CASE OUTLINE IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Dean Jose Roy III

Chapter I: The Nature of International Law
Chapter II: The Sources of International Law
1. PHCAP v. Health Secretary Francisco Duque
2. Nicaragua v. United States
3. U.K. v. Albania
(Corfu Channel Case)
4. Columbia v. Peru
(Asylum Case)
5. Mejoff v. Director of Prisons
6. Compagnie de Commerce v. The Hamburg Amerika
7. Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark;
Federal Republic of Germany v. The Netherlands
(North Sea Continental Shelf Cases )
8. U.K. v. Norway
(Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case)
9. International School Alliance v. Quisumbing

535 SCRA 265

1986 I.C.J 14
1949 I.C.J. 4
1950 I.C.J 266
90 Phil. 70 (1951)
36 Phil. 590
1969 I.C.J 3
1951 I.C.J. 116
333 SCRA 13

Chapter III: The Law of Treaties

1. Qatar v. Bahrain
2. Australia v. France; New Zealand v. France
(Nuclear Test Cases)
3. U.K. v. Iceland
(Fisheries Jurisdiction Case)
4. Namibia Case (Advisory Opinion)
5. Hungary v. Slovakia
(Gabkovo-Nagymaros Project)
6. Goldwater v. Carter
7. Bayan v. Executive Secretary

1994 ICJ Rev.

1974 I.C.J 253.
1974 I.C.J 3.
1971 I.C.J 16.
7 ILM 162 (1998)
444 U.S. 996 (1979)
G.R. No. 138570,
October 10, 2000
ICJ November 2003

8. Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America

(Oil Platforms Case)
9. Bayan Muna v. Romulo, GR No. 159618
10. Pimentel v. Office of the Executive Secretary GR No. 158088

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30)

Chapter IV: International and Municipal Law

1. Exchange of Greek and Turkish Population Case
(Advisory Opinion)
2. Belgium v. Spain (Preliminary Objections)
(Barcelona Traction Case)
3. Brazilian Loans Case
4. Mejoff v. Director of Prisons
5. Kuroda v. Jalandoni
6. Agustin v. Edu
7. J.B.L Reyes v. Bagatsing
8. Raquiza v. Bradford
9. Baer v. Tizon
10. Tanada v. Angara
11. Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS
12. Head Money Cases (Edye v. Robertson)
13. Whitney v. Robertson
14. Govt. of Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region v. Olalia

1925 P.C.I.J (Ser. B) No. 10

1964 I.C.J. 3
1929 P.C.I.J (Ser. A) No. 20
90 Phil. 70 (1951)
83 Phil. 171 (1949)
88 SCRA 195 (1979)
125 SCRA 553 (1983)
75 Phil. 50 (1945)
57 SCRA 1 (1974)
272 SCRA 18 (1997)
267 SCRA 408 (1997)
112 U.S. 580 ((1884)
124 U.S. 190 (1888)
521 SCRA 470

Chapter V: Subjects of International Law

1. Reparations Case (Advisory Opinion)
2. U.S. v. Dorr
3. Bacani v. NACOCO
4. Great Britain v. Costa Rica
(The Tinoco Arbitration)
5. Upright v. Mercury Business and Machines Co.
6. U.S. v. The Netherlands
(Island of Las Palmas Arbitration)
7. The Duchy of Sealand
Additional Readings: Artificial Islands

1949 I.C.J 174

2 Phil. 332
100 Phil. 368 (1956)
(no citation) (1923)
13 A.D.2d 36
213 N.Y.S.2d 417
2 R.I.A.A 829
DVBI, 1978

Chapter VI: Jurisdiction over Territory

1. Western Sahara Case (Advisory Opinion)
2. U.S. v. The Netherlands
(Island of Las Palmas Arbitration)
3. Denmark v. Norway
(Status of Eastern Greenland)
4. Cambodia v. Thailand
(Temple of Preah Vihear Case)
5. Sakhalin Island Case

975 ICJ
2 R.I.A.A 829
1933 P.C.I.J. (Ser. A/B Legal
Case No.53)
1961 I.C.J 17
(No Citation)

Additional Reading: Convention on International Civil Aviation

Chapter VII: Law of the Sea

1. U.K v. Norway
(Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case)
2. U.K. v. Albania (Preliminary Objections)
(Corfu Channel Case)
3. Saudi Arabia v. Aramco
4. Nicaragua v. U.S. (Merits)
5. Lauritzen v. Larsen
6. Case of the S.S. Wimbledon
7. Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America
(Oil Platforms Case)
8. Magallona v. Ermita, GR No. 187167

1951 I.C.J 116

1949 I.C.J. 4
1963 ILR 27
1986 I.C.J. 14
345 U.S. 571 (1953)
1923 P.C.I.J (Ser. A.) No. 1
ICJ November 2003

Chapter VIII: Jurisdiction of the States

1. France v. Turkey
(The Lotus Case)
2. U.S. v. Canada
(Trail Smelter Arbitration)
3. Blackmer v. United States
4. Liechtenstein v. Guatemala
(The Notterbohm Case)
5. Mejoff v. Director of Prisons

1927 P.C.IJ. (Ser. A) No. 10

[1938, 1941] RIAA iii
384 U.S. 421 (1932)
1955 I.C.J 4
90 Phil. 70 (1951)

6. Joyce v. Director of Public Prosecutions

7. Filartiga v. Pena-Irala
8. Attorney General of Israel v. Eichmann
(Trial Court Decision)
9. Eichmann v. Attorney General of Israel
Supreme Court of Israel (1962)
10. United States v. Fawaz Yunis
11. Timberlane Lumber Co. v. Bank of America
12. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California
13. Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
14. United States v. Alvarez-Machain
15. Secretary of Justice v. Hon. Ralph C. Lantion

House of Lords 1946

630 F.2d 876 (1980)
36 Intl.L. Rep. 5 (Israel Dist.
Ct. Jerusalem 1961)
136 I.L.R. 277
681 F. Supp. 8961 (1988)
549 F2d 597 (1976)
509 US 764 (1993)
454 U.S. 235 (1981)
504 U.S. 655 (1992)
G.R. No. 139465,
October 17, 2000

Chapter IX: Immunity from Jurisdiction

1. Mighell v. Sultan of Johore
2. The Pinochet Case
3. The Schooner Exchange v. MacFaddon
4. Dralle v. Republic of Czechoslovakia
5. United States of America v. Hon. V.M. Ruiz
6. United States v. Hon. Luis Reyes
7. Holy See v. Eriberto Rosario, Jr.
8. United States v. Iran (Merits)
(US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran Case)
9. Underhill v. Hernandez
10. Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
11. Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v Cuba
12. Kirkpatrick Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp.
13. Republic of Indonesia v. Vinzons
14. Minucher v. CA

1 QB 148 (1894)
25 November 1998
House of Lords
1 U.S. [Cranch] (1812)
Supreme Court of Austria
(1950)
135 SCRA 487 (1985)
219 SCRA 192 (1993)
238 SCRA 524 (1994)
1980 I.C.J. 3

168 U.S. 250 (1897)

376 U.S. 398 (1964)
425 U.S. 682 (1976)
493 U.S. 400 (1990)
405 SCRA 126 (2003)
G.R. No. 142396
February 11, 2003
15. Liang v. People
323 SCRA 692 (2000)
16. Wallem Shipping Ltd. Telfair Shipping Corporation v. (1974)
Liberation Steamship and the Owners of the Ship
"Philippine Admiral" (Philippine Flag) (1974)
(The Philippine Admiral)
17. I Congreso Del Partido
[1983] A.C. 244 House of
Lords
18. Mexico v. United States of America
2004 I.C.J
(Avena Case)
19. Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal
1999 I.C.J. Advisory Opinion

Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission

on Human Rights (In re Cumarraswamy)
20. DFA v. NLRC

262 SCRA 39 (1996)

Chapter X: State Responsibility

1. Liechtenstein v. Guatemala
(The Notterbohm Case)
2. Belgium v. Spain (New Application)
(Barcelona Traction Light and Power Co.)
3. United States v. Mexico
(Neer Claim)
4. France v. Mexico
(Caire Claim)
5. U.K. v. Albania (Merits)
(Corfu Channel Case)
6. Nicaragua v. U.S.(Merits)
7. United States v. Iran
8. United States v. Great Britain
(Home Missionary Society Claim)
9. United States v. Iran
(Short v. Iran)
10. Germany v. Poland
(Chorzow Factory Case)
11. North American Dredging Company Claim

1955 I.C.J 4
1970 I.C.J. 3
4 RIAA 60 (1926)
1929 RIAA v. 516
1949 I.C.J 4
1986 I.C.J 14
[1980] ICJ Rep.
1920 RIAA vi. 42
(1987) Iran-U.S. Claims
Tribunal
1928 P.C.I.J (Ser. A) No. 17
31 March 1926

Chapter XI: International Human Rights Law

1. Ambrosini, et al. v. Uruguay
2.Marcos v. Manglapus

(R.1/15) HRC 34, 124

177 SCRA 668 (1989)

Chapter XII: International Organizations

1. Advisory Opinion on the Use of Nuclear Weapons

1996 I.C.J 66

2. Reparations Case
3. International Catholic Migration Com. v. Calleja
4. Southeast Asian Fisheries Development
Center v. Acosta and Lasco v. United Nations
Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploratio n
5. Kapisanan ng mga Manggagawa v. IRRI
6. DFA v. National Labor Relations Board
7. World Health Organization v. Aquino
8. Jeffrey Lang (Hue Feng) v. People

1949 I.C.J. 174

G.R. No. 85750,
September 28, 1990
G.R. Nos. 109095109107, February 23,1995
241 SCRA 681 (1995)
190 SCRA 130 (1990)
262 SCRA 39 (1996)
48 SCRA 242 (1972)
G.R. No. 125865
March 26, 2001.

Chapter XIII Peaceful Settlement of International Dispute

1. Switzerland v. U.S
(Interhandel Case)
2. U.S. v. Bulgaria
(Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955)
3. Nicaragua v. U.S. (Jurisdiction and Admissibility)
4. Portugal v. Australia
(Concerning East Timor)
5. Yugoslavia v. United States of America
(Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force)
6. El Salvador v. Honduras
(Nicaragua Intervention)

1959 I.C.J. 105

1960 I.C.J. 146
1984 I.C.J 392
1995 I.C.J 90
1999 ICJ Rep.
1992 ICJ Rep.

Chapter XIV: The Use of Force Short of War

1. U.K. v. Albania (Merits)
(Corfu Channel Case)
2. Nicaragua v. United States (Merits)
3. Legality of the Use of Nuclear Weapons
(Advisory Opinion)

1949 I.C.J. 4
1986 I.C.J. 14
1996 I.C.J. 66

Chapter XV: War and Neutrality

1. Prize Cases

2 Bl. 635 (U.S. 1863)

Chapter XVI: International Environmental Law

1. Oposa v. Factoran, Jr.,

2. Laguna Lake Development Authority v. CA
3. Danube Dam Case
4... U.S. v. Canada
(Trail Smelter Arbitration)
5. Australia v. France; New Zealand v. France
(Nuclear Test Cases)
6. Sierra Club v. Morton
.

224 SCRA 792 (1993)

231 SCRA 292 (1994)
1997 I.C.J.
[1938, 1941] RIAA iii
1974 I.C.J 253.
405 US 727 (1972)

Chapter XVII: International Economic Law

1. Tanada v. Angara

G.R. 118295, May 2, 1997