An Introduction to International Law is a preliminary text that provides a thorough understanding of the subject and critical evaluation of its processes. The book offers perspectives on the history of international law that would enable the reader to approach the subject with a non-European tradition. The initial chapters set the discourse in motion and prepare the reader to undertake the study of a legal system that continuously reinvents itself. With a brief history, approaches, contexts, concepts, theories and case laws, the book is aimed to assist the reader in her study of the subject. With the help of precepts and principles, those that are outdated and those that are retained, the text offers active engagement for the reader. The arrangement of the contents will invoke the reader’s interest in international law and will encourage further enquiry into the subject.

The book offers a study of recent case laws and accounts of contemporary events that make International Law a dynamic system. Chapter outlines, the structure of the chapters and suggestions for reading make the book reader friendly and accessible.

PART I: STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Chapter 1—Nature of International Law
  
• Chapter 2—History of International Law
  
• Chapter 3—Setting the Discourse on International Law
  
• Chapter 4—Approaches to International Law
  
• Chapter 5—Sources of International Law
  
• Chapter 6—Relationship between Municipal Law and International Law

PART II: STATES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Chapter 7—Sovereignty and International Law
  
• Chapter 8—State Recognition
  
• Chapter 9—State Succession
  
• Chapter 10—State Jurisdiction
  
• Chapter 11—State Responsibility

PART III: SPECIALISED REGIMES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

• Chapter 12—Law of Seas
  
• Chapter 13—International Organisations
  
• Chapter 14—United Nations
  
• Chapter 15—International Human Rights
  
• Chapter 16—International Environment Law
  
• Chapter 17—Laws of War and Armed Conflict
  
• Chapter 18—Humanitarian Intervention
  
• Chapter 19—Responsibility to Protect