International Law

Gleider Hernández is Professor of Public International Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Open Universiteit Nederland. Previously, he was Associate Professor (Reader) in Public International Law at Durham Law School and founding Deputy Director of the Durham Global Policy Institute. He is also General Editor of Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Oxford Scholarship Online), and the author of The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function (Oxford University Press), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Peter Birks Prize.

Part 1: The Structure of International Law 1. The History and Nature of International Law 2. The Sources of International Law 3. Hierarchy of Norms in International Law 4. International Law and Municipal Law Part 2: Subjects of International Law 5. States as Subjects of International Law 6. International Organizations Part 3: International Law in Operation 7. The Law of Treaties 8. Jurisdiction 9. Immunities 10. State Responsibility Part 4: International Disputes and Responses to Breaches 11. Diplomatic Protection and Issues of Standing 12. International Dispute Settlement and the ICJ 13. Enforcement Short Of Force in International Law 14. Collective Security and the Use of Force Part 5: Specialized Regimes 15. The Law of Armed Conflict 16. International Human Rights and Refugee Law 17. International Criminal Law 18. The Law of the Sea 19. The Protection of the Environment 20. International Economic Law