(Distinction) Public International Law Exam Notes

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SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 3 1. ART 38(1)(B) – INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM 3 2. TREATIES 8 3. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW 8 PERSONALITY AND RECOGNITION 10 4. PERSONALITY 10 5. OTHER LEGAL PERSONS 16 6. RECOGNITION 19 7. RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENTS 21 STATE JURISDICTION AND IMMUNITIES 23 8. STATE JURISDICTION 23 9. STATE IMMUNITY 30 10. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR IMMUNITY 37 LAW OF TREATIES 42 11. VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES 1969 42 12. MAKING OF TREATIES 46 13. RESERVATIONS AND DECLARATIONS 50 ACCEPTANCE AND OBJECTION 51 ARTICLE 20 51 EFFECT OF RESERVATIONS 52 ARTICLE 21 52 14. ENTRY INTO FORCE 55 15. TREATY INTERPRETATION 59 16. THIRD STATES 63 17. VALIDITY OF TREATIES 65 18. TERMINATION OF, SUSPENSION OF AND WITHDRAWAL FROM TREATIES 69 19. GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE INVALIDITY, TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION OF TREATIES 75 STATE RESPONSIBILITY 78 20. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY 78 21. ELEMENTS OF RESPONSIBILITY 80 22. CONSEQUENCES OF AN INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL ACT 100 23. MULTILATERAL PUBLIC ORDER AND ISSUES OF RESPONSIBILITY 108 SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES 111 24. OBLIGATION TO RESOLVE DISPUTES PEACEFULLY 111 25. ARBITRATION 113 26. JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 115 USE OF FORCE 134 27. UNILATERAL USE OF FORCE 134 28. COLLECTIVE MEASURES THROUGH THE UN 147