PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Kakatiya University · LL.B. Semester 3 · P-IV

Unit I

Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of International Law · Relation of International Law to Municipal Law · sources of International Law · Codification

Unit II

State Recognition · State Succession · Responsibility of States for International delinquencies · State Territory · Modes of acquiring State Territory

Unit III

Position of Individual in International Law · Nationality · Extradition · Asylum · Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Envoys · Treaties · Formation of Treaties · Modes of Consent, Reservation and termination

Unit IV

The Legal Regime of the Seas · Evolution of the Law of the Sea · Freedoms of the High Seas · Common Heritage of Mankind · United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas · Legal Regime of Airspace · Important Conventions relating to Airspace · Paris, Havana, Warsaw and Chicago Conventions · Five Freedoms of Air · Legal Regime of Outer space · Important Conventions such as Outer Space Treaty, Agreement on Rescue and Return of Astronauts, Liability Convention, Agreement on Registration of Space objects, Moon Treaty · Unispace

Unit V

International Organizations · League of Nations and United Nations · International Court of Justice · International Criminal Court · Specialized agencies of the UN · WHO, UNESCO, ILO, IMF and WTO