Public International Law

Main topics of study:

Nature & Purpose of International Law

Sources:

Custom
Treaties
General Principles
Judicial Decisions
Writing of Jurists
General Assembly Resolutions

Territory:

Sovereignty
Modes of Acquisition
Recognition
Other Areas

Jurisdiction & Immunity:

Making & Enforcing Laws
Grounds of Jurisdiction
Extradition & Asylum
Immunity

State Responsibility:

Criminal & Civil Responsibility
Basis of International Liability
Risk & Fault Theories
Attributability of the State
Compensation & Remedies
Defences
Treatment of Aliens
Companies & the Expropriation of Property

International Environmental Law:

State Responsibility
Atmospheric Protection
The Problem of Development
Duty of Co-Operation
International Conservation Law

Human Rights:

Libertié, Égalite & Fraternité
Implementation of Human Rights
Treaties & Custom as Sources
Human Rights under UN
International Covenants
Other Instruments

The Law of the Sea:

The Territorial Sea
Right of Innocent Passage
The Contiguous Zone
The Exclusive Economic Zone
The High Seas
The Continental Shelf
The Deep Sea Bed

The Use of Force:

Jus Ad Bellum
The Law Against War
Prohibition on the Use of Force
Exceptions to Articles 2(4)
The UN Security Council
The General Assembly
The Secretary General
Regional Organisations

Reading List

Main Text:
International Law - S Wheatley (Blackstone Press)

Alternative Text & Further Reading:
International Law - R M M Wallace (Sweet & Maxwell)

Cases:
re The Asylum Case (1950) KJ
re North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (1969) ICJ
re Texaco Case (1978) ILM
Maclaine Watson v Department of Trade (1989)
Salimoff v Standard Oil Co (1933)
re Island of Palmas Case (1928)

Other Sources:
United Nations Charter 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
Vienna Conventions 1961 & 1968
Law of the Sea Convention 1982
Statute of the International Court of Justice
Rio Declaration 1992
North Atlantic Treaty 1949
Hague Conventions
UN General Assembly Resolutions
European Convention on Human Rights - Antarctic Treaty 1959