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International Law of Peace [1]

Paper Code: 
MIR 322
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

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

12.00

Introduction- Definition, Meaning, Nature and Kinds of International Law; Sources of International Law- conventions, customs, judicial decisions

12.00

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

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

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

12.00

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

Essential Readings: 

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,NewDelhi,Central Law Publications

References: 

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  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

Academic Year: 
2021-22 [2]

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