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International Law of War and Neutrality
The objectives of this course are to:
- enabling students to understand concepts such as State, Sovereignty and Statehood, State Responsibility and Liability
- introducing students to the principal treaties within international law and calls upon them to consider the context at hand in factual situations.
- focusing upon the laws governing the conduct of independent nation states
Course Objectives (CO)
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MIR 422 |
International Law of War and Neutrality |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO78: be prepared for careers which require expertise on the function of the international system and its impact and relevance to the national system. CO79: address contemporary real world issues such as: how the rule of law is upheld at the international level and processes such as internationalization of national law. CO80: apply their knowledge to contemporary problems, with their insight as to the interaction between international, regional, and national jurisdictions, the impact of non-legal systems such as politics and economics, and the consequences of fragmentation of international law into specialized sub-fields |
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 |
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
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
Reference Books:
- 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
