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LAW 520 Public International Law I

500 levelLaw10 topics

LAW 520 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. History, nature and sources of international law
  2. Relationship between international law and municipal law
  3. States: nature, classification and recognition
  4. Recognition of governments and belligerents
  5. State succession
  6. Acquisition and loss of territory
  7. Nationality and domicile
  8. Human rights and fundamental freedoms
  9. Diplomatic and consular representation: privileges and immunities
  10. State responsibility and international claims

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

History, nature and sources of international law

This topic introduces how international law developed, what kind of legal system it is, and where its rules come from. For the exam, you must master the historical shift from state practice and custom to modern treaty-based and institutional law, understand the special nature of international law as a law governing states and other international actors, and identify the recognised sources of international law used…

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