Lessons by Subject Outline - International Law

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• The International Law Index lists all CALI lessons covering International Law.

Subject Outline

• What is International Law?
  • Is It Law?
  • Contemporary Perspectives on International Law
• Sources of International Law
  • Treaties
    •  Basics of Treaty Law
    • Reservations to Treaties
    • Invalidity, Termination, and Suspension of Treaties
    • Custom
      • Customary International Law Research (LR56)
  • Soft Law
• Statehood and State Formation
  • State Formation, Secession, Territorial Sovereignty
  • Recognition and State Succession
  • Changes in Regimes
• Actors in International Law
  • International Organizations
    • Regional International Organizations Research (LR90)
    • Supranational Organizations: The European Union Research (LR89)
  • Non-governmental Organizations (NGO’s)
  • Corporations as International Actors
  • Territories and Groups; U.S. States
• Creating International Law in Domestic Systems
  • Interpreting and Breaking International Law
  • Pursuing International Law Claims in Domestic Courts
• Jurisdiction Under International Law
  • Jurisdiction to Prescribe
    • Territorial Principle
    • Nationality Jurisdiction
    •  Jurisdiction Based on Protection
  • Jurisdiction to Enforce
    • Definition
    • Extradition
  • Sovereign Immunity
• International Human Rights
  • Civil and Political Rights
    • International Human Rights
    •  Regional Human Rights
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Women’s Rights
• Laws of War
  • Limits on the Conduct of War: Choice of Weapons
  • Protecting Non-Combatants
    • Treatment of Civilians
    • Treatment of POW’s
    • Children in War
  • Intervention in Internal Conflicts
  • Law of Occupation
• Use of Force
  • United Nations System: Prohibition on the Use of Force
  • Self-Defense
    • Traditional Self-Defense
    • Anticipatory, Preventive and Pre-emptive Self-Defense
  • Humanitarian Intervention
  • Collective Use of Force
    • The United Nations’ System
    • Regional Systems
• International Criminal Law
  • Individual Accountability for Criminal Abuses
  • International Tribunals as Fora for Justice
    • International Criminal Court
    • Ad Hoc Tribunals
    • Tribunals and Truth Commissions Research (LR83)
  • Transitional Justice
  • Aggression
• Law of the Sea
  • Territorial Sea and International Waters
  • Economic Exploitation of Maritime Resources
• International Environmental Law
  • Introduction to International Law for Environmental Law Students (ENV13)
  • International Environmental Law: Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the United States (ENV14)
  • International Waters
  • Combating Climate Change
    • Climate Change 2: Mitigation: The International Dimension (ENV32)
• International Contracts, Trade and Investment Law
  • International Contracts
    • CISG Basics: Formation (CON75)
    • CISG Basics: Performance (CON76)
    • CISG Basics: Scope and General Provisions (CON74)
  • International Trade, GATT and WTO
    • European Union Trademark Basics (TM26)
    • Trademarks in the European Union: Advanced Topics (TM27)
    • Foreign Words and Personal Names as Trademarks (TM20)
    • Introduction to TRIPS - Patent (PAT07)
    • TRIPS - Advanced Topics (PAT10)
  • International Investment Disputes
  • International Monetary Law
• International Dispute Settlement
  • International Court of Justice
  • Arbitration
  • Specialized Tribunals
• The Law of Outer Space
  • Law of Outer Space and Celestial Bodies
  • Polar Regions