International Law: Theory and Practice

Readings

• Anne Orford and Florian Hoffman (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of The Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2016).
• Currie, chapter 1: The Nature and Origins of Public International Law at pg. 1-19; 2) Anne Orford and Florian Hoffman, “Introduction: Theorizing International Law”, in Orford and Hoffman at
• pg.1-20; 2); 3) Tom Ginsburg and Gregory Shaffer, “How Does International Law Work?”, in The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research, edited by Peter Cane and Herbert M. Kritzer (OUP, 2013) at 753-
• 784; 4) The Economist, “A wave of international rule-making threatens Caribbean tax havens” 21 Aug.
• 2023, available at: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/08/21/a-wave-of-international-rule- making-threatens-caribbean-tax-havens; and 5) Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants
• against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, 17 March 2023, available at: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-
• Currie, chapter 3: Sources of International Law at pg. 80-121 and chapter 4: The Law of Treaties at pg.123-167; 2) Bardo Fassbender and Anne Peters, “Introduction: Towards a Global History
• of International Law”, in Fassbender and Peters at pg. 1-26; 3) Teemu Ruskola, “China in the Age of the World Picture”, in Orford and Hoffman at pg. 138-155; and 4) Ken Coates, “North American Indigenous
• Currie, chapter 2: International Legal Personality at pg. 21-40 and 56-79; 2) Gerry Simpson, “Something to Do with States”, in Orford and Hoffman at pg.564-582; 3) Jan Klabbers,
• “Theorizing International Organizations”, in Orford and Hoffman at pg.618-634; and 4) Order for provisional measures from the International Court of Justice on 16 March 2022, which is part of an ongoing case