy See v. Rosario (238 SCRA 524)
• Indonesia v. Vinzon (GR 154705, June 26, 2003)
• Deutsche v. CA (GR 152318, April 16, 2009)
• DFA v. NLRC (262 SCRA 39)
• Lasco v. UN (241 SCRA 681)
• WHO v. Aquino (48 SCRA 242)
• ICMC v. Calleja (190 SCRA 130)
• Liang v. People (G.R. 125865, January 28, 2000)
• Sps. Lacierda v. Platon (GR 157141, August 31, 2005)
iii. Immunities of International Organizations
4. Areas Not Subject to the Jurisdiction of Individual States
i. 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 87, 97
ii. 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Definition of Piracy,
Article 101
iii. Declaration of Principles Governing the Seabed and the Ocean
Floor and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National
Jurisdiction – Resolution 2749 XXV (1970)
iv. 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part XI
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v. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in
Exploration of Outer Space and the Use of Outer Space,
Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies (1967)
vi. Convention on Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
(1972)
E. RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES
1. General Principles of Responsibility
i. International Law Commission Draft Articles on State
Responsibility, ii. Articles 1-10, 19
ii. Youmans Case (RIAA iv. 110, 1926)
iii. Caire Claim Case (France v. Mexico, French-Mexican Claims
Commission, RIAA v. 516, 1929)
iv. Home Missionary Society Case (RIAA vi. 42, 1920)
2. Responsibility for Acts Affecting Individuals
a. Traditional International Liability
i. United States (Chattin) v. Mexico (4 R.I.A.A. 282, 1927)
ii. The Law of Responsibility of States for Damages Done in Their
Territory to the Person or Property of Foreigners, 23 Am. J. Int’l
L. 131-239 (1929)
-Atty. Al Conrad B. Espaldon
