| I. | Substantive International Law -- First Part | |
| 1. | The Foundations Of International Law | 1 |
| 1.1. | Good Faith | 1 |
| 1.2. | Equity | 1 |
| 1.3. | Estoppel and Acquiescence | 6 |
| 2. | Sources Of International Law | 7 |
| 2.1. | General Questions | |
| *2.1.1. | Formation of Rules of International Law | |
| *2.1.2. | Historic Rights | |
| *2.1.3. | Rules of International Law of Regional and Local Application | |
| 2.1.4. | Ius cogens | 7 |
| 2.1.5. | Relation between the Sources of International Law | 9 |
| 2.2. | Customary International Law | 15 |
| 2.2.1. | Formation of Customary International Law | 15 |
| 2.2.2. | Evidence of Customary International Law | 22 |
| *2.3. | Treaties | |
| *2.4. | General Principles of Law | |
| 2.5. | Unilateral Acts | 24 |
| 3. | International Law And Municipal Law | 27 |
| 4. | Subjects Of International Law | 28 |
| 4.1. | General Questions | |
| 4.2. | States | 28 |
| *4.2.1. | Jurisdiction of States | |
| *4.2.2. | Territory | |
| *4.2.3. | Nationality | |
| 4.2.4. | Fundamental Rights and Obligations | 28 |
| 4.2.4.1. | Sovereignty | 28 |
| *4.2.4.2. | Equality | |
| 4.2.4.3. | Peaceful Settlement of Disputes | 31 |
| *4.2.4.4. | Obligations of Cooperation and Negotiation | |
| 4.2.5. | Succession of States | 32 |
| 4.3. | International Organisations | 32 |
| *4.3.1. | General Questions | |
| *4.3.2. | Legal Position of Member States | |
| *4.3.3. | Internal Law | |
| 4.3.4. | "Implied Powers" | 32 |
| *4.4. | Other Subjects of International Law | |
| *4.5. | Individuals | |
| 5. | The United Nations | 33 |
| *5.1. | General Questions | |
| 5.2. | General Assembly | 33 |
| *5.3. | Security Council | |
| *5.4. | Secretary-General | |
| *5.5. | Other Organs | |
| 5.6. | Interpretation of the Charter | 34 |
| *5.7. | Maintenance of International Peace and Security | |
| *5.8. | Specialized Agencies | |
| 5.9. | United Nations Administrative Tribunal | 37 |
| 6. | Use Of Force And Related Problems | 40 |
| 6.1. | Use of Force | 40 |
| 6.2. | Self defence | 48 |
| 6.3. | Intervention | 69 |
| 7. | Law Of Treaties | 69 |
| *7.1. | General Questions | |
| *7.2. | Conclusion | |
| *7.3. | Reservations | |
| *7.4. | Invalidity | |
| *7.5. | Suspension and Termination | |
| 7.6. | Interpretation | 69 |
| 7.7. | Specific Treaties | 73 |
| 7.7.1. | Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 1946 | 76 |
| 7.7.2. | Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance of 1947 | 77 |
| 7.7.3. | Geneva Convention on the Protection of Victims of War of 1949 | 78 |
| 7.7.4. | Treaty of Friendship Commerce and Navigation of 1956 between the United States and Nicaragua | 79 |
| 8. | Violations Of International Law And Responsibility Of States | 85 |
| 8.1. | General Questions | 85 |
| *8.2. | Violation of International Law | |
| 8.3. | Treaty Violations | 85 |
| 8.4. | Imputability | 88 |
| *8.5. | Fault and due Diligence | |
| 8.6. | Participation | 92 |
| *8.7. | Violation of Duty to Prevent Damage | |
| *8.8. | Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness | |
| II. | Substantive International Law -- Second Part | |
| 1. | Territory Of States | 92 |
| *1.1. | Acquisition and Loss | |
| 1.2. | Boundaries | 92 |
| 1.2.1. | Land Boundaries | 92 |
| *1.2.2. | Maritime Boundaries | |
| *1.2.3. | Air and Space | |
| 1.2.4. | Principle of "uti possidetis" | 95 |
| 2. | Law Of The Sea | 99 |
| 2.1. | General Questions | 99 |
| 2.2. | Determination of Maritime Boundaries | 100 |
| 2.3. | Freedom of Navigation | 100 |
| 3. | Air And Space Law | |
| 4. | Self-Determination | 102 |
| *5. | Nationality | |
| 5.1. | General Questions | |
| 5.2. | Acquisition and Loss | |
| 5.3. | Diplomatic Protection | |
| *6. | Minorities | |
| 7. | Law Of Aliens | 104 |
| 7.1. | General Questions | 104 |
| 7.2. | Protection of Property | 105 |
| 8. | Human Rights | 107 |
| 9. | Law Of Armed Conflicts | 108 |
| 10. | Dispute Settlement | 111 |
| *11. | Diplomacy And Consular Matters | |
| 12. | International Economic Law | 115 |
| *13. | International Environmental Law | |
| III. | The International Court of Justice | |
| 1. | Fundamental Principles | 117 |
| 1.1. | General Questions | 117 |
| 1.2. | Consent of States | 118 |
| 1.3. | Equality of Parties | 119 |
| 1.4. | Political Questions/Determination of the Existence of a Dispute | 120 |
| *1.5. | Ius standi | |
| 1.6. | Applicable Law | 128 |
| 1.7. | Jura novit curia | 129 |
| 2. | The Jurisdiction Of The International Court Of Justice | 130 |
| 2.1. | General Rules | 130 |
| 2.2. | Conditions for a Decision on the Merits | 133 |
| 2.2.1. | Exhaustion of Local Remedies | 133 |
| 2.2.2. | Necessity of Diplomatic Negotiations | 138 |
| 2.2.3. | Jurisdiction in Case of Continuing Negotiations between the Parties | 140 |
| 2.2.4. | Admissibility | |
| 2.3. | The Optional Clause | |
| 2.3.1. | General Questions | |
| *2.3.2. | Transfer of Acceptances of the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Article 36, Paragraph 5, of the Statue of the International Court of Justice) | |
| 2.3.3. | Reservations | |
| *2.3.4. | Interpretation of a Declaration made under Article 36, Paragraph 5, of the Statute | |
| *2.3.5. | Reciprocity | |
| 2.4. | Jurisdiction on the Basis of a Special Agreement | 162 |
| 2.5. | Jurisdiction on the Basis of Treaties | 164 |
| 2.5.1. | General Questions | 164 |
| *2.5.2. | Transfer of Competences of the Permanent Court of International Justice | |
| 2.5.3. | Specific Treaties | 165 |
| 2.6. | Agreement in Regard to Jurisdiction in the Course of the Proceedings | |
| 2.7. | Concurring Jurisdictions | |
| 3. | The Procedure Of The International Court Of Justice | 171 |
| *3.1. | General Questions | |
| 3.2. | Procedure before a Chamber Dealing with a Particular Case (Article 26, Paragraph 2, of the Statute) | 171 |
| 3.3. | Judges ad hoc | 189 |
| *3.4. | The Submissions | |
| 3.5. | Preliminary Objections | 189 |
| 3.6. | The Procedure in Default of Appearance | 195 |
| 3.7. | Evidence | 199 |
| 3.8. | Duty of the Court to Seek Further Classification | 210 |
| 3.9. | Relevant Facts | 211 |
| 3.10. | Provisional Measures | 211 |
| 3.10.1. | General Questions | 211 |
| *3.10.2. | Questions of Procedure | |
| 3.10.3. | Provisional Measures and Jurisdiction | 216 |
| 3.10.4. | Provisional Measures and Merits | 217 |
| 3.11. | Intervention | |
| 3.11.1. | General Questions (Article 62 and 63 of the Statute) | 220 |
| 3.11.2. | Article 62, Prerequisites in General | 225 |
| 3.11.3. | Article 62, Jurisdictional Link | 233 |
| 3.11.4. | Procedural Rights of the Intervening State | 236 |
| *3.11.5. | Article | 63 |
| *3.12. | Counter-Claim | |
| *3.13. | Withdrawal of Suit | |
| *3.14. | Question of Costs | |
| 4. | Judgments Of The International Court Of Justice | 237 |
| 4.1. | General Questions | 237 |
| 4.2. | Res judicata | 239 |
| *4.3. | Interpretation of Decisions | |
| *4.4. | Revision of Judgments | |
| 5. | Advisory Opinions Of The International Court Of Justice | 241 |
| 5.1. | General Questions | |
| 5.2. | Request for Advisory Opinion | 241 |
| 5.3. | Jurisdictional Questions and Denial of the Request for Advisory Opinion | 245 |
| 5.4. | Procedure | 245 |
| 5.5. | Review of Decision of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal | 246 |
| | Summary of the Decisions and Advisory Opinions | 259 |
| | Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Mali) | 260 |
| | Military and Paramilitary Activites in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) | 264 |
| | Review of Judgment No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal Advisory Opinion | 274 |
| | Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947, Advisory Opinion | 280 |
| | Border and Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Honduras) | 282 |
| | Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) case (United States of America v. Italy) | 286 |
| | Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988 (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) | 289 |
| | Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion | 289 |
| | Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador v. Honduras) | 294 |
| | Case Concerning the Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal) | 295 |
| | The Judges of the International Court of Justice, 1986--1990 | 297 |
| | Judges ad hoc | 298 |
| | General Index | 299 |
