Public International Law
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University · LL.B. Semester 5
Unit 1 — Foundation of international law
definition, nature and origin · theories of basis · public and private international law
Unit 2 — Sources of international law
customs · treaties · decisions of tribunals · writings of jurists · general principles
Unit 3 — Relationship between international law and municipal law
dualist and monist theories
Unit 4 — Subjects of international law
states · individuals · non-state entities
Unit 5 — States as subjects of international law
essentials of a state · sovereignty · equality · kinds of states
Unit 6 — Recognition of states
kinds · de jure and de facto · effects · duty to recognize
Unit 7 — State jurisdiction
territorial · personal · universal · protective
Unit 8 — State responsibility
Calvo clause
Unit 9 — State succession
Unit 10 — State and the individual
nationality · aliens · extradition, rendition and asylum · human rights
Unit 11 — Development and the environment
Stockholm Conference 1972 · nuclear safety
Unit 12 — Agents of international business
diplomatic envoys · consuls · special missions
Unit 13 — Treaties
formation and ratification · reservation · interpretation · termination · jus cogens
Unit 14 — International disputes
peaceful means: arbitration, judicial settlement, negotiation, mediation, conciliation · forcible means: retorsion, reprisals, embargo, blockade, intervention
Unit 15 — War, armed conflicts and other hostile relations
war crimes and trials