International Law-I

Paper Code: 
25POL 324-A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will introduce students to the various concepts, principal treaties within international law and laws governing the conduct of independent nation states.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction and sources

Introduction- Definition, Meaning, Nature and Kinds of International Law;

Sources of International Law- conventions, customs, judicial decisions

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Diplomatic Transactions

Development of International Law- various schools, Codification and the role of the UN,

 Diplomatic Agents: functions, classification, immunities

Consuls:  functions, classification, immunities

Termination of Diplomatic Mission

Treaties: meaning, classification, modes of consent, ratification, interpretation, termination

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Law of Peace

Laws of Peace- Nature of State; Rights and Duties of State; State Responsibility;

Recognition -Theories and Process of Recognition including Belligerency and Insurgency), State Succession.

Intervention- meaning, grounds of intervention, Monroe doctrine, Drago Doctrine

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Law of Peace

State Territory- Acquisition and Loss of Territory; Nationality and Citizenship

Extradition and Asylum

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Law of the Sea and Sea Bed

Laws of the Sea and Sea-bed (Maritime Belt, Continental Shelf, Territorial Waters, Exclusive Economic Zone, High Seas)

Seabed Disputes Resolution; Piracy;

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Kapur,S.K.(2021), International Law and Human Rights, Allahabad, Central Law Agency
  • Agarwal,H.O.,(2021),International Law and Human Rights,NewDelhi,Central Law Publications
  • Tandon,M.P.&Tandon,R., (2017),  Public International Law, Allahabad, Allahabad Law Agency
  • Verma S. K (2012), Introduction to Public International Law,  New Delhi,Satyam Law International

 

References: 

Ø  Orakhelashvili,A. (2022), Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law,Abingdon, United Kingdom, Routledge

Ø  Janis,M.W.,(2021), International Law (sixth edition), Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands

Ø  Shaw, M.N.,(2021),International Law,New York, Cambridge University Press

Ø  Henriksen, A. (2021), International Law, UK, Oxford University Press

Ø  Crawford , J. (2019), Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law, New York, Oxford University Press

Ø  Lowe, V. (2016), International Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, OUP

Ø  Solis, G.D. (2016), The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War, New York, Cambridge University Press

Ø  Dixon,M., McCorquodale, R., Williams, S. (2016) Cases & Materials on International Law, New York, Oxford University Press

Ø  Fassbender,B., Peters, A., Peter,S., Högger, D.,(2014), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Ø  Carter,B.E., Allen,W.,(2013), International Law: Selected Documents, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Ø  Dixon, M. (2013), Textbook on International Law, UK, Oxford University Press

United Nations,( 1997), International Law on the Eve of the 21st Century: Views From the International Law Commission, The United Nations Press, New York

Academic Year: 
2024-25
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