International Law of War and Neutrality

Paper Code: 
24MIR 422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives: 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; and focusing upon the laws governing the conduct of independent nation states

Course Outcomes: 

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24MIR 422

International Law of War and Neutrality (Theory)

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

CO121: analyse the laws governing aerial navigation and outer space while analyzing the role of the United Nations in the settlement of international disputes.

CO122: Identify various concepts surrounding the laws of war and its effects on various stakeholders

CO123: Analyze the laws governing land, maritime, submarine and aerial warfare, including prohibited means, war stratagems, treatment of prisoners of war, and guerrilla warfare.

CO124: evaluate concepts such as war crimes, genocide, prize courts. Additionally, students will analyze the legal mechanisms for the termination of war

CO125: Comprehend the concepts of neutrality including continuous voyage, contraband, blockade and unneutral service in international law

CO126: 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: 
Laws of Air

 

Laws of Air- navigation, hijacking; Outer Space- development, Outer Space Treaty

Settlement of International Disputes- Role of UN and International Court of Justice

12.00
Unit II: 
Laws of War

 

Laws of War- Meaning, features and Declaration of War; Belligerents; Combatants and Non-Combatants; Effects of War

12.00
Unit III: 
Laws of Warfare

 

Laws of Land Warfare- prohibited means, war stratagem, prisoners of war, guerrillas

Laws of Maritime Warfare; law of submarine warfare,Laws of Ariel Warfare

12.00
Unit IV: 
Laws of Warfare

 

War Crimes; Genocide; Prize Courts

Termination of War

12.00
Unit V: 
Laws of Neutrality

 

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: 

Ø  Kapur,S.K.(2021), International Law and Human Rights, Allahabad, Central Law Agency

Ø  Agarwal,H.O.,(2021),International Law and Human Rights,NewDelhi,Central Law Publications

Ø  Tandon,M.P.&Tandon,R., (2017),  Public International Law, Allahabad, Allahabad Law Agency

Ø  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

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

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