International Law

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The third edition of International Law combines narrative sections that explain the basic law with cases, questions, and problems that allow students to read actual legal materials and apply them to other similar or distinguishable situations.These materials do not assume that undergraduates are less able than graduate students to grasp difficult issues, nor do they assume that undergraduates cannot deal with a variety of complex instruments that bear on a particular problem. Rather, Epps focuses on the central problems of international law, assuming no prior legal knowledge except that gained by living in a society organized under a legal system, and encourages students to work through a number of questions and problems that present a variety of international issues. A Third Edition Document Supplement will also be available.

Table of Cases

xvii

Acknowledgments

xxv

Preface

xxvii

Electronic Research Resources

xxix

Introduction: International Law

(1)

What Is It?

(1)

Traditional Definition

(2)

Sources of International Law

(18)

Who Makes Up International Law? The Doctrine of Sources

(16)

Custom

(1)

The Paquete Habana

(5)

Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-Irala

(4)

Regional Custom

(1)

Special Custom

(1)

Treaties

(1)

North Sea Continental Shelf Cases

(4)

General Principles of Law

(1)

Judicial Decisions

(1)

Writers and Scholars

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

(2)

Title to Territory

(26)

Terra Nullius

(1)

Discovery

(1)

Occupation

(16)

Island of Palmas (Miangas) Case

(8)

Legal Status of Eastern Greenland

(8)

Conquest

(1)

Cession

(1)

Prescription

(3)

The Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas Dispute

(3)

Uti Possidetis

(1)

Accretion and Avulsion

(1)

The Arctic

(1)

The Antarctic

(1)

Celestial Bodies and Space

(2)

Problem

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

(1)

The Law of Treaties

(48)

What Is a Treaty? Definition

(1)

Capacity to Conclude a Treaty

(1)

Ratification

(1)

Internal Ratification: U.S. Procedure

(1)

International Ratification

(1)

Reservations

(7)

Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

(5)

Problems

(1)

Entry into Force

(1)

Observance and Application of Treaties

(1)

Interpretation of Treaties

(17)

Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals

(12)

United States v. Stuart

(5)

Invalidity

(2)

Error

(1)

Fraud and Corruption

(1)

Coercion

(1)

Conflict with a Peremptory Norm (Jus Cogens)

(1)

Termination and Suspension

(9)

Material Breach

(1)

Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970)

(2)

Supervening Impossibility of Performance

(1)

Fundamental Change of Circumstances

(1)

Case Concerning Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project

(6)

Procedure for Termination

(1)

State Succession in Respect of Treaties

(4)

Case Concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

(4)

The Effect of War on Treaties

(3)

Techt v. Hughes

(3)

Suggested Further Readings

(2)

Jurisdiction

(70)

The Territorial Principle

(2)

United States v. Aluminum Co. of America

(2)

The Nationality Principle

101

(1)

The Passive Personality Principle

101

(1)

United States v. Fawaz Yunis, a/k/a Nazeeh

102

(4)

The Protective Principle

106

(1)

The Universality Principle

106

(1)

Attorney General of the Government of Israel v. Eichmann

107

(7)

Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000

114

(5)

Extradition

119

(10)

United States v. Humberto Alvarez-Machain

120

(9)

Problem

129

(1)

Immunity from Jurisdiction

129

(37)

Diplomatic Immunity

129

(2)

Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran

131

(5)

Consular Immunity

136

(1)

United States v. Sihadej Chindawongse/United States v. Boripat Siripan

137

(2)

Head of State and Other Ministers' Immunity

139

(1)

Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others Ex Parte Pinochet

139

(12)

Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000

151

(7)

Immunity for International Organizations

158

(1)

Sovereign Immunity

159

(1)

Absolute Theory

159

(1)

The Restrictive Theory

160

(1)

Letter Addressed to Acting Attorney General Philip B. Perlman from the Department of State's Acting Legal Adviser, Jack B. Tate, May 19, 1952

161

(3)

The Act of State Doctrine

164

(1)

Problem

165

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

166

(1)

The Law of the Sea

167

(60)

Introduction

167

(1)

Internal Waters

168

(1)

Bays

168

(3)

Historic Bays

171

(1)

The Territorial Sea

171

(9)

Measuring the Territorial Sea

172

(1)

Powers of the Coastal State in the Territorial Sea and Foreign Ships' Right of Innocent Passage

172

(3)

United States v. Conroy / United States v. Walker

175

(5)

Archipelagos

180

(1)

International Straits

181

(2)

Definition of an International Strait

181

(1)

Customary Law

181

(1)

Corfu Channel Case

181

(1)

Treaty Law

182

(1)

The Contiguous Zone

183

(2)

The Exclusive Economic Zone

185

(2)

Rights Exercised in the Exclusive Economic Zone

186

(1)

Coastal States' Rights

186

(1)

Foreign States' Rights

186

(1)

The Continental Shelf

187

(2)

Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between States with Opposite or Adjacent Coasts

188

(1)

The High Seas

189

(1)

The Deep Sea Bed

190

(2)

The Deep Sea Bed Regime under the 1982 Convention

190

(1)

The Deep Sea Bed Regime under the 1994 Agreement

191

(1)

Settlement of Maritime Disputes

192

(1)

Marine Pollution

192

(2)

Jurisdiction over Vessels

194

(2)

Nationality of Vessels

194

(1)

The Genuine Link Requirement

195

(1)

Remedy Where There Is No Genuine Link

196

(1)

Prohibited Activities on the High Seas

196

(7)

United States v. Marino-Garcia / United States v. Cassalins-Guzman

198

(5)

Jurisdiction over Foreign Vessels

203

(21)

Internal Waters and Ports

203

(1)

Wildenhus' Case

203

(1)

The Territorial Sea

204

(2)

The Right of Hot Pursuit

206

(1)

The Saiga Case

207

(17)

Fishing on the High Seas

224

(1)

Problem

225

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

225

(2)

International Environmental Law

227

(16)

State Responsibility for Environmental Harm

227

(1)

Establishing the Standard for State Responsibility

228

(13)

Customary Law

228

(1)

The Corfu Channel Case (Merits)

228

(3)

Trail Smelter Case

231

(2)

Declarations and Treaty Law

233

(1)

Hazardous Waste

234

(1)

Atmosphere, Ozone and Climate

234

(1)

Nature, Flora, Fauna and Other Resources

235

(1)

Nuclear Fallout

235

(2)

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

237

(3)

Other Regimes

240

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

241

(2)

International Legal Personality: States, International Organizations and Individuals

243

(36)

The Definition of a State

243

(3)

A Defined Territory

243

(1)

A Permanent Population

244

(1)

A Government

244

(1)

Capacity to Enter into Relations with Other States

245

(1)

Secession and Self-Determination

246

(11)

Reference re Secession of Quebec

246

(11)

State Responsibility

257

(1)

A State's Capacity to Bring International Claims on Behalf of Individuals

257

(1)

Nationality of the Claimant

258

(6)

Nottebohm Case

258

(6)

International Organizations

264

(13)

Inter-Governmental Organizations

264

(1)

The United Nations

264

(1)

International Status

264

(1)

Reparations for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations

265

(7)

Structure of the United Nations

272

(1)

U.N. Principal Organs

273

(1)

The General Assembly

273

(1)

The Security Council

274

(1)

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

274

(1)

The Trusteeship Council

275

(1)

The International Court of Justice

275

(1)

The Secretariat

275

(1)

Non-Governmental International Organizations

276

(1)

Non-State Actors

276

(1)

International Status of Individuals

277

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

277

(2)

Human Rights

279

(58)

Introduction

279

(1)

Human Rights in the United Nations System

280

(16)

The United Nations Charter

280

(1)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

281

(1)

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

282

(1)

Rights and Freedoms under the Civil and Political Rights Covenant

283

(1)

States' Rights to Derogate from Guaranteed Rights and Freedoms

283

(1)

Enforcement of Rights and Freedoms under the Civil and Political Rights Covenant

283

(1)

Optional Protocols to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

284

(1)

Camargo (on behalf of Guerrero) v. Colombia (1982)

285

(3)

Lovelace v. Canada (1981)

288

(4)

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

292

(1)

Rights and Freedoms under the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Covenant

292

(1)

Enforcement of Rights and Freedoms under the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Covenant

292

(2)

The United Nations Human Rights Commission

294

(1)

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

295

(1)

United Nations Conventions on Specific Topics of Human Rights

296

(1)

Regional Human Rights Systems

296

(23)

The European Human Rights System

296

(1)

The European Convention

296

(3)

Enforcement of the European Convention

299

(1)

The European Commission on Human Rights

299

(1)

The Committee of Ministers

299

(1)

The European Court of Human Rights

300

(1)

Soering Case

300

(9)

Other European Human Rights Conventions

309

(1)

The Inter-American System

310

(1)

Rights Protected by the American Convention on Human Rights

310

(1)

Enforcement Mechanisms under the American Convention on Human Rights

311

(1)

The Commission

311

(1)

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights

312

(1)

The Velasquez Rodriguez Case

312

(5)

The African System

317

(1)

The African Charter

317

(1)

Enforcement of the African Charter

318

(1)

League of Arab States

319

(1)

Enforcement of Human Rights in National (Domestic) Courts

319

(15)

Self-Execution of Treaties

319

(1)

Sale, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc., et al.

320

(6)

Kadic v. Karadzic

326

(8)

Suggested Further Readings

334

(3)

The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: Arbitration and International Courts

337

(24)

The Obligation to Settle Disputes

337

(1)

Arbitration

337

(2)

International Courts

339

(21)

The Permanent Court of International Justice

339

(1)

The International Court of Justice

339

(1)

The Composition of the Court

339

(1)

The Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in Contentious Cases

340

(1)

``[A]ll cases which the parties refer to it (i.e. the Court)....''

340

(1)

``[A]ll matters specially referred to in the Charter of the United Nations....''

341

(1)

``[A]ll matters . . . in treaties and conventions in force.''

341

(1)

Compulsory Jurisdiction: The Optional Clause

342

(2)

Norwegian Loans Case

344

(2)

Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua

346

(10)

Jurisdiction Forum Prorogatum

356

(1)

The Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in Advisory Cases

356

(1)

The Power of the International Court of Justice to Issue Interim Measures of Protection

356

(1)

Other Major International Courts

357

(1)

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

357

(2)

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

359

(1)

The International Criminal Court

359

(1)

Conclusion

360

(1)

Suggested Further Readings

360

(1)

The Use of Force Including War

361

(84)

Introduction

361

(1)

The Modern Era

362

(81)

Coercive Measures Not Amounting to Armed Force

362

(1)

Retorsions

362

(1)

Reprisals Not Involving the Use of Armed Force

362

(1)

Pre-1945 Law on the Use of Armed Force

363

(1)

The Customary Law of Self-Defence

364

(1)

The Caroline Incident

364

(1)

Post-1945 Law

365

(1)

The United Nations Charter Law

365

(1)

The Meaning of ``Force''

365

(1)

What Is a Threat of Force?

366

(1)

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

367

(1)

Must Force be Used for a Particular Object to Violate Article 2(4)?

367

(1)

Exceptions to Article 2(4)

368

(1)

Self-Defence

368

(1)

Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua

369

(6)

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

375

(2)

Case Concerning Oil Platforms

377

(4)

Preemption

381

(1)

Reprisals Using Force

381

(1)

The Rule of Non-Intervention

382

(1)

Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua

383

(7)

Civil Wars and the Rule of Non-Intervention

390

(1)

Intervention in Particular Circumstances

391

(1)

Intervening to Protect Nationals Abroad

391

(1)

Humanitarian Intervention

391

(2)

The Security Council's Power to Intervene

393

(1)

Article 41 Measures

393

(1)

Article 42 Measures

394

(1)

United Nations Peacekeeping Forces

395

(1)

Jus In Bello

396

(1)

Regulation of the Conduct of Hostilities and Humanitarian Law

396

(3)

The Prosecutor v. Drazen Erdemovic

399

(15)

Prosecutor v. Kajelijeli

414

(5)

Weapons Control

419

(2)

Nuclear Weapons

421

(2)

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

423

(20)

Suggested Further Readings

443

(2)

Treaty Index

445

(6)

General Assembly Resolutions Index

451

(2)

Security Council Resolutions Index

453

(2)

General Index

455

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International Law

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