The law of nations, also called "public international law", defining legal rights and duties among nation states and international organizations, including some duties owed to individuals and private entities. Topics include the structure of the international system (the UN and other international institutions and their roles in relation to states), the nature and sources of international law (treaties and customary law), the application of international law in the domestic courts, international dispute resolution mechanisms, rules governing statehood, the jurisdiction of states to make, enforce and apply law affecting international interests, international human rights, law of the sea, and rules governing war and the use of force.

Coursebook: Janis and Noyes, INTERNATIONAL LAW (2d ed West 2001)
 

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