UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
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

International Law and Armed Conflict