SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Name of School – Kirit P. Mehta School of Law

Program: B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) 81001 & B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) 81002 Semester: VI

Module: Public International Law Module Code: 81001O002

& 81002O003
Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme
Lecture Practical Tutorial Term End
Internal Continuous
(Hours (Hours (Hours per Examinations (TEE)
Credit Assessment (ICA)
per per week) (Marks- 50
(Marks - 50)
week) week) in Question Paper)
4 0 0 4 Marks Scaled to 50 Marks Scaled to 50
Pre-requisite:
Objectives
1. To impart basic knowledge relating to the concepts, theories and judicial response with regard to
Public International Law
Outcomes:
After completion of the course, students would be able to:
1. To analyze the role of Public International Law in international relations (PLO 1a)
2. To critically examine the importance and implications of international law and organisations
(PLO 1a)
3. To apply the knowledge of international law and relate the same with municipal laws (PLO 1b)
Detailed Syllabus: (per session plan)

Unit Description: Duration

Hrs.
1. Introduction to Public International Law 2 Hrs.

1. a) Definition of International Law

b) Nature of International Law

c) Basis of International Law

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 1, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Reference Readings:

a) The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Bardo

Fassbender, Anne Peters, Simone Peter and Daniel Hogger, Oxford
University Press, 2013
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Pedagogy: Discussion

a) Introduction to Public International Law 2 Hrs

2.
a) Evolution and development of International Law

b) Codification of International Law

c) Subjects of International Law

Basic Readings:

a) Chapters 1 and 2, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University

Press, 2017

Reference Readings:

a) Chapter 1, The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Bardo

Fassbender, Anne Peters, Simone Peter and Daniel Hogger, Oxford
University Press, 2013

Pedagogy:
Discussion

3 Introduction to Public International Law 2 Hrs

.
a) Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law

b) Enforcement of International Law

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 3, Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, James

Crawford, 9th edition, Oxford University Press, 2019

Pedagogy:
Discussion

. Sources of Public International Law 3 Hrs

4.
a) International Custom

Basic Readings:
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a) Chapter 3, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
a) Sources of Public International Law 3 Hrs
5
5. a) International Treaties

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 3, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
a. Sources of Public International Law 2 Hrs
b)
a) Judicial decisions

6.
b) Writings of publicists

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 3, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion
a) Recognition 3 Hrs

a) Concept
7.
b) Modes of recognition

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 8, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
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b) Recognition 3 Hrs

a) Theories of recognition
b) Legal effects of recognition
c) Indian practice
8.

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 8, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

a) Recognition 3 Hrs

a) Recognition of belligerency
9.
b) Recognition of insurgency

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 8, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
b) State Succession 3 Hrs

a) Meaning
10.
b) Kinds of succession

c) Theories of state succession

Basic Readings:

a) Chapters 1, 2 and 3, The Law of State Succession, D.P O’Connell,

Cambridge University Press, 2015

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
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11. Intervention 3 Hrs

a) Concept of Intervention

b) Grounds for intervention

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 21, Human Rights: Politics and Practice, Michael Goodhart, Oxford
University Press, 2013

Reference Readings:

a) The use of force in International Law: A case-based approach, Tom Ruys,

Olivier Corten, Alexandra Hofer, Oxford University Press, 2018

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

12. Intervention 3 Hrs

a) Intervention under the League of Nations

b) Intervention under the United Nations

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 21, Human Rights: Politics and Practice, Michael Goodhart, Oxford
University Press, 2013

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

13. Intervention 3 Hrs

a) Practices regarding Intervention in the years 2000 - 2020

Basic Readings:
a) Chapters 48, 49, 50, 51 & 57, The use of force in International Law: a case-
based approach, Tom Ruys, Olivier Corten, Alexandra Hofer, Oxford
University Press 2018

Pedagogy:
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Discussion and analysis of case law

14. Extradition 3 Hrs

a) Concept of extradition
b) Basis and principles of extradition

Basic Readings:

a) Chapters 1, 2 and 3, Extradition Laws in the International and Indian regime,

Ananya Chakraborty, Palgrave Macmillan 2018

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

15. Extradition 3 Hrs

a) Meaning of Asylum and Rights

b) Extraterritorial and diplomatic asylum

Basic Readings:

a) The Law of Diplomatic Asylum: A Contextual approach, 35 Michigan

Journal of International Law 319 (2013 – 2014)

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

16. Extradition
3 Hrs
a) Indian legislation

b) Judgments given by Indian courts

Basic Readings:

a) The Extradition Act 1962

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law
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17. The Law of the Sea 3 Hrs

a) Evolution and development of the Law of the Sea

b) Codification of the Law of the Sea

Basic readings:
a) Chapter 10, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,
2017
b) Chapter 1, The International Law of the Sea, Donald Rothwell and Tim
Stephens, Hart Publishing, 2010
c) Chapter 1, The Law of the Sea in a nutshell, Louis B Sohn, Kristen
Gustafson Juras, John E Noyes and Erik Franckx, second edition, West
Publishing Company, Thomson Reuters, 2010

Reference readings:

a) The IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law: Volume 1: The Law of

the Sea, David Attard, Oxford University Press, 2014

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

18 The Law of the Sea 3 Hrs

a) Territorial Sea
b) Contiguous Zone
c) Exclusive Economic Zone

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 10, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017
b) Chapters 3 and 4, The International Law of the Sea, Donald Rothwell and
Tim Stephens, Hart Publishing, 2010
c) Chapters 8 and 9, Law of the Sea in a nutshell, Louis B Sohn, Kristen
Gustafson Juras, John E Noyes and Erik Franckx, second edition, West
Publishing Company, Thomson Reuters, 2010

Reference readings:

a) The IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law, Volume 1: The Law of the
Sea, David Attard, Oxford University Press 2014

b) The Exclusive Economic Zone in International Law, David Attard, Oxford

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Monographs in International Law, Oxford University Press, 1987

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

19 The Law of the Sea 3 Hrs

a) The Continental Shelf

b) The High Seas

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 10, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017
b) Chapters 5 & 7, The International Law of the Sea, Donald Rothwell and Tim
Stephens, Hart Publishing, 2010
c) Chapters 2 & 10, Law of the Sea in a nutshell, Louis B Sohn, Kristen
Gustafson Juras, John E Noyes, Erik Franckx, second edition, West
Publishing Company, Thomson Reuters, 2010

Reference readings:

a) The IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law: Volume 1 : The Law of

the Sea, David Attard, Oxford University Press, 2014

Pedagogy:
Discussion and analysis of case law

20 International Organisations 3 Hrs

a) Origin, purpose and principles of the United Nations

b) General Assembly
c) Security Council

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 21, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Reference Readings:

a) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, Thomas G Weiss and Sam
Daws, Oxford University Press, USA, 2018

Pedagogy:
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Discussion
21 International Organisations 1 Hr

a) Economic and Social Council

b) Trusteeship Council

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 21, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Reference readings:

a) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, Thomas G Weiss and Sam
Daws, Oxford University Press, USA, 2018

Pedagogy:
Discussion

22 International Organisations 3 Hrs

a) International Court of Justice

Basic Readings:

a) Chapter 21, International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press,

2017

Reference Readings:

a) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, Thomas G Weiss and Sam
Daws, Oxford University Press, USA, 2018

Pedagogy:
Discussion

Total 60 Hrs

Text Books:

1. International Law, Malcolm Shaw, Cambridge University Press, 2017

2. Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, James Crawford, Ninth edition, Oxford
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University Press, 2019

3. The International Law of the Sea, Donald Rothwell and Tim Stephens, Hart Publishing, 2010
4. Law of the Sea in a nutshell, Louis B Sohn, Kristen Gustafson Juras, John E Noyes, Erik Franckx,
second edition, West Publishing Company, Thomson Reuters, 2010

Reference Books:

1. The use of force in International Law: a case-based approach, Tom Ruys, Olivier Corten,
Alexandra Hofer, Oxford University Press, 2018
2. The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, Bardo Fassbender, Anne Peters,
Simone Peter, Daniel Hogger, Oxford University Press, 2013
3. The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, Thomas G Weiss and Sam Daws, Oxford
University Press, USA, 2018
4. Human Rights : politics and practice, Michael Goodhart, Oxford University Press, 2013
5. The IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law: Volume 1, The Law of the Sea, David Attard,
Oxford University Press, 2014

Any other information:

Details of Internal Continuous Assessment (ICA): 50 Marks

Research Paper: 20 Marks

Seminar : 10 Marks
Viva: 10 Marks
Class Participation: 10 Marks

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