International Law of Peace

Paper Code: 
24MIR 322
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to enable students to understand concepts such as State, Sovereignty and Statehood, State Responsibility and Liability; introduce students to the principal treaties within international law and calls upon them to consider the context at hand in factual situations; and focus upon the laws governing the conduct of independent nation states

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24MIR 322

International Law of Peace

(Theory)

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO79:  comprehend the nature of international law and identify its sources.

CO80: trace the development of international law through various schools of thought including the process of codification, analyze the working of diplomatic agents, missions and treaties.

CO81:  discuss the nature of the state, examine its rights and duties along with concepts of state responsibility, recognition, succession, and intervention

CO82: analyze the acquisition and loss of state territory and understand the principles of nationality, citizenship, extradition and asylum in the context of international law.

CO83: comprehend the laws governing the sea and seabed, analyze mechanisms for resolving seabed disputes and understand the concept of piracy.

CO84: Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 
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: 
Laws 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: 
Laws of Peace

 

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

Extradition and Asylum

12.00
Unit V: 
Laws 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: 
  • Orakhelashvili,A. (2022), Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law,Abingdon, United Kingdom, Routledge
  • Janis,M.W.,(2021), International Law (sixth edition), Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands
  • Shaw, M.N.,(2021),International Law,New York, Cambridge University Press
  • Henriksen, A. (2021), International Law, UK, Oxford University Press
  • Crawford , J. (2019), Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law, New York, Oxford University Press
  • Lowe, V. (2016), 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
  • 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.,(2014), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press
  • Carter,B.E., Allen,W.,(2013), International Law: Selected Documents, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
  • 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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