The objectives of this course are to: 1. enabling students to understand concepts such as State, Sovereignty and Statehood, State Responsibility and Liability 2. introducing students to the principal treaties within international law and calls upon them to consider the context at hand in factual situations. 3. focusing upon the laws governing the conduct of independent nation states
Laws of Air- navigation, hijacking; Outer Space- development, Outer Space Treaty Settlement of International Disputes- Role of UN and International Court of Justice
Laws of War- Meaning, features and Declaration of War; Belligerents; Combatants and Non-Combatants; Effects of War
Laws of Land Warfare- prohibited means, war stratagem, prisoners of war, guerrillas Laws of Maritime Warfare; law of submarine warfare Laws of Ariel Warfare
War Crimes; Genocide; Prize Courts Termination of War
Laws of Neutrality-Concept; Rights and Duties of Neutrals; Right of Angry; Contrabands; doctrine of continuous voyage; Blockade- meaning, elements, violation; Unneutral Service
Books Recommended: Essential Readings: Kapur,S.K.(2017), International Law and Human Rights, Allahabad, Central Law Agency Tandon,M.P.& Tandon,R., (2014), Public International Law, Allahabad, Allahabad Law Agency Patel, B.N. (Ed) (2005), India and International Law Leiden, Netherlands, Brill Academic Publishers, Verma S. K (2012), Introduction to Public International Law, New Delhi,Satyam Law International Agarwal,H.O.,(2016),International Law and Human Rights,New Delhi,Central Law Publications
Reference Books: Carter,B.E., Allen,W.,(2013), International Law: Selected Documents, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Janis,M.W.,(2012), International Law (sixth edition), Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands Shaw, M.N.,(2017),International Law,New York, Cambridge University Press 214 United Nations,( 1997), International Law on the Eve of the 21st Century: Views From the International Law Commission, The United Nations Press, New York Crawford , J. (2019), Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law, New York, Oxford University Press Dixon, M. (2013), Textbook on International Law, UK, Oxford University Press Dixon,M., McCorquodale, R., Williams, S. (2016) Cases & Materials on International Law, New York, Oxford University Press Fassbender,B., Peters, A., Peter,S., Högger, D.,(2012), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press Lowe, V. (2015), International Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, OUP Solis, G.D. (2016), The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War, New York, Cambridge University Press Orakhelashvili,A. (2018), Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law,Abingdon, United Kingdom, Routledge Henriksen, A. (2019), International Law, UK, Oxford University Press