International Law

Part I The Structure of International Law
1:The history and nature of international law
2:Sources of international law
3:Hierarchy of norms in international law
4:International law and municipal law
Part II Subjects of International Law
5:States as subjects of international law
6:International organizations
Part III International Law in Operation
7:The law of treaties
8:Jurisdiction
9:Immunities
10:State responsibility
Part IV International Disputes and Responses to Breaches
11:Diplomatic protection and issues of standing
12:International dispute settlement and the ICJ
13:Enforcement short of force
14:The use of force and collective security
Part V Specialized Regimes
15:The law of armed conflict
16:International human rights and refugee law
17:International criminal law
18:The law of the sea
19:The protection of the environment
20:International economic law

Gleider Hernández is Professor of Public International Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Previously, he was Associate Professor (Reader) in Public International Law at Durham University, where he was founding Deputy Director of the Global Policy Institute, and Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice. He is General Editor of Oxford Reports on International Courts of General Jurisdiction (Oxford Scholarship Online), and the author of The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function (Oxford University Press), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Peter Birks Prize. Since 2021, he is Secretary-General of the European Society of International Law.