1. Genealogy
1.1. States
1.1.1. Centralized Political System
1.1.2. Recognized by other states
1.1.3. Defined Territorial Boundaries
1.1.4. Identifiable Populations
1.1.5. Government with effective control
1.2. Nations
1.2.1. Ancestry
1.2.2. Geography/Territory
1.2.3. History
1.2.4. Culture
1.2.5. Social Organization
1.2.6. Language
1.3. Antelope Case: The African slave trade is contrary to the law of nature, but is not prohibited by the positive law of nations.
2. Identify a legal rule v. Permissible except prohibition
2.1. SS Lotus case: France and Turkey both claim jurisdiction over an sea accident
3. Traits
3.1. Source of law
3.2. Problems dealt with
3.3. Enforcement Methods
3.4. Prevent International Dispute
4. Sources
4.1. International Convention
4.2. International Custom
4.2.1. North Sea Continental Shelf Case: state practice must be constant and uniform
4.2.2. Opinio Juris: mere custom v. binding custom law
4.2.2.1. Flores v. SPCC case: clear and unambiguous rules by which states universally abide, out of a sense of legal obligation and mutual concern
4.3. General Principle
4.4. Judicial Dicisions
5. Persistent Objector
5.1. The state must object while the rule is forming
5.1.1. Michael Domingues v. United States: teenager death row case
6. Jus Cogens
6.1. Legal principle there can be no derogations
6.1.1. genocide
6.1.2. slavery or slave trade
6.1.3. murder or disapperance
6.1.4. torture
6.1.5. dentention
6.1.6. racial discrimination
6.1.7. violation of human rights
6.2. Not based on notion of consent
6.3. Disagreement over this
6.4. DRC v. Rwanda case
7. Treaty
7.1. Traits
7.1.1. International agreement
7.1.2. Concluded between states
7.1.3. Governed by international law
7.1.4. Written
7.2. Can be bilateral or multilateral
7.3. Binding
7.3.1. Consent
7.3.2. pacta sunt servanda
7.4. Interpretation
7.4.1. Bonds v. United States
8. Reservation
8.1. Formal limitation or modification of treaty with respect to reserving state
8.2. Understanding
8.2.1. State's explanation or interpretation of a treaty provision
8.3. Declaration
8.3.1. Unilateral statement articulation a state's expectation,purpose or position
9. Breach v. Remedies
10. International Law v. Domestic Law
10.1. Missouri v. Holland
10.2. Reid v. Covert
11. Statehood
11.1. 1. permanent population 2.defined territory 3. government 4. capacity to enter relationship with foreign government
11.2. Declarative v. Constitutive
11.3. Self-determination
11.3.1. 1. sovereignty 2. right to choose form of government 3.continuing consent of the governed
11.4. Nation(people) v. State
11.5. Recognition of foreign governments
11.5.1. 1. Tinoco Test 2.Tobar Doctrine 3. Estrada Doctrine
12. UN
12.1. Charter
12.2. Security Council
12.2.1. Procedural matter v. all other matter
12.2.2. Powers
12.2.2.1. article 42
12.2.2.2. resolution
12.2.2.2.1. versus human right
12.2.2.2.2. conflicts with treaty
12.3. general assembly
12.3.1. authority
12.4. ICJ
12.4.1. jurisdiction
12.4.1.1. contentious
12.4.1.2. advisory
12.4.1.3. Ad Hoc Jurisdiction
12.4.1.4. Compulsory Jurisdiction
12.4.1.5. Treaty based jurisdiction
12.5. Regional Organization
12.5.1. European system
12.5.2. African Union
12.5.3. OAS
12.5.4. League of Arab States
12.5.5. A lot of Asia organizations
13. State responsibility
13.1. Wrongful acts
13.1.1. 1. effective control
13.1.2. 2. overall control
13.2. Complicity
13.2.1. 1. Knowledge
13.2.2. 2. Purpose
13.2.3. Defense: 1. consent 2. self defense 3. countermeasures 4. force majeure 5. distress 6. necessity 7. compliance with preemptory norms