PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Unit I

International Law: · —Definition: Nature and Basis · —Sources · —Subjects · —Relationship between International law and Municipal Law.

• Nature, Origin and Historical Development of International Law
• Definitions of International Law
• Fundamentals of International Law — Theories and Doctrines in International Laws
• Sources of International Law
• Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law, Monistic Theory, Dualistic Theory)

Unit II

—State Territory, Acquisition and loss · —Law of the Sea, including Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf and Contiguous · Zone & Exclusive Economic Zone. · —Recognition

• State Territory Constitution, acquisition, loss
• The Law of the Sea: (Law of Sea Convention, 1982)
• Maritime Zones
• Recognition of States and Government

Unit III

—Intervention · —Extradition · —Settlement of disputes: Peaceful methods and forcible methods.

Unit IV

—Treaties · —Nationality · —State Succession

• Law of Treaties Definition, kinds and essentials Inception, interpretation of treaties
• Definition of Nationality, Concept of Double Nationality, Distinction between Nationality and citizenship