Examination questions for admission to PhD degree in "6D030200 - International Law"

1. Problematic aspects of the legal force of the basic principles of international law.

 

2. The legal nature of States ' obligations to implement the concept of sustainable development.

 

3. Problems of application of foreign law in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

4. International and regional economic integration: concept, main directions, legal forms.

 

5. International legal regulation of the protection of transboundary watercourses and international lakes.

 

6. Features of the domestic legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a source of MCHP.

 

7. Sources of the law of international treaties.

 

8. Problems of personal data protection on the Internet

 

9. Unification of conflict-of-laws rules: experience and prospects in private international law.

 

10. Sovereignty and supranationality in public international law.

 

11. Combating terrorism: new approaches in international law.

 

12. Problems of judicial and arbitration practice as a source of MCHP.

 

13. Problems of the UN International Law Commission in the codification of international law.

 

14. The problem of the international legal personality of the individual.

 

15. The role of UNCITRAL in the unification of international trade law.

 

16. The problem of unrecognized States in modern international law.

 

17. Correlation of the norms of integration law with international and national (domestic) law.

 

18. The problem of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

19. Sources of international law as a result of the practice and law-making activities of subjects of international law.

 

20. The ratio of international and national (domestic) law in the light of the 2017 constitutional reform in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

21. International treaties as the most important source of private international law and problems of application of their norms in the Republic of Kazakhstan

 

22. Legal application of protective measures under the WTO

 

23. Correlation of international peremptory norms of international law and international soft law

 

24. The main types of collision bindings. Attachment formulas

 

25. International legal agreement as a source of legal regulation of relations under the contract of international air carriage of passengers and baggage

 

26. Cooperation of States on the legal regulation of international tourism activities

 

27. Foreign economic transactions in private international law

 

28. Fragmentation of international law in the context of globalization.

 

29. Judicial practice of the Eurasian Economic Union.

 

30. Legal status of individuals under private international law

 

31. The legal status of the intra-continental States.

 

32. Problems periodization of the history of international law.

 

33. The main theoretical approaches to the concept, subject and methods of MCHP.

 

34. The role of the Treaty of Westphalia in shaping modern international law.

 

35. Succession of States in respect of treaties.

 

36. Conclusion of the Republic of Kazakhstan of an international treaty with atypical subjects of international law.

 

37. UNEP: legal status and main activities.

 

38. Problems of realization of the right to access to information at the international and national level.

 

39. Problems of legal regulation of marriage and family relations complicated by a foreign element in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

40. Problems of application of international legal norms of the United Nations in the field of space activities.

 

41. International legal regulation of labor migration in the Eurasian Economic Union.

 

42. The public policy clause and the specifics of its application in modern practice.

 

43. Theoretical and practical aspects of the activities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

 

44. Analysis and correlation of the main legal systems of our time

 

45. The specifics of international customs as sources of MCHP.

 

46. The concept of "general principles of law" in the doctrine and practice of the MP.

 

47. International mechanisms for ensuring and protecting human rights and freedoms: universal and regional aspects.

 

48. Application of foreign law in the practice of courts and other law enforcement bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

49. Legal force of resolutions of the UN General Assembly and other international organizations.

 

50. The institution of individual criminal responsibility in modern international criminal law.

 

51. The specifics of international customs as sources of MCHP.

 

52. Responsibility of international organizations in international law.

 

53. International legal responsibility of States for violations of international law.

 

54. Theoretical and practical problems of qualification of legal concepts in the MCHP. The problem of the conflict of concepts.

 

55. Pacta sunt servanda: theoretical aspects of the implementation of international treaties.

 

56. Contractual legal capacity of subjects of international law: grounds, scope, implementation. Bodies representing the parties when concluding contracts.

 

57. Limits of application and operation of conflict of laws rules in private international law.

 

58. International legal coercion. Goals and objectives of measures of international legal coercion.

 

59. Issues of legal regulation of subsidies within the WTO.

 

60. Problems of judicial and arbitration practice as a source of MCHP.

 

61. Law enforcement practice of dispute resolution within the WTO.

 

62. The practice of considering individual complaints of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the UN human rights treaty bodies.

 

63. International transportation of goods and passengers. Substantive and conflict-of-laws regulation of international transport.

 

64. Problems of the legal regime of air space.

 

65. International legal regulation of renewable energy sources

 

66. The legal status of legal entities as subjects of private international law.

 

67. Convergence (unification and harmonization) of legal norms within the EAEU.

 

68. General and regional security. Efforts and initiatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ensure regional security: CICA and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

 

69. Anti-dumping measures in international trade law.

 

70. Modern problems of international responsibility for environmental violations.

 

71. The practice of implementing the institution of diplomatic privileges.

 

72. The activities of international organizations in the processes of unification of the norms of private international law.

 

73. Legal characteristics of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of May 29, 2014.

 

74. The relationship between international criminal law and national law.

 

75. The law of integration associations (integration law) as an independent branch of international law: doctrinal approaches.

 

76. Human rights protection practices in the European Union.

 

77. Problems of international legal regulation of cryptocurrencies

 

78. State immunity and its features as a subject of private international law: problems of theory and practice.

 

79. Problematic issues of demilitarization and neutralization of certain territories.

 

80. The main features of the legal nature of modern international organizations.

 

81. International legal regulation of migration in the European Union.

 

82. Activities and status of the International Court of Justice. Judicial decisions and advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice.

 

83. Activities of consular missions in relation to the protection of human rights.

 

84. Criteria for determining the personal law of an individual: a comparative analysis.

 

85. Features of international legal responsibility under space law.

 

86. Legal monitoring of international treaties in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

87. Conflict-of-laws and substantive methods of regulation in the MES: correlation and practical problems.

 

88. The legal status of nuclear-weapon-free zones in international law.

 

89. The problem of codification of international environmental law.

 

90. Features of the legal regime of subjects of private international law.