International Law

Topics (16)

• 1
  Sources of International Law
• 2
  Subjects of International Law
• 3
  State Responsibility
• 4
  Law of Treaties
• 5
  International Humanitarian Law
• 6
  The Settlement of International Disputes

  Negotiation, mediation, inquiry, conciliation, arbitration and the International Court of Justice.

• 7
  The Use of Force

  Law before and after the UN Charter; collective use of force; right of self-defence.

• 8
  International Institutions
• 9
  State Territorial Sovereignty
• 10
  State Jurisdiction
• 11
  Succession to Rights and Obligations
• 12
  The State and the Individual
• 13
  The State and the Economic Interest
• 14
  Diplomatic Envoys, Consuls and Other Representatives
• 15
  War, Armed Conflicts and Other Hostilities
• 16
  Neutrality

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised International Law syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   International Law

   Malcolm N. Shaw

2. 2

   Principles of Public International Law

   Ian Brownlie

3. 3

   International Law

   S.K. Kapoor

4. 4

   Introduction to International Law

   J.G. Starke

5. 5

   International Humanitarian Law

   ICRC Pakistan

6. 6

   Extradition Act, 1972

7. 7

   The Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Act, 1972

8. 8

   Territorial Waters and Maritime Zone Act, 1976

9. 9

   U.N. Convention on Law of the Sea, 1984

10. 10

    Cases and Materials on International Law

    D.J. Harris