1. Traits
1.1. Source of law
1.2. Problems dealt with
1.3. Enforcement Methods
1.4. Prevent International Dispute
2. Sources
2.1. International Convention
2.2. International Custom
2.2.1. North Sea Continental Shelf Case: state practice must be constant and uniform
2.2.2. Opinio Juris: mere custom v. binding custom law
2.2.2.1. Flores v. SPCC case: clear and unambiguous rules by which states universally abide, out of a sense of legal obligation and mutual concern
2.3. General Principle
2.4. Judicial Dicisions
3. Persistent Objector
3.1. The state must object while the rule is forming
3.1.1. Michael Domingues v. United States: teenager death row case
4. Treaty
4.1. Traits
4.1.1. International agreement
4.1.2. Concluded between states
4.1.3. Governed by international law
4.1.4. Written
4.2. Can be bilateral or multilateral
4.3. Binding
4.3.1. Consent
4.3.2. pacta sunt servanda
4.4. Interpretation
4.4.1. Bonds v. United States
5. Breach v. Remedies
6. Statehood
6.1. 1. permanent population 2.defined territory 3. government 4. capacity to enter relationship with foreign government
6.2. Declarative v. Constitutive
6.3. Self-determination
6.3.1. 1. sovereignty 2. right to choose form of government 3.continuing consent of the governed
6.4. Nation(people) v. State
6.5. Recognition of foreign governments
6.5.1. 1. Tinoco Test 2.Tobar Doctrine 3. Estrada Doctrine
7. State responsibility
7.1. Wrongful acts
7.1.1. 1. effective control
7.1.2. 2. overall control
7.2. Complicity
7.2.1. 1. Knowledge
7.2.2. 2. Purpose
7.2.3. Defense: 1. consent 2. self defense 3. countermeasures 4. force majeure 5. distress 6. necessity 7. compliance with preemptory norms
8. Genealogy
8.1. States
8.1.1. Centralized Political System
8.1.2. Recognized by other states
8.1.3. Defined Territorial Boundaries
8.1.4. Identifiable Populations
8.1.5. Government with effective control
8.2. Nations
8.2.1. Ancestry
8.2.2. Geography/Territory
8.2.3. History
8.2.4. Culture
8.2.5. Social Organization
8.2.6. Language
8.3. Antelope Case: The African slave trade is contrary to the law of nature, but is not prohibited by the positive law of nations.
9. Identify a legal rule v. Permissible except prohibition
9.1. SS Lotus case: France and Turkey both claim jurisdiction over an sea accident
10. Jus Cogens
10.1. Legal principle there can be no derogations
10.1.1. genocide
10.1.2. slavery or slave trade
10.1.3. murder or disapperance
10.1.4. torture
10.1.5. dentention
10.1.6. racial discrimination
10.1.7. violation of human rights
10.2. Not based on notion of consent
10.3. Disagreement over this
10.4. DRC v. Rwanda case
11. Reservation
11.1. Formal limitation or modification of treaty with respect to reserving state
11.2. Understanding
11.2.1. State's explanation or interpretation of a treaty provision
11.3. Declaration
11.3.1. Unilateral statement articulation a state's expectation,purpose or position
12. International Law v. Domestic Law
12.1. Missouri v. Holland
12.2. Reid v. Covert
13. UN
13.1. Charter
13.2. Security Council
13.2.1. Procedural matter v. all other matter
13.2.2. Powers
13.2.2.1. article 42
13.2.2.2. resolution
13.2.2.2.1. versus human right
13.2.2.2.2. conflicts with treaty
13.3. general assembly
13.3.1. authority
13.4. ICJ
13.4.1. jurisdiction
13.4.1.1. contentious
13.4.1.2. advisory
13.4.1.3. Ad Hoc Jurisdiction
13.4.1.4. Compulsory Jurisdiction
13.4.1.5. Treaty based jurisdiction
13.5. Regional Organization
13.5.1. European system
13.5.2. African Union
13.5.3. OAS
13.5.4. League of Arab States
13.5.5. A lot of Asia organizations