Problems and process: international law and how we use it

Abstract

Introduction 1. The nature and function of international law 2. Sources of international law: Provenance and problems 3. Participants in the international legal system 4. Allocating competence: Jurisdiction 5. Exceptions to jurisdictional competence: Immunities from suit and enforcement 6. Responding to individual needs: Human rights 7. Self determination 8. Natural resources and international norms 9. Accountability and liability: The law of state responsibility 10. The United Nations 11. Dispute settlement and the International Court of Justice 12. The role of national courts in the international legal process 13. Oiling the wheels of international law: Equity and proportionality 14. The individual use of force in international law 15. The use of force by the United Nations