PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University · LL.B. Semester 5 · 5.1
Unit I — UNIT I:
Origin, Development and Definition of International Law · Nature and Basis of International Law · Sources of International Law · Relationship between Municipal Law and International Law (Monism, Dualism, British, American and Indian Practice) · Subjects of international law
Unit II — UNIT II:
State: essential characteristics of a State in International Law · Sovereignty of States, Kinds of states, Rights and duties of states · State succession: Definition and Kinds of Succession · Consequences of state succession · Succession in respect of International Organization · State Jurisdiction · State Territory and modes of acquisition and loss of state territory
Unit III — UNIT III:
Responsibility of states, kinds and consequences. · Recognition: Definition of State Recognition · Recognition of Government · Theories and Modes of Recognition · Legal Effects of Recognition
Unit IV — UNIT IV:
Extradition &Asylum · Nationality · Diplomatic agents, Consuls and other representatives · Formation of treaties · Mode of consent, Reservation and termination.
Unit V — UNIT V:
League of Nations · The United Nations Organization: Preamble, purposes and principles of UN Charter · UN principal organs and their composition and functions · Specialized agencies: UNESCO, WHO, ILO,IMF. · Settlement of international disputes.
Unit VI — UNIT VI:
The Legal Regime of the Seas · Evolution of the Law of the Sea · United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas · Maritime Belt, Contiguous Zone, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone · The High Seas · Land Locked States · International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea