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Courses Winter Term 2024/25

  • Lecture - Grundzüge des Völkerrechts

    Dienstag, 10-12 Uhr, c.t. im HS 8, CZS 3

    Die internationale Gemeinschaft steht vor globalen, grenzüberschreitenden Herausforderungen: Kriege, Klimawandel, Ressourcenausbeutung, Terrorismus, Pandemien, Migration. Staaten können diesen Herausforderungen nicht im Alleingang begegnen, sondern müssen kooperieren. Das Völkerrecht stellt hierfür Rechtsformen, Institutionen und inhaltliche Vorgaben bereit. Gleichzeitig ist dieses Rechtsgebiet wie wohl kein anderes vom politischen und ökonomischen Kontext abhängig und von starken Interessengegensätzen der beteiligten Akteure geprägt. Behandelt werden die Rechtsquellen, die Rechtserzeugung, die Völkerrechtssubjekte, tragende materielle Prinzipien wie staatliche Souveränität und Gewaltverbot, der Rechtsrahmen zentraler Institutionen (insbesondere der Vereinten Nationen), die Rechtsfolgen von Völkerrechtsverletzungen und die rechtlichen Mechanismen der Konfliktbewältigung.

    Literatur:

    •  v. Arnauld, Völkerrecht, 5. Aufl. 2023.
    •  Krajewski, Völkerrecht, 3. Aufl. 2023.
    •  Peters/Petrig, Völkerrecht, 6. Aufl. 2023.
    •  Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, 8. Aufl. 2019.

    Bitte melden Sie sich in Friedolin Externer Linkfür die Veranstaltung an.

  • Lecture - Unionsverfassungsrecht

    Dienstag, 14-16 Uhr, c.t. im SR 306, CZS 3

    Die Vorlesung behandelt die theoretischen Grundlagen und dogmatischen Kernprobleme des Europäischen Verfassungsrechts. Der Europäische Verfassungsverbund wird aus dem Zusammenwirken supranationalen und mitgliedstaatlichen Verfassungsrechts entwickelt. Zentrale Einzelthemen sind die Organstruktur der EU angesichts der Maßstäbe des Demokratieprinzips, die Rechtsetzung in der EU, die Kompetenzlehre sowie der Grundrechtsschutz und die Unionsbürgerschaft.

    Literatur:

    • von Bogdandy/ Bast (Hrsg.), Europäisches Verfassungsrecht, 2. Aufl. 2009.
    • Haltern, Europarecht – Dogmatik im Kontext, Bd. I: Entwicklungen, Institutionen, Prozesse, 3. Aufl. 2017.
    • Schütze, European Constitutional Law, 3. Aufl. 2021.
    • Bieber/Epiney/Haag/Kotzur, Europarecht, 7. Aufl. 2023.

    Bitte melden Sie sich in Friedolin Externer Linkfür die Veranstaltung an.

  • Seminar - The law and politics of arms export control and European defense cooperation under German, EU and international law (SB 4 & 6)

    For a long time, Germany has been ranking high on the list of arms exporting states. In recent years, exports to Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Israel raised attention to the legal framework governing arms trade. In reaction to geopolitical challenges and in particular the war in Ukraine, EU member states and institutions are trying to build a common industrial base in armaments and other military goods. In this seminar, we will explore the political background and legal framework of arms trade, arms export control and defense cooperation in Europe from the perspective of German administrative and constitutional law, EU and international law.

    Students enrolled in Schwerpunktbereiche 4 and 6 can receive a Probeseminarschein or write their Wissenschaftliche Hausarbeiten in this seminar. Those enrolled in the International Legal Studies programs can obtain a certificate for their respective program as well. The seminar is open to students of law and political science.

    Seminar papers can be written on the following topics, inter alia:

    1. Arms trade and the laws of war: Can a state supplying weapons to a belligerent party become a co-party at war under the jus ad bellum or jus in bello?
    2. Legal framework and political feasibility of UN, EU and other arms embargos
    3. Art. 6 and 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty and its relationship with the prohibition on the use of force, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
    4. The role of NATO, EU and informal settings like the so-called Ramstein format in coordinating military support to Ukraine: institutional setting, legal framework, judicial control
    5. The preliminary orders in the ICJ case South Africa v. Israel for arms export to Israel: political and / or legal implications?
    6. Rules for the export of EU common defence projects (like the Future Combat Air System or the Euro drone): regulatory framework, legal and political challenges
    7. EU Common Position on the export of military goods: Historical background, content, legal status and judicial control
    8. Towards a common market of defense goods? The framework of EU legislation for arms trade among EU member states
    9. Arms export control regimes in Europe: constitutional comparison between the systems in France and Germany
    10. The EU and the military support of Ukraine since February 2022: EDIRPA, ASAP, European Peace Facility i.a. – analysis from the viewpoint of EU constitutional law
    11. The institutional framework of arms export decisions, in particular the constitutionality of the Federal Security Council under Art. 26 (2) German Basic Law
    12. The role of Parliament in control of arms export decisions and employments of the armed forces: a comparison under German constitutional law
    13. The role of courts in the control of the export of dual use goods, war weapons and military equipment: full control or judicial self-restraint?
    14. Extraterritorial reach of human rights: Scope and judicial control with regard to arms exports
    15. Public interest litigation by NGOs with regard to arms export licenses? Comparative experiences from other countries, arguments in favor and against the introduction of public interest litigation with regard to arms export licenses into the German system of arms control

    You are welcome to approach me with your own ideas for other research topics. Please register and sign up for research topics in the secretariat (room 1.49) or via email to Tim Niendorf (tim.niendorf@uni-jena.de) starting now. Registrations for Wissenschaftliche Hausarbeiten need to be done until 31 July 2024. Please also register in FriedolinExterner Link to get access to the course material on Moodle once course applications are open (Examen candidates should register for both the Übungs-Externer Link and ExamensseminarExterner Link in Friedolin).

    We will have a first introductory meeting on Monday, October 21, at 2 p.m. in SR 385, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3. 

    The seminar will be taught in blocked form in December 2024.

Courses Summer Term 2024

  • Lecture - Law and Global Governance (SB 4 & 6)

    Tuesday, 2pm - 4pm, SR 114, Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3

    In a rapidly changing and interconnected world, it is assumed that the protection of global public goods increasingly requires the resort to flexible forms of ruling. Accordingly, several and dynamically evolving global governance mechanisms have had a deep impact on international law over the past few decades. Most of these mechanisms are innovative regulatory techniques at the global level, which are difficult to grasp from within the doctrine of sources of international law, but which are highly effective and continue evolving. The course will analyze the main global regulatory techniques in fields such as climate change, sustainable development, and international security. Furthermore, it will delve into the significance of these regulatory evolutions for the structures of international law.

    Please register hereExterner Link.

  • Lecture - The Law of International Organizations (SB 4 & 6)

    Monday, 2pm - 4pm, SR 274, Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3

    International organizations (IOs) are the cornerstone of multilateralism and the international legal order. These institutions give voice to member States, facilitate coordination, enable cooperation, empower concerted action, and help to articulate the needs and hopes of the international community as a whole. The course will deal with the law of international organizations (IOs), that is with the legal principles and rules that underly their structure and functions, as well as with the legal powers attributed to them in order to allow them to fulfil their tasks and to function effectively. It will analyse the legal nature of IOs, their constituent treaties, the interpretation of the latter, as well as issues of responsibility and immunities. The focus will be on the United Nations Organization and the broader UN family.

    Please register hereExterner Link.

  • Lecture - El Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos

    Tuesday, 10am - 12pm, SR 124, Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3

    El Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 

    Este curso dará un panorama del derecho internacional desde el continente americano. Iniciará con algunos apuntes históricos sobre la importancia del derecho internacional en las guerras de independencia y en la consolidación de las nuevas naciones latinoamericanas, para después abordar el surgimiento y las características fundamentales del sistema interamericano de protección de derechos humanos, con énfasis en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Finalmente, se analizará críticamente el desarrollo del llamado “derecho constitucional común en América Latina” (ius constitutionale commune in Latin America – ICCAL).

    The Interamerican Human Rights System

    This course provides a perspective of international law from the Americas. It will offer a historical overview of the importance of international law for the independence and consolidation of statehood of Latin American countries, and then dwell into the emergence and characteristics of the Inter American human rights system, with an emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Inter American Court of Human Rights. Finally, the evolution of the so-called “common constitutional law in Latin America” (ius constitutionale commune in Latin America – ICCAL) will be critically analyzed.

    Please register hereExterner Link.

  • Seminar - Global Law & Transformation: Authoritarianism, Populism, and International Law (SB 6)

    In the summer semester 2024 Professor Rodiles will hold a Übungs- and Examensseminar on the topic "Global Law and Transformation: Authoritarianism, Populism, and International Law". Certificats can be acquired for focus area (Schwerpunktbereich) 6 as well as for the International Legal Studies program. The application deadline for wissenschaftliche Hausarbeiten is February 29th, 2024. Students intending to write their wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit should please contact Tim Niendorf (tim.niendorf@uni-jena.de) and provide their Übungsseminarschein to register. A first organizational session will be held on Tuesday, 16th April, 12 to 2 PM (location follows).

    The Preamble of the UN Charter reminds us of the importance of human rights, freedom, and values such as "tolerance" and the "worth of the human person." Similarly, at the domestic level, many Constitutions drafted after 1945 uphold these values as a safeguard against the return of an authoritarian past. However, nowadays there are signs that democracy may be in decline. As authoritarian populism rises, we need to ask: What is the role of international law in all of this? This seminar delves into this question by exploring the possibility and risk of an authoritarian breed of international law, that is, the potential for authoritarian tendencies to shape international law (cf. GINSBURG, Tom. Authoritarian International Law? 114 AJIL 221, 228 (2020)). To do that, the seminar seeks to examining key (and debated) concepts such as authoritarianism and populism. The seminar will also seek a better understanding of whether international law inherently favors liberal governance, or not. The seminar seeks to explore cases in which authoritarian populists might have shown signs of how the international legal order might be shaped according to authoritarian tendencies, and if those examples are convincing that the future of the international legal order is illiberal.

    Please register hereExterner Link. Students who want to write their wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit in the course should also register hereExterner Link.