OBE Public International Law 2020-25 AY 2022-23
OBE Public International Law 2020-25 AY 2022-23
OBE Public International Law 2020-25 AY 2022-23
Program Objective:-
1. By Studying law in the particular context of humanities and social sciences the students are groomed
to respond to governance, administration and human behavior.
2. Students gain an edge over other peers to lead and shape social and public enterprises such as the
State, Community organization, and Social Enterprises.
3. Course curriculum facilitates learning Law in a profound way in response to contemporary
development with hands-onn experience in legal knowledge and skills in value framework in afast-
changingg India set in a deglobalizing worldd.
4. The Student will be groomed in intellectual integrity,ethics.
5. The Student will improve cognitiveproblem-solvingng skills, independent critical thinking
withresearchcapabilitiess
6. Studentswillbeabletocultivatetheabilitytoappreciateroleoflawyers injustice education in
Globalisingworld, sustainability, povertandvulnerabilityty.
Course Objectives: -
The course intends to focus on the following issues:
CO(1) - To expose the students to the emerging trends and contemporary issues in International Law
CO(2) - To provide necessary details of each aspect of international Law explaining the basic
concepts and fundamental principles involved in it.
CO(3) - To generate sufficient interest and understanding of the subject, enabling the students to opt
for further specialization in their future academic or professional career
CO(4)- To understand the relationship of domestic and international law with international
organisations.
CO(5)- To understand statutes of the States andindividuals under the international law
Recommended Text Book: -
Malcolm N Shaw, International Law, Cambridge University Press, 1stSouth Asian Edition, (Reprinted
2013).
S.K Kapoor, International Law and Human rights, Central Law Agency, (2004).
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Suggested Books: -
Books Recommended
Agarwal, H. O., International Law, Allahabad Law Agency (1992)
S.K Kapoor, International Law and Human rights, Central Law Agency, (2004).
Charlotte, K.U., and Diehl, F. Paul, International Law: Classic and Contemporary Reading, Lynne
Rienner Publishers (2009)
Dixon Martin and MaccorouodaleRobort, Cases and Materials on International Law, Lawmann OUP
(2003)
Gray Christine, International Law and the Use of Force, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, (2004)
Green, L. C., Cases and Materials on International Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 6th edition, (2004)
Harris D. J., Cases and Materials on International Law Sweet & Maxwell, (2004)
Jan Klabbers, International Organizations, Dartmouth Publishing Co., 5th edition, (2005)
J. G. Starke, An Introduction to International Law, Butterworth-Heinemann; 7th edition (1972)
J. G. Starke, Starke’s International Law, Butterworth-Heinemann (1994)
Kapoor, S. K., International Law and Human Rights, Central Law Publication, 17th edition, (2007)
Malcolm, Evans D., International Law (Edited), Oxford University Press, London, (2006)
Patel Bimal N., India and International Law (Edited), MartinusNijhoff Publishers, (2005)
Shaw, Malcolm, International Law, Cambridge University Press, 5th edition, (2006)
Slomanson William R., Fundamental Perspective of International Law, Thomas, 22nd edition, (2003)
Werle, Gerhard, Principles of International Criminal Law, T. M. C. Asser Press, (2005)
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Course Map: -
The following table shows how the Course Learning Outcomes relate to the overall Program Learning Goals
and Outcomes and indicates where these are assessed:
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Delivery Schedule
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Essential Reading:
Essential Readings:
1. I.A. Shearer, Stark’s International Law
Oxford University Press,11th edition (2018)
p. 01-27,
Further Reading:
2. James Crawoford, Browniles Public Lecture & CO (1)
Definition of &LO(1)-S
1 International Law, Oxford University simulation
international law
Press, 8th Edition, (2008) pp 01-19 exercise Project Report
Research Articles
3. Hugh Handeyside, The Lotus Principle in
ICJ Jurisprudence: Was the Ship Ever
Afloat?, 29 MICH. J. INT'L L. 71 (2007).
4. Philip Allot, The Concept of International
Law, EJIL (1999) Page 31-50,
http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/10/1/577.pdf
Essential Reading:
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Suggested Reading
3. Hugh Thirlway, The Sources of
International Law 2nded, Oxford University
Press
Research Articles
4. Bisschop, W. R. “Sources of International
Law.” Transactions of the Grotius Society,
vol. 26, 1940, pp. 235–260
Further Readings:
2. Malcolm N Shaw, International Law,
Cambridge University Press, ,
Lucknow, 1st Edition, (2017) PP 129-
178
3. James Crawford ,Brownlie's
Principles of Public International Law
8th Ed. Oxford University Press PP 48
to 110.
Research Articles
4. Pierre-HuguesVerdier, and Mila
Versteeg. “International Law in
Domestic Legal Systems: An
Empirical Perspective.” Proceedings
of the Annual Meeting (American
Society of International Law), vol.
108, 2014, pp. 376–382.
5. Borchard, Edwin. “The Relation
between International Law and
Municipal Law.” Virginia Law
Review, vol. 27, no. 2, 1940, pp. 137–
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148.
Essential Reading ,
1. MALCOLM N. SHAW QC,
International Law, Cambridge
University Press p: 629-631
Suggested Reading:
1. United Nations Convention on the Law of
the Sea ,
https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_a
greements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf CO (1)
2.1 Convention Research Articles Lecture/ &LO(1) -M
on the Law of 2. Boyle, Alan. “Further Development of the Discussion Reseach
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Sea, 1982 Project
Law of the Sea Convention: Mechanisms
for Change.” The International and
Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 3,
2005, pp.
3. Tomlinson, Margaret L., and Michael A.
Becker. “International Law of the Sea.”
The International Lawyer, vol. 42, no. 2,
2008, pp. 797–809
Suggested Reading:
1. Yoshifumi Tanaka,The International Law
of the Sea, 2nd edition Cambridge
University Press (2018)pp (263-278)
Research Articles:
Essential Reading:
Suggested Reading:
Further Reading
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1. Yoshifumi Tanaka,The International Law
of the Sea, 2nd edition Cambridge
University Press pp 154-173 (2018).
Articles
1. Van Zwanenberg, Anna. “Interference with
Ships on the High Seas.” The International
and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 10,
no. 4, 1961, pp. 785–817.
2. Anderson, D., 2008. Freedoms of the high
seas in the modern law of the sea (pp. 229-
249). Brill Nijhoff.
3. Berlin, Donald L. “INDIA IN THE
INDIAN OCEAN.” Naval War College
Review, vol. 59, no. 2, 2006, pp. 58–89.
4. Varma, Ravindra. “STRATEGIC
IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIAN
OCEAN.” The Indian Journal of Political
Science, vol. 28, no. 1/2, 1967, pp. 51–61
Further Reading
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4. Karl, Donald E. “Islands and the
Delimitation of the Continental Shelf: A
Framework for Analysis.” The American
Journal of International Law, vol. 71, no. 4,
1977, pp. 642–673
Further Reading:
2. North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal
Republic of Germany/Denmark), 26 April
1968,
https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-
related/52/052-19690220-JUD-01-00-
EN.pdf
CO (3)
3. Evans, Alona E. “North Sea Continental Lecture/Case &CO(3) –S
11 Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Study/Guest Research
Germany/Denmark; Federal Republic of Lecture Project/Case
Germany/Netherlands.” The American Analysis
Journal of International Law, vol. 63, no. 3,
1969, pp. 591–636
4. Friedmann, Wolfgang. “The North Sea
Continental Shelf Cases--A Critique.” The
American Journal of International Law,
vol. 64, no. 2, 1970, pp. 229–240.
5. Nelson, L. D. M. “The North Sea
Continental Shelf Cases and Law-Making
Conventions.” The Modern Law Review,
vol. 35, no. 1, 1972, pp. 52–56.
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Essential Reading:
4.1 Rome James Crawoford, Browniles Public
Convention International Law, Oxford University
Press, 8th Edition, (2008) 671-690
Furthere reading
1. UNITED NATIONS: ROME STATUTE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL CO (3)
&LO(3)-S
COURT.” International Legal Materials, Lecture/
16 vol. 37, no. 5, 1998, pp. 999–1069. Discussion/ Research
Guest Lecture Project/
2. K. P. Prakash. “International Criminal Assignment //
Court: A Review.” Economic and Political Written Test
Weekly, vol. 37, no. 40, 2002, pp. 4113–
4115
3. Warbrick, Colin. “International Criminal
Law.” The International and Comparative
Law Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, 1995, pp.
466–479.
Further reading
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Opposition, vol. 38, no. 1, 2003, pp. 29–51
4. Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court, https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-
library/documents/rs-eng.pdf
5. Olympia Bekou, and Robert Cryer. “The
International Criminal Court and Universal
Jurisdiction: A Close Encounter?” The
International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 1, 2007, pp. 49–68
4.2 Jurisdiction
of ICC Essential Reading:
1. James Crawoford, Browniles Public
International Law, Oxford University
Press, 8th Edition, (2008) 687-690
Furthere reading
1. Scheffer, David. “The International Criminal
Court: The Challenge of
Jurisdiction.” Proceedings of the Annual
Meeting (American Society of International
Law), vol. 93, 1999, pp. 68–72
2. Stahn, Carsten, et al. “The International
Criminal Court's Ad Hoc Jurisdiction CO (3)
Lecture/
Revisited.” The American Journal of Discussion/ &LO(3)-S
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International Law, vol. 99, no. 2, 2005, pp. Guest Lecture Assignment //
Written Test
421–431.
3. Scharf, Michael P. “The ICC's Jurisdiction
over the Nationals of Non-Party States: A
Critique of the U.S. Position.” Law and
Contemporary Problems, vol. 64, no. 1,
2001, pp. 67–117.
4. Ryngaert, Cedric. “The International
Criminal Court and Universal Jurisdiction:
A Fraught Relationship?” New Criminal
Law Review: An International and
Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 12, no. 4,
2009, pp. 498–512.
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Yugoslavia.” The American Journal of
International Law, vol. 87, no. 4, 1993, pp.
639–659.
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in the Western Balkans
Essential Reading:
1. UNGAR 3201/1974, DECLARATION ON
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW
5.1 Evolution INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
and
ORDER,
Development,
Significance and https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/interna
Implications tional-investment-agreements/treaty-files/
UN Charter and 2775/download
UN Declaration
onthe Further Reading:
Establishment of 1. “General Assembly Declaration on the
NewInternationa Establishment of a New International
l Economic Economic Order.” The American Journal of
Order International Law, vol. 68, no. 4, 1974, pp.
798–801.
2. Gosovic, Branislav, and John Gerard Ruggie.
CO (3)
“On the Creation of a New International &LO(3)-S
Economic Order: Issue Linkage and the Lecture
Assignment //
25 /Discussion/Gu
Seventh Special Session of the UN General Written
est Lecture
Assembly.” International Organization, vol. Test/Research
30, no. 2, 1976, pp. 309–345 Project
3. Robin C. A. White. “A New International
Economic Order.” The International and
Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3,
1975, pp. 542–552
4. HAIGHT, G. W. “The New International
Economie Order and the Charter of
Economic Rights and Duties of States.”
The International Lawyer, vol. 9, no. 4,
1975, pp. 591–604
5. VANASSE, ROBERT B. “The UN New
International Economic Order: A Brief
Analysis.” World Affairs, vol. 150, no. 4,
1988, pp. 233–238
Further Reading:
1. Parlin, C. Christopher, et al.
“[Introduction].” Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting (American Society of
International Law), vol. 89, 1995, pp. 316–
Assignment //
326
Written
2. Baldwin, Richard. “The World Trade Test/Research
Organization and the Future of Project
Multilateralism.” The Journal of Economic
Perspectives, vol. 30, no. 1, 2016, pp. 95–
115.
3. Ostry, Sylvia, et al. “The Future of the
World Trade Organization [with
Comments and Discussion].” Brookings
Trade Forum, 1999, pp. 167–204
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pp. 29–42, AU-18 Space Primer
6. Stuart Banner , Who Owns the Sky?: The
Struggle to Control Airspace from the
Wright Brothers On, 1st edi, Harvard
University Press, PP- 261-277
Further Readings:
1. Orr, George W. “The Warsaw
Convention.” Virginia Law Review, vol.
31, no. 2, 1945, pp. 423–437.
2. Kuhn, Arthur K. “The Warsaw Convention
on International Transportation by Air.”
The American Journal of International
Law, vol. 24, no. 4, 1930, pp. 746–748
3. Hill, Adams Sherman. “The Chicago
Convention.” The North American
Review, vol. 107, no. 220, 1868, pp. 167–
186
4. Cheng, Bin. “The Right to Fly.”
Transactions of the Grotius Society, vol.
42, 1956, pp. 99–131
5. Cheng, Bin. “A New Era in the Law of
International Carriage by Air: From
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Warsaw (1929) to Montreal (1999).” The
International and Comparative Law
Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 4, 2004, pp. 833–
859
6. Gardiner, Richard. “Revising the Law of
Carriage by Air: Mechanisms in Treaties
and Contract.” The International and
Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 2,
1998, pp. 278–305.
7. Sand, Peter H. “The International
Unification of Air Law.” Law and
Contemporary Problems, vol. 30, no. 2,
1965, pp. 400–424
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International, 8th ed, 2008 PP 1- 20, PP 44
-47
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for Damage Caused by Space Objects.”
The American Journal of International
Law, vol. 74, no. 2, 1980, pp. 346–371
4. Finch, Edward R. “Outer Space Liability:
Past, Present and Future.” The
International Lawyer, vol. 14, no. 1, 1980,
pp. 123–127.
5. Goswami, J. N., and M. Annadurai.
“Chandrayaan-1: India's First Planetary
Science Mission to the Moon.” Current
Science, vol. 96, no. 4, 2009, pp. 486–491.
Further Reading:
1. Hoffmann, Stanley. “International
Organization and the International CO (1)
System.” International Organization, vol. Lecture/ Class &LO(1)-S
24, no. 3, 1970, pp. 389–413. Assignment //
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Written
2. Lent, Ernest S. “International Organization ssion
Test/Research
and the Study of World Politics.” Project
Background on World Politics, vol. 4, no.
4, 1960, pp. 187–190
3. Hoffmann, Stanley. “The Role of
International Organization: Limits and
Possibilities.” International Organization,
vol. 10, no. 3, 1956, pp. 357–372.
Further Reading:
1. Paemen, Hugo, and Jeffrey M. Lang.
“[Introduction].” Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting (American Society of
International Law), vol. 92, 1998, pp. 207–
212
2. Cuyvers, Armin. “The Institutional
Framework of the EU.” East African
Community Law: Institutional, Substantive
and Comparative EU Aspects, edited by
Armin Cuyvers et al., Brill, LEIDEN;
BOSTON, 2017, pp. 79–102.
Essential Reading::
1. Malcolm N Shaw, International Law,
Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition,
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(2017) PP 1213-1216
Essential Reading:
1. Chakravarthi, Indira. “Role of the World
Health Organisation.” Economic and
Political Weekly, vol. 43, no. 47, 2008, pp.
41–46.
2. B. C. “The World Health Organization.”
The World Today, vol. 6, no. 9, 1950, pp.
386–394.
3. Shimkin, Michael B. “The World Health
Organization.” Science, vol. 104, no. 2700,
1946, pp. 281–283.
Further Reading:
1. May, Christopher. “The World Intellectual
Property Organization and the
Development Agenda.” Global
Governance, vol. 13, no. 2, 2007, pp. 161–
170
2. “WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Assignemtn//
ORGANIZATION-WORLD TRADE Written
Lecture
ORGANIZATION: AGREEMENT Test/Research
BETWEEN WIPO AND WTO.” Project
International Legal Materials, vol. 35, no.
3, 1996, pp. 754–759.
3. Abbott, Frederick M. “WORLD
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ORGANIZATION: TREATY ON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN
RESPECT OF INTEGRATED
CIRCUITS.” International Legal Materials,
vol. 28, no. 6, 1989, pp. 1477–1491
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71, no. 7, 1985, pp. 1183–1210
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for Global Peace: A Conceptual
Framework.” Strategic Studies, vol. 39, no.
3, 2019, pp. 1–21
Evaluation Timeline: -
Keeping in line with continuous evaluation process at SLS, Hyderabad the following schedules have been
drawn. Students are expected to go through the dates / sessions mentioned and prepare accordingly.
The academic year 2022-23, VI Semester commences on 23-Jan-2023 and the last day of instruction is 23-
May-2023.
Semester Activity Start Date End Date
(DD-MM-YYYY) (DD-MM-YYYY)
Semester VI Teaching 23-Jan-2023 23-May-2023
Preparatory Leave 24 May-2023 31 May-2023
Tentative Exam Schedule 1st June 2023 8th June 2023
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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Quality Assurance: -
The SI(DU) is actively monitoring student learning and quality of the student experience in all its programs.
A random selection of completed assessment tasks may be used for quality assurance, such as to determine
the extent to which program learning goals are being achieved. The information is required for accreditation
purposes, and aggregated findings will be used to inform changes aimed at improving the quality of SI (DU)
programs. All material used for such processes will be treated as confidential and will not be related to
course grades.
Brief profile of the Faculty Member: -
Ms M. Annapurna Devi is NET qualified and pursuing PhD and working as an Assistant Professor in
Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.
Ms. Shruti Singh has completed her LLM in Constitutional and Administrative Law from Symbiosis
Law School, Pune. She has also qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET).
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