Table of Contents

1. History and nature of international law 2. Sources of international law 3. The law of treaties 4. International law and municipal law 5. International personality 6. Recognition of states, governments and intergovernmental organisations in international law 7. Territorial sovereignty 8. The law of the sea 9. Jurisdiction 10. Immunity from national jurisdiction 11. State responsibility for wrongful acts 12. An overview of the international protection of human rights 13. Self-determination of peoples 14. Peaceful settlement of disputes between states 15. The use of force 16. Collective security 17. International humanitarian law

About the Author

Alina Kaczorowska-Ireland is Professor of International and EU law at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She is also the author of the Routledge books on Caribbean and European Union integration law.