International Law Readings Summarised and Notes Weeks 1-11 LAWS2250

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Weeks 1-11 Readings summaries. - key quotes which are relevant to the course with page and prargraph numbers where relevant. Topics & Readings Covered: Week 1: Introduction to the Nature and Structure of International Law 3 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 1 (‘Introduction’) 4 Rosalyn Higgins, Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It (Oxford University Press 2000), Chapter 1 (‘The Nature and Function of International Law) 4 Week 2: Subjects and Actors in International Law 4 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapters 4 (‘Subjects of International Law’), and 5 (‘Creation and Incidence of Statehood’) 5 Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion 11 April 1949, ICJ Reports 1949, pp. 178-179 6 Week 3: Sources of International Law 6 Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38 7 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 2 (‘The Sources of International Law’) 7 North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark and the Netherlands), Judgment of 20 February 1969, ICJ Reports 1969, paragraphs 70 to 101 8 Week 4: Law of Treaties 9 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 9 (Vienna, 23 May 1969) 9 Chapter 4 – mention of treaties 11 Chapter 16 – the Law of Treaties 11 Week 5 – International Law v Domestic Law 14 Donald Rothwell et al, International Law: Cases and Materials with Australian Perspectives (Cambridge University Press 2018), Chapter 4 (‘International and Municipal Law’) 14 Week 6 – Law of Jurisdiction 17 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 21 (‘Jurisdictional Competence’) 17 Week 7 (21-25 September): The Law of Immunities 21 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 22 (‘Privileges and Immunities of Foreign States’) 21 Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy) [2012] ICJ Rep 99 22 Week 9 (5-9 October): Prohibition on the Threat or Use of Force 23 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 33 (‘Use or Threat of Force by States’) 23 UN Charter, Articles 2 and 51 23 Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Merits Judgment 27 June 1986, ICJ Reports 1986, paras: 24 18-25, 24 105-116, 24 126-130, 24 160-166, 25 172-220, 25 226-252, 25 265-269 25 No Week 10 Week 11 26 James Crawford, Brownlie’s Principles of International Law (9th Edition, Oxford University Press 2019), Chapter 32 (‘Third Party Settlement of International Disputes’) 26 UN Charter, Articles 33-42 27 Statute of the International Court of Justice, Articles 34-38 28