International law

International Law Learning Project part of the School of Law

Subject classification: this is a law learning projects resource.

This learning project has resources on the issues surrounding laws applicable between states (and governments), regulating areas such as human rights, international conflicts, international criminal law, etc.

Public International Law (PIL) should be distinguished from Domestic Law (i.e. the law within a single state) and from Private International Law (i.e. the law regulating activities between people, companies or / states that occurs across international borders).

Resources

• Sources
• Public International Law - Where does it come from (sources)? Who / what is bound by it (subjects and personality)? What does it do (remit)? How is it different from Private International Law (Wikibook), Regional Law (e.g. European Union Law), and Domestic Law (i.e. law within a state)?
• Statehood and personality - What are states? How are they created? How can they end? What status do they have - what rights and duties? Are there alternative forms of 'personality' within PIL?
• Constitutional and International Law Papers
  • International Law in the United States at Wikibooks
• Human Rights - Theoretical and philosophical foundations of Human Rights, the obligations of States under Human Rights Law, substantive rights (generations of rights), the Universal System for the protection of Human Rights (UN System), the Regional Systems for the protection of Human Rights (Inter-American, European, African).
• Criminal
• Theory
• Space Law and Policy
• Law of the Sea