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• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• Table of cases and materials Page
• List of figures Page
• Preface Page
• Acknowledgments Page
• 1. The essence of law and the nature of international law
• Introductory remarks
• Legal systems
• Theories of law
• The essence of law
• a) The law as a normative system
• b) The law as a systematised body of norms
• c) The law as instituted by the state or the interstate system
• d) The law as applied through the structure which has instituted it
• e) The mission of law – to avoid conflicts and to establish civil peace
• The notion of international law
• Development of international law
• Specifics of international law
• a) Interstate system
• b) State as the main subject of international law
• c) Sources and norms of international law
• d) International law as applied by subjects
• e) Avoidance of war and institution of peace
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 2. Sources of international law
• Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice
• International treaty
• International custom
• General principles of law
• Unilateral acts of states
• Subsidiary means
• Soft law
• The complex arrangement of international law – is there a hierarchy?
• International law and national law
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 3. Principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among states in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations
• The notion of the principles of international law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among states in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations
• The formation of the principles of international law relating to friendly relations and co-operation among states
• The list of the principles of international law relating to friendly relations and co-operation among states
• Equality – sovereign equality, respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty
• Independence – non-intervention in internal affairs
• Peaceful co-existence – refraining from the threat or use of force
• The historical origins
• Aggression
• Right to self-defence
• Collective security system
• Humanitarian intervention
• Neutrality
• Peaceful co-existence – pacific settlement of disputes
• Direct negotiation, good offices, and mediation
• Inquiry and conciliation
• International arbitration
• International courts
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 4. The notion of the subjects of international law and the state as the main subject
• The notion of the subject of international law
• State
• Traditional criteria of statehood
• The concept of sovereignty
• Recognition
• State succession
• Extinction of statehood
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 5. Other subjects of international law
• The people as a subject of international law
• The genesis of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples
• Defining self-determination
• The self-determination unit
• Mandated and trust territories and non-self-governing territories
• International administration of territories
• Insurgents, belligerents, and national liberation movements
• Sui generis entities
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• The Holy See and the Vatican City
• The Sovereign Order of Malta
• International Committee of the Red Cross and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
• International organisations
• Individuals
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 6. The law of treaties
• Basic documents on the law of treaties
• Principles of the law of treaties
• Definition and structure of an international treaty
• Conclusion of an international treaty between states
• Conclusion of international treaties and other subjects of international law
• Interpretation of international treaties
• Amendment and modification of international treaties
• Invalidity, termination, and suspension of the operation of an international treaty
• Armed conflicts and international treaties
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 7. International organisations
• International institutions
• United Nations
• Foundation of the United Nations
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• Economic and Social Council
• Trusteeship Council
• Secretariat
• International Court of Justice
• United Nations Specialised Agencies and Related Organisations
• European Communities and the European Union
• From economic to political union
• From the European Union’s three pillars concept to the system of the distribution of competences
• The European Union’s structure
• The legal nature of the European Union
• European Union law
• The Council of Europe
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• Organisation of American States
• The African Union
• The League of Arab States
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 8. The international protection of human rights
• To the basics of the concept
• Human rights milestones
• Three generations of human rights
• The implementation of the universal regime of human rights
• The United Nations internal human rights bodies
• Human rights treaty bodies
• Regional protection of human rights
• European human rights regime
• Human rights regime in the Americas
• African human rights regime
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 9. Responsibility in international law
• The general concept of responsibility
• State responsibility
• Attribution of conduct to a state
• Circumstances precluding wrongfulness
• Content of the international responsibility of a state
• Implementation of the international responsibility of a state
• Responsibility of international organisations
• Individual criminal responsibility in international law
• From the ad hoc tribunals to the permanent international criminal court
• International Criminal Court
• International crimes
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 10. Jurisdiction
• The dimensions of jurisdiction
• The notion of jurisdiction
• Lotus principle
• The principles of jurisdiction
• Territoriality principle
• Nationality principle
• Extraterritorial jurisdiction
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Civil jurisdiction
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, arbitral awards, and cross-border criminal justice co-operation
• Immunity from jurisdiction
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 11. Diplomatic and consular law
• Distinction between diplomatic and consular relations
• Diplomatic relations and diplomatic mission
• Functions of a diplomatic mission of a state
• Members of a diplomatic mission of a state
• Appointment of the heads and members of the diplomatic staff of missions of a state
• Diplomatic privileges and immunities
• Termination of a diplomatic mission or of the functions of a diplomatic agent of a state
• Diplomatic law and international organisations
• Consular relations and consular posts
• Consular functions
• Members of a consular post
• Appointment of heads of consular posts and other consular officers
• Consular privileges and immunities
• Termination of the consular functions
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 12. Territory
• Territory under international law
• State territory
• State boundaries
• The acquisition of additional territory
• Occupation and accretion
• Prescription
• Cession, adjudication, and boundary allocation decisions
• Annexation
• Minor rights over state territory
• Transfer of administration
• International lease
• International servitude
• International canals and rivers
• Polar regions
• Antarctic
• Arctic
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 13. The law of the sea
• The complex approach
• Internal waters
• Territorial sea
• Contiguous zone
• Exclusive economic zone
• Continental shelf
• Straits used for international navigation
• Archipelagic waters
• High seas
• The deep seabed
• International institutions
• Settlement of international disputes
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 14. International air and space law
• Different approaches
• Where airspace ends and outer space begins
• Airspace
• Air services
• Liability
• Aviation security
• Outer space
• The principles of space law
• Moon Agreement
• International liability for damage caused by space objects
• Jurisdiction
• International institutions
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 15. International economic law
• Definition, sources, and subfields of international economic law
• The Bretton Woods system
• International finance law
• International trade law
• International investment law
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 16. International environmental law
• International environmental law as a branch of international law
• Development of international environmental law and its sources
• Defining the environment and the principles of international environmental law
• Sustainable Development Goals and targets
• International environmental governance and defining ‘pollution’
• The main fields of substantive international environmental law
• Conservation of nature and protection of the terrestrial and marine environments
• Climate and atmosphere
• Hazardous substances and activities
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• 17. International humanitarian law
• From the law of war to international humanitarian law
• The basics of international humanitarian law
• The methods and means of warfare
• Nuclear weapons
• International and non-international armed conflicts
• Persons and objects under the protection of international humanitarian law
• Cases and materials (selected parts)
• Index