Public International Law (PIL)

INTRODUCTION

 Basic Concepts in PIL

 The Nature of International Law

o Relationship between international law and national

law
o Sources of international law

 Subjects of International law

o States
o International Organizations
o Individuals

 Requisites of Statehood
 Jurisdiction of States

o Territoriality Principle
 The Case of the S.S. Lotus (France v. Turkey)
o Nationality Principle
 The Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)
o Protective Principle
o Universality Principle
o Passive Personality Principle
o Conflicts of Jurisdiction

 The Law of Treaties

o Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

 Doctrine of State Responsibility

o Articles on the Responsibility of States for

Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA)
o Attribution to States
 Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom v. Albania)
 Nicaragua Case (Nicaragua v. United States)
o Reparation
 The Chorzow Factory Case (Germany v. Poland)

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