International Law

Gleider Hernández is Professor of Public International Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Previously, he was Associate Professor (Reader) in Public International Law at Durham University, where he was founding Deputy Director of the Global Policy Institute, and Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice. He is 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. Since 2021, he is Secretary-General of the European Society of International Law.

Part I The Structure of International Law 1: The history and nature of international law 2: Sources of international law 3: Hierarchy of norms in international law 4: International law and municipal lawPart II Subjects of International Law 5: States as subjects of international law 6: International organizationsPart III International Law in Operation 7: The law of treaties 8: Jurisdiction 9: Immunities 10: State responsibilityPart IV 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 14: The use of force and collective securityPart V 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