PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

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Nature of International Law

Theories
Positivist
Consensual
Natural

Public vs. Private International Law

1987 Constitution
Section 2, Article II
Section 21, Article VII
Section 5, Article VIII
Section 18 (7), Article XIII
Section 25, Article XVIII

Sources of Obligations in International Law

Articles 38 and 59 - Statute of the International Court of Justice

International Conventions
Customary Law
Article 53 - Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: Jus Cogens
vis-à-vis Erga Omnes
Vinuya vs. Romulo [G.R. No. 162230, 28 April 2010]*

Mijares vs. Ranada [G.R. No. 139325, 12 April 2005]*

State Practice
Duration
The Paquete Habana [8 January 1900]
Consistency and Generality
Summary: North Sea Continental Shelf Cases [20 February 1969]
186. Nicaragua vs. US [27 June 1986]
Summary: Right of Passage over Indian Territory [12 April 1960]

Persistent Objector Rule

Press Release: The Asylum Case [20 November 1950]
vis-à-vis Jus Cogens
Domingues vs. US [22 October 2002]

Opinio Juris Sive Necessitatis

77 to 78. North Sea Continental Shelf Cases [20 February 1969]
188. Nicaragua vs. US [27 June 1986]
 General Principles of Law Recognized by Civilized Nations
Judicial Decisions and Teachings of Highly Qualified Publicists
Ex aequo et bono vis-à-vis Equity
Hudson: Diversion of the Water from the Meuse (1937)

Other Sources:
Soft Law vs. Hard Law
Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines vs. Duque III [G.R. No.
173034, 9 October 2007]
ANG LADLAD LGBT Party vs. COMELEC [G.R. No. 190582, 8 April 2010]

Unilateral Actions
Province of North Cotabato vs. GRP Peace Panel [G.R. No. 183591, 14 October 2008]
31 to 52. Nuclear Test Cases [20 December 1974]
36; 39 to 40. Burkina Faso vs. Mali [22 December 1986]

Treaties

1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Article 2 (1) (a) to (d)
Means of Expressing Consent

Article 26 – Pacta Sunt Servanda

21 to 30. Qatar vs. Bahrain [1 July 1994]

Invalidity of Treaties and Grounds

Articles 46 to 53

Amendment vs. Modification

Termination and Suspension of the Operation of Treaties

Articles 54 to 64
Material Breach
Supervening Impossibility of Performance
Rebus Sic Stantibus

1978 Vienna Convention on the Succession of States with Respect to Treaties

Article 16 – Clean Slate Rule
Article 11 – Uti Possidetis

Tañada vs. Angara [G.R. No. 118295, 2 May 1997]

Pimentel vs. Executive Secretary [G.R. No. 158088, 6 July 2005]

BAYAN MUNA vs. Romulo [G.R. No. 159618, 1 February 2011]

BAYAN vs. Zamora [G.R. No. 138570, 10 October 2000]

Nicolas vs. Romulo [G.R. No. 175888, 11 February 2009]
 Saguisag vs. Ochoa [G.R. No. 212426, 12 January 2016 and 26 July 2016]

IPAP vs. Ochoa [G.R. No. 204605, 19 July 2016]

94 to 96; 101.Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia
(South West Africa) [21 June 1971]
37 to 38; 43. Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom vs. Iceland) [2 February 1973]
46; 99 to 109. Danube Dam Case [25 September 1997]

International Law and Municipal Law

Dualism vs. Monism
Municipal Law in International Law
International Law in Domestic Law
Transformation Doctrine
Incorporation Doctrine
Conflict
International Rule
Municipal Rule

Kuroda vs. Jalandoni [G.R. No. L-2662, 26 March 1949]

Republic vs. Sandiganbayan [G.R. No. 104768, 21 July 2003]

Poe-Llamanzares vs. COMELEC [G.R. No. 221697, 8 March 2016]

Lim vs. Executive Secretary [G.R. No. 151445, 11 April 2002]

Subjects of International Law

States

Article 1, Montevideo Convention of 1933 on Rights and Duties of States

Existence
Recognition of States
Declaratory Theory
Constitutive Theory
Recognition of Government
Incomplete Subjects
Protectorates
Federal State
Mandated and Trust Territories

Summary: International Status of South West Africa [11 July 1950]

Province of North Cotabato vs. GRP Peace Panel [G.R. No. 183591, 14 October 2008]
International Organizations
United Nations
Article 103 – Supremacy Clause
Principal Organs

Summary: Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict [8 July 1996]
Liban vs. Gordon [G.R. No. 175352, 18 January 2011]

Individuals
Government of Hongkong – SAR vs. Olalia [G.R. No. 153675, 19 April 2007]
See: Vinuya vs. Romulo