PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT PROJECT

1. No students are permitted to change the title of the Project. However,
they are permitted to delimit objectives of the title allotted.
2. If any assistance on clarifications of the title is permissible only when
students are finalising the synopsis.
Any discussions regarding the subject and assistance to complete the
project is permissible only by prior appointment of date and time in
person only. No e-mail or telephone conversation.
No deviance is permissible in this rule.
3. The project submission and valuation is divided into TWO components.
The division of marks, as follows,
- Synopsis
( 05 Marks)
Submission
(03 Marks)- Mandatory
(Minimum 600 words- Maximum 750 words)
Presentation (02 Marks) - Mandatory
Schedule for Synopsis presentation will be intimated later either oral
or written communication to the concerned students.
- Project

(15 Marks)
Submission
(10 Marks) - Mandatory
(There is no minimum Maximum 4000 words
(exluding Synopsis and foot notes))
Presentation (05 Marks) - Mandatory

Schedule for Synopsis presentation will be intimated later

only by Notice or Circular.
4. Last date for submission of Synopsis 26.02.2016 (Friday) at 04.00
P.M.
5. Late submission of synopsis may be entertained till 27.02.2016
(Saturday) 01.00 P. M.only Hard Copy

6. The synopsis should contain

General introduction about the title - 400 words

Objectives of the Title - 50
Research Questions - 50
Methodology of the Research should be very specific -50
Sources for the Research Work - 50
Conclusion - 50
Suggestions/Recommendations (Depends upon title and
Methodology) - 50
- Bibliography/References

7. The Formatting of Project has to be

- Times New Roman
- Font Size
o Text - 12
o Foot note - 10
- Line Spacing
o Text - 1. 5
o Foot note - 1
8. The students are instructed to submit Hard and Soft copy of the project
both MS Word and PDF format.
9. Last date for submission of project both Hard and Soft Copy, i.e.,
19.03.2016 (Saturday).

Mode of Citation :
International Legal Material

- United Nations Charter, 1945

- Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties, 1969
- TRIPS - Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 1994

Article 2 (4), United Nations Charter, 26 June 1945, 67 UKTS (1946), 39

AJIL Suppl. 490, (1945) (in force 24 October 1945).

Article 34, Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 1155

U.N.T.S. 331, reprinted in 8 ILM 679 (1969), (in force 27 January 1980).

Article 27, TRIPS, World Trade Organisation, 15 April, 1994, 1867,

U.N.T.S.154, reprinted in 33 ILM 1144, (1994), (in force 1 January 1995)

Books
Malcolm N. Shah, International Law, (Fifth Edition, 2012, Cambridge
University Press, London,), p. 41
I.A. Shearer, Starkes International Law, (Eleventh International Student
Edition, 1994, Oxford University Press, Oxford), p. 79.

Edited Books
Dr. A. David Ambrose, Sustainable Development of Natural Resources and
Environmental Implications in International Law in Dr. S. John William
(Edn.,), Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Development,
(SECNARM, 2002, Chennai), pp 38-54 at 40.

Journals

WlddyslawCzaplinskki, Sources of International Law in the Nicaragua Case, 38

ICLQ, (1989), pp 151-166 at 160.
Edith Brown Weiss, Invoking State Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century,
96 AJIL, (2002), pp 798-809 at 800.

Reports
UNGA Res. 41st Sess. Supp. No. 53, at 183; UN Doc.A/RES/41/128, 1986.
Periodicals
SundarlalBhaghuna, The Earth Summit : An Indian View, The Hindu, Chennai,
15th July (1992), p. 8
Case Laws
National
Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India, (1989) 1 SCC 674.
Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 2715; (1996) 5 SCC 647.
International Court of Justice
Case Concerning Gabcikovo - Nagymaros Dam, (1997), ICJ Rep. 7.
Nuclear Test case, (Australia v. France), (1973), ICJ Rep. 99.
S.S. Lotus Case (France v. Turkey) (1927), PCIJ Ser. A. No. 10.
Arbitral Tribunals
Lake Lanoux Arbitration, 12 R Intl Arb. Awards 281, (1957).
Trail Smelter (U.S. v.Canada), 3, R. Intl Arb. Awards 1905 (1938 & 1941).

Web Sources
AslanAbashidze, The Relationship Between International Law and Municipal
Law: Significance of Monism and Dualism Concepts, available at www.

Note : This standard format is only Public International Law

Title Page

Title of the Project

Submitted by
Name
Register No

Project Submitted to
Dr. S. AMIRTHALINGAM
Associate Professor of Law

TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL

(A State University established by Act No. 9 of 2012)
NavalurKuttapattu, Srirangam (TK), Tiruchirappalli 620009.

MARCH 2016

DECLARATION

I ---------------------------------------------------------, Registrar Number ------------------------------,

hereby

declare

that

this

project

work

entitled

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------has been originally carried out by me under the guidance and supervision of
S. Amirthalingam,

Dr.

Associate Professor of Law, Tamil Nadu National Law School,

Tiruchirappalli - 620 009. This work has not been submitted either in whole or in part of any
Degree / Diploma in this Institution or any other Institution/University.

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