Module I Definition & Scope of International Law
- Definition & Scope of International Law
- Nature of International Law
- International Law is a Weak Law
- Differences between Public & Private International Law
Module II Subjects of International Law
2.1 Status of International Organizations
2.2 Place of Individuals in International Law
– Holder of Rights
– Duties of Individuals
– Procedural Capacity of Individuals
2.3 Relationship between International Law & Municipal Law
Module III Sources of International Law
3.1 International Customs
3.2 International Treaties
3.3 General Principles of Law
3.4 Judicial Decisions & Juristic Works
3.5 Resolutions of General Assembly
Module IV Recognition, Law of the Sea
4.1 Meaning & Theories of Recognition
4.2 De Facto & De Jure Recognition
4.3 Express, Implied & Conditional Recognition
4.4 Withdrawal & Retroactivity of Recognition
4.5 Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Continental Shelf& Exclusive Economic Zone, High Seas
Module V Extradition, Asylum
5.1 Meaning definition and basic principle of extradition
5.2 Consequence of no-extradition of political crimes
5.3 Meaning and definition of asylum
5.4 Types of asylum; territorial & non- territorial
5.5 Relationship between extradition and asylum
Module VI International Organizations
6.1 The United Nations & its Organs
6.2 The International Court of Justice
6.3 International Criminal Court
Prescribed Books:
- Oppeniheim, International Law, Biblio Bazaar, LIC, 2010
- James Crawford Brownlie, Principles of International Law, Oxford University Press, 2013
- Starke, Introduction to International Law , Oxford University Press, 2013
- Shaw, International Law, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (6th Edn)
- A. Boyle & C. Chinkin, The Making of International Law, Foundations of Public International Law, Oxford University Press, 2007
- R. P. Dhokalia, The Codification of Public International Law, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press, 1970
- Mark Villiger, “The Factual Framework: Codification in Past and Present”, in Customary International Law and Treaties, Mark Villger, pp.63-113, The Netherlands: MartinusNijhoff, 1985
- S.K. Kapoor, International Law, Human Rights, Central Law Agency, 2009
- Brownlie, International Law and the Use of Force by States, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991
- H.O. Agarwal, International Law & Human Rights, Central Law Agency 1st Ed. (Rep) 2014