FACULTY OF LAW
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
This page contains links to the lecture handouts for the public
international law courses offered in the Faculty of Law. These include FHS
Public International Law, BCL/MJur International Dispute Settlement, BCL/MJur
Law of the Sea, and BCL/MJur International Human Rights and the Law of War.
The handouts are revised each year. They remain available until replaced by new
versions. The handouts for the current academic year appear as blue links
below. The lighter links are to last year's handouts, which will gradually
be replaced.
FHS PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Nature and Sources of International Law (pdf)
International Law and Municipal Law: Lecture Handout | Lecture
Subjects of International Law
Recognition
Territory; Jurisdiction (Part 1)
The
Law of the Sea
The Law of Treaties
- also available as a slide show in two
parts: Part
One, Part
Two
Jurisdiction
Immunties
from Jurisdiction
State Responsibility
Comparative Tables of ILC articles on State Responsibility:
- Draft Articles
- Final Articles
(PDF file)
Dispute Settlement
International Court of Justice
International Law and the Use of Force
BCL/MJUR INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Michaelmas term
Week 1. Introduction
(pdf); The General
Framework (pdf)
Week 2. Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR); Good Offices (pdf)
Week 3. The
Hague Peace System and International Arbitration (pdf)
Week 4. The
Iran-US Claims Tribunal; the UNCC
Week 5. ICSID
Week
6. International Commercial
Arbitration
Week 7. Political
disputes
Week
8. Economic disputes: WTO; NAFTA
Hilary term
International Court of Justice
The Arbitral Process I
The Arbitral Process
II
The Arbitral
Process III
The Arbitral Process IV
Materials
Lauder v. Czech Republic (2001) (PDF file)
CME v. Czech Republic (2001) Part One (PDF
file)
CME v. Czech Republic (2001) Part Two (PDF
file)
BCL/MJUR LAW OF THE SEA
1. Introduction
(pdf)
2. Baselines; Internal Waters
3. Territorial Sea; Straits
4. Contiguous Zone; EEZ
5. Continental Shelf; Delimitation
6. High Seas
See also the Spanish memorial in the Fisheries Jurisdiction
(Spain v Canada) case.
7. Straddling Stocks Agreement; International Sea-Bed Area
8. Dispute
Settlement in the Law of the Sea
9. Underwater Cultural Heritage
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE
LAW OF WAR [NOT AVAILABLE 2003-4]
Course outline and core reading list
Reading lists
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARMED
CONFLICT