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Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Course outline 

Law of treaties
Section A: Introduction to the law of treaties
· Introduction to the law of treaties
· Sources of international law with a particular focus on treaties
· Concept of a treaty in international law
· Treaty-making process
· Depositaries, registration and publication of treaties
· Consent to be bound by a treaty
Section B: Entry into force and the scope of treaty obligations
· Entry into force and obligations prior to entry into force
· Reservations to treaties
· Application of treaties (pacta sunt servanda; observance of treaties and internal law; effect on third states)
Section C: Legal aspects of the working of treaties
· Interpretation of treaties
· Conflict of treaties
· Revision, amendment and modification of treaties
· Succession to treaty obligations
Section D: Legal aspects of invalidity, termination and suspension of treaty obligations
· Termination and suspension of treaties
· Invalidity of treaties
· Procedural aspects of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969
· Miscellaneous provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969
Sequence:
Section A first.

Textbooks:
Anthony Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), ISBN: 9780521678063

David Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law 6th ed (London: Thomson–Sweet and Maxwell, 2004),              ISBN: 9780421781504

Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Olufemi Elias, Contemporary Issues in the Law of Treaties (Utrecht: Eleven International Publishing, 2005), ISBN: 9789077596067