1. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ
INTERNATIONAL LAW
COURSE INFORMATION AND SYLLABUS
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2. Chapter 6: The Relationship Between International and Municipal Law
MONOISM AND DUALISM: WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW
APPLYING INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. A rule of customary international law when no domestic legislation exists;
2. A rule of customary law when conflicting domestic legislation exists;
3. Treaties and other international agreements when no domestic legislation exists;
4. Treaties and other international agreements when conflicting domestic legislation exists;
5. A rule of customary or treaty law when a conflict with constitutional provisions exists.

3. Chapter 6: The Relationship Between International and Municipal Law
Customary International Law: No Domestic Statute
Case: The Paquette Habana; The Lola: US Supreme Court 175 U.S. 677 (1900)
Customary International Law in Conflict With Domestic Statute
Case: Mortensen V. Peters, Great Britain High Court of Judisticary of Scotland, 1906, S.C., 5th Series, 99, 14 Scot. L.T227
Case: The Charming Betsy (Murray V. Schooner Charming Betsy) U.S. Supreme Court 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 64 (1804)
Treaties When No Domestic Legislation Exist
Acts of Congress in Conflict With Treaties
CIVIL CODE STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

4. Sources
Gerhard von Glahn &James Larry Taulbee, Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law, 11th Edition/Kindle Version (Routledge: New York, 2017).
Chapter 6: The Relationship Between International and Municipal Law

5. Suggested Readings
Bradley, C. A., “Intent, Presumption, and Non-Self-Executing Treaties,” 102 AJIL 540 (2008).
Charney, J. I., “The Power of the Executive Branch of the United States Government to Violate Customary International Law,” 80 AJIL 913 (1986).
Coyle, J. F., “The Case for Writing International Law into the U.S. Code,” 56 Boston College Law Review (2015), 433– 492. Ferdinandusse, W. N., Direct Application of International Law in National Courts (W. T. Asser, 2006).
Leigh, M., “Is the President Above Customary International Law?” 86 AJIL 757 (1992). Nanda, V. P., Litigation of International Disputes in U.S. Courts (Thomson Reuters, 2005).
Reinisch, A., International Organizations Before National Courts (Cambridge, 2008).
Shany, Y., Regulating Jurisdictional Relations between National and International Courts (Oxford, 2009).