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COURSE OUTLINE
Title of the Subject: Public International Law
Name of the Faculty: Ms. S. Prathyusha
Note: 1. Academic Session 6th July - 7th November, 2015 (13th July 2015 for 1st
UNIT 1
Topic: INTRODUCTION
1.1
1.2
1.3
No. of
CASES FOR REFERENCE
Hours
(List of Cases are not exhaustive
Faculty may discuss or indicate
any additional Cases)
R v Keyn(1876) 2 Ex D 63; West
2
Rand Central Gold Mining Co. v R.,
(1905) 2 KB p. 391
1
Reading Material
1. Oppenheims International Law, Vol. I, Ninth Edition (1992),p.2
2. Dr. H.O. Agarawal- International Law & Human Rights
3. Stakes International Law , 11th Edition, (1994) p.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
UNIT 2
Topic: Sources of International Law
Introduction, Meaning, Formal Sources and
Material Sources, Article 38 of ICJ
Customs, Conventions, Treaties, Judicial
Nicaragua v. U.S.A, ICJ Reports
Decisions, Writers, Teachings, Other
1986, Nauru v. Australia
possible sources
(Jurisdiction), ICJ Reports 1992,
West Rand Central Gold Mining
CO. Ltd R.,, (1905) 2 KB 391
General Principles of Law recognized by
Civilised Nations
Soft Sources of International Law
1
2
2
1
Reading Material
1. Year Book of The International Law Commission, 1949, p.36
2. Westlake International Law, Part I , Second Edition, p.14
3. Oppenheims International Law, Vol. I, Ninth Edition (1992
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
UNIT 3
Topic: International Law and Municipal Law
Introduction, Meaning, Difference between
International Law and Municipal Law
Theories on Relationship between
R. . v. Bow Street Metropolitan
Municipal Law and International Law
Stipendiary Magistrate ex parte
Pincochet, (No. 3) 1997, 2 All E.R.
97, Fothergill v. Monarch Airlines
Ltd., (1981) AC .p.251, Barbuits
Case( 1773)
Municipal Role in International Law
International Law before Municipal Courts
Practice of States Regarding Relationship Triquet v. Bath (1764), Murry v. The
Charming Betsey (1804), U.S v.
Palestine Liberation Organisation,
695 F Supp 1456, (SDNY 1988)
Reading Material
1. Oppenheims International Law, Vol. I, Ninth Edition (1992), p. 53
2. Stakes International Law , 11th Edition, (1994) p. 65,73
3. DD. Basu,, Commentary on Constitution of India (1956) Vol II , p. 404.
UNIT 4
Topic: Subjects to International Law
Reparation for injuries case, ICJ
Reports (1949),179
4.1
Introduction
4.2
4.3
4.4
Legal Personality
States
Special types of Personality
4.5
Controversial Candidatures
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.1
5.2
5.3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Reading Material
Lauterpacht, International Law: Collected Papers,II.(1975),487-533
The Changing Structure of International Law (1964)
Kelsen , Principles of International Law (2nd edn.,1967),252
See Talmon, Essay in Honour of Ian Brownile,1999,499-537
UNIT 5
Topic: States under International Law
Introduction to States
Austro- German Customs Union
Case; French Indemnity of 1931,
Recognition of States and Governments
Western Sahara Case, I.C.J
Reports 1975, p.12
Continuation and Existence of States
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in
2
2
2
2
Succession of States
States as subjects of International Law
2
2
UNIT 6
Topic: Recognition
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
Withdrawal of Recognition
Non- Recognition
Legal effects of Recognition
2
1
1
1
2
Reading Material
1. Oppenheims International Law, Vol. I, Ninth Edition (1992), p130-131
2. Year Book of the International Law Commission, (1949) p. 289 para 50
3. Recognition in International Law, AJIL Vol 35 (1941) p. 605
4. OConnell ,International Law, Vol 1, p. 173
5.
UNIT 7
Topic: Jurisdiction
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
1
1
1
1
UNIT 8
Topic: Law of Treaties
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
Making of Treaties
Reservation to Treaties
The Application of Treaties
Dispute Settlement
1
1
1
2
2
Reading Material
1. S.E. Nahlik, The Ground of Invalidity and TERMINATION OF Treaties, AJIL Vol 65
(1971) P. 749
2. Year Book of International Law Commission, 1966 Part II
3. McNair Law of Treaties p. 199
UNIT 9
Topic: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
9.1
9.2
9.3
UNIT 10
Topic: Law of Sea
10.1
UNCLOS, Territorial sea
10.2
Different Zones and their rights
Regina v. Kent Justices, exp. Lye
(1967)2 QB 153
10.3
Continental SHELF
10.4
The Regime of the high sea
Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports
(1951),128 and UN Legis Series,
Regime of Territorial
Sea,pp.14,48,54,194,254,293,563,56
4
10.5
Dispute Settlement
Reading Material
1. Jessup, The Law of Territorial Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction
4
1
2
1
1
1
1
Author
Publisher
1.
Malcolm N. Shaw
International Law
2.
H.O Agrawal
3.
Ian Brownile
4.