Objectives:
The course includes the study of general principles of international law including law of
peace. Third world concerns in respect of security and development and the role of U.N. and
International Agencies in structuring solutions in the context of changing balance of power are
also to be appreciated.
Course contents:
UNIT-I
Nature, definition, origin and basis of International Law;
Sources of International Law:
Relationship between Municipal and International Law;
Subjects of International Law
UNIT- II
States as subjects of International Law: States in general; Recognition; State territorial sovereignty.
UNIT-III
State Jurisdiction: Law of the sea;
State Responsibility;
Succession to rights and obligations.
UNIT -IV
State and Individual – Extradition, Asylum and Nationality;
the agents of international business
diplomatic envoys, consuls and other representatives
the law and practice as to treaties.
UNIT - V
The United Nations Organisation, Principal organs and their functions;
World Trade Organisation- Main features;
International Labor Organisation.
Prescribed Books:
Starke, J.G, An Introduction to International Law (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Sands Philippe and Pierre Klein, Bowetl’s Law of International Institutions, 6′ Edition, (Sweet &Marwell, 2009)
Reference Books:
Clapham, Andrew, Brierley’s Law of Nations: An Introduction to the Role of International in International Relations, 7” Edition, (Oxford: 2012)
Harris ,D.H, Cases and Materials on International Law, 7′ Edition, (Sweet and Maxwell, 2010)
Oppenheim, International Law, 9” Edition, (Oxford, 2008)
Kapoor, S.K, International Law, Human Rights (Central Law Agency, 2009).
Das, Bhagirathlal, An Introduction to World Trade Organization Agreements (Zed Books,1998).