Part I. Introduction to international law : The domain of international law
History of the law of nations : Political and economic history ; Illustrative historical topics ; Intellectual history of the law of nations
Is international law "law"?
Part II. Professional tools : Sources of general international law : Custom ; Treaty-based rules of custom ; General principles of law ; Decisions of national courts ; Equity ; Writings of publicists ; Consensus ; U.N. resolutions ; Protests ; Jus congens
Sources of particular international law : Treaties ; Soft law ; Special custom
Part III. Substantive law and theory : The state : Personality ; Nationality ; State jurisdiction ; State succession
Human rights : Introduction ; Humanitarian intervention
International criminal law : International criminal law as part of human rights ; Rape ; A taxonomy of the laws of war ; Terrorism ; Terrorism and the laws of war ; Defenses to war crimes ; Environmental crimes ; Extradition ; Abduction
Group rights : Minority rights ; Self-determination ; Humanitarian intervention and self-determination ; Debate : Group freedom
The global environment : Debate : Bioethics ; Biodiversity ; Desertification ; Common heritage ; Common concern ; Elephants ; Whales: their emerging right to life
International trade and investments : Legislative reach ; Trade and the environment ; Exhaustion of local remedies ; The Calvo Doctrine ; The Calvo Clause ; Espousal of claims ; A letter requesting espousal ; Dispute resolution
Emerging issue areas : Rights of the child ; AIDS ; The right to health ; Medical experimentation ; Sale of human organs ; International sports law
Part IV. The normative dimension : Peace ; Justice : The view from political theory ; The view from moral philosophy ; A skeptical view ; A test case ; Debate : Resolved that peace is more important than justice
Democracy : The emerging democratic entitlement ; Democratic governance: an African perspective ; What kind of democracy do we want to export?
Critical perspectives : The political science critique ; The natural law critique ; The systems critique ; The critical legal studies critique ; Debate : The feminist critique of international law ; Debate : The "domestication" of international law
The future of international law : The dysfunctional state ; The rhetoric of expectation ; International consciousness ; Global civilization.