Public International Law Notes | B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Semester 7 | KSLU | munotes

Contents

Unit I

1. Public International Law: What This Paper Covers, and How to Read This Book 1
2. What International Law Is, and Where It Came From 5
3. Defining International Law 16
4. Is International Law Really Law? 23
5. Theories of the Basis of International Law 31
6. The Sources of International Law 38
7. Custom 44
8. Treaties as a Source 52
9. General Principles of Law Recognised by Civilised Nations 59
10. Judicial Decisions and the Writings of Jurists 65
11. Equity 71
12. Resolutions of the General Assembly 77
13. International Law and Municipal Law 83
14. International Law in Indian Courts 91
15. Subjects of International Law 97

Unit II

1. The State: Its Elements, Its Kinds, and Its Rights and Duties 104
2. Intervention, and the Monroe Doctrine 114
3. Recognition of States 122
4. Recognition of Governments 129
5. Modes and Legal Effects of Recognition 134
6. State Territory 142
7. Acquisition of State Territory 148
8. Loss of State Territory 157

Unit III

1. State Jurisdiction 163
2. Immunity from Jurisdiction 172
3. The Law of the Sea 181
4. Baselines and the Territorial Sea 187
5. Innocent Passage, and Straits 195
6. The Contiguous Zone 204
7. The Continental Shelf 209
8. The Exclusive Economic Zone 216
9. The High Seas 224
10. Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries 236
11. Republic of Italy v. Union of India 243
12. The Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration 250
13. The Common Heritage of Mankind 256
14. The Area, and the Parallel System of Mining 263
15. State Responsibility 271
16. Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness, and Reparation 282
17. Treatment of Aliens and Diplomatic Protection 291
18. State Succession 300

Unit IV

1. Extradition 308
2. Asylum 317
3. Nationality 324
4. Double Nationality and Statelessness 332
5. Nationality and Citizenship Distinguished 339
6. The Agents of International Business: Heads of State, Governments and Foreign Ministers 345
7. Diplomatic Envoys: Classes, Appointment, Functions and the End of a Mission 353
8. Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities 362
9. Consuls: Their Classes, Functions, Privileges and Immunities 374
10. Special Missions and the Other Representatives of States 384
11. What a Treaty Is, and Its Kinds 391
12. Making a Treaty: From Full Powers to Entry Into Force 397
13. Reservations to Treaties 406
14. Interpretation of Treaties 414
15. Rights and Duties of the Parties, and Third States 421
16. Validity of Treaties, and Jus Cogens 429
17. Termination and Suspension of Treaties 438

Unit V

1. The United Nations: Purposes, Principles and Membership 447
2. The General Assembly 456
3. The Security Council: Composition, Voting and the Veto 464
4. Pacific Settlement of Disputes 471
5. The Use of Force and Collective Security 478
6. The Economic and Social Council 487
7. The International Court of Justice 495
8. The Secretariat and the Secretary-General 507
9. The Trusteeship System and the Trusteeship Council 514
10. The World Trade Organization 523
11. General Principles of International Trade Law 534
12. The International Labour Organisation 543