Recommended Books:

1. International Law by Isagani Cruz (2003 Edition)

2. Brownlies Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (8 th
Edition)

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
A. Nature and Scope
B. Divisions of International Law
C. Distinctions with Municipal Law
D. Relation to Municipal Law
E. Constitution v. Treaty
F. Basis of International Law
G. Sanctions of International Law
H. Enforcement of International Law
I. Functions of International Law
J. Distinction with Other Concepts
K. Present State of International Law

Cases:
1. State of Missouri v. Holland, US Government, 252 US 416 (1920)
2. In Re Garcia, 2 SCRA 984 (1961)
3. Taada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 2, 1997
4. Bayan Muna v. Romulo, G.R. No. 159618, February 1, 2011

II. SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

A. Treaties
B. Customs
C. General Principles of Law
D. Secondary Sources

Additional Materials/:
Art. 38, ICJ Statute
Art. 53, 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Brownlie, pp. 20 to 47

Cases:
5. Kuroda v. Jalandoni, 83 SCRA 171, G.R. No. L-2662, March 26,
1949
6. Yamashita v. Styler, 75 Phil 563, G.R. No. L-129, December 19,
1945
 7. Case Concerning Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against
Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
8. North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ Reports, 1969
9. Asylum Case, Columbia v. Peru, (1950) ICJ 276
10. Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France) [1973] ICJ 98
11. The Paquete Habana and the Lola, 175 U.S. 677 (1900)
12. Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear, ICJ Reports 1962
13. Case Concerning Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v.
India) [1960] ICJ 6
14. Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports 1949

III. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

A. Subject and Object Distinguished
B. Development of the International Community
C. States
(a) People
(b) Territory
(c) Government
(d) Sovereignty
D. Capacity of States
E. Classification of States
F. Independent States
(a) Real Union
(b) Federal Union
(1) Real Union
(2) Federal Union
(3) Confederation
(4) Personal Union
(5) Incorporate Union
G. Neutralized States
H. Dependent States
I. The United Nations
J. The Vatican City
K. Colonies and Dependencies
L. Mandates and Trust Territories
M. Belligerent Communities
N. International Administrative Bodies
O. Individuals
 Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 115 to 142

IV. THE UNITED NATIONS

A. The United Nations
B. The UN Charter
C. The Preamble to the Charter
D. Purposes
E. Principles
F. Membership
G. Suspension of Members
H. Expulsion of Members
I. Withdrawal of Members
J. Organs of the United Nations
(a) The General Assembly
(b) The Security Council
(c) The Economic and Social Council
(d) The Trusteeship Council
(e) The International Court of Justice
(f) The Secretariat

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 166 to 196
Read and understand:
full text of the Charter of the United Nations, see Cruz
p. 257.
full text of Statute of the International Court of Justice,
see Cruz, p. 294.

V. THE CONCEPT OF STATE

A. Creation of State
B. The Principle of State Continuity
C. Extinction of State
D. Succession of State
E. Consequences of State Succession
F. Succession of Governments

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 127 to 142
VI. RECOGNITION
A. Objects of Recognition
B. Kinds of Recognition
C. Recognition of States
D. Recognition of Governments
E. Effects of Recognition of States and Governments
F. Oetjen v. Central Leather Co.
G. Recognition of Belligerency
H. Consequences of Recognition of Belligerency

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 143 to 157

VII. THE RIGHT OF EXISTENCE AND SELF DEFENSE

A. Requisites of Rights
B. The Cuban Missile Crisis
C. Regional Arrangements
D. The Balance of Power
E. Aggression Defined

VIII. THE RIGHT OF INDEPENDENCE

A. Ideal of Independence
B. Nature of Independence
C. Intervention
D. The Drago Doctrine

IX. THE RIGHT OF EQUALITY

A. Essence of Equality
B. Legal Equality v. Factual Equality

X. TERRITORY
A. Acquisition and Loss of Territory
B. Discovery and Occupation
(a) Requisites
(b) Dereliction
 C. Prescription
D. Cession
E. Subjugation
F. Accretion
G. Components of Territory
(a) The Terrestrial Domain
(b) The Maritime and Fluvial Domain
(1) Rivers
(2) Bays
(3) The Territorial Sea
(4) The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea
(5) The Philippine Territorial Sea
(6) The Archipelago Doctrine
(7) Basis of Article I of the 1987 Constitution
(8) Methods of Defining the Territorial Sea
(c) The Aerial Domain

XI. JURISDICTION
A. Personal Jurisdiction
B. Territorial Jurisdiction
C. Land Jurisdiction
D. Maritime and Fluvial Jurisdiction
E. The Contiguous Zone
F. The Continental Shelf
G. The Patrimonial Sea
H. The Open Seas
I. The Lotus Case
J. Aerial Jurisdiction
K. Outer Space
L. Other Territories

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 203 to 329

XII. THE RIGHT OF LEGATION

A. Agents of Diplomatic Discourse
B. The Heads of States
C. Foreign Secretary
D. Diplomatic Envoys
E. Appointment of Envoys
 F. Commencement of Diplomatic Relations
G. Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges
(a) Personal Inviolability
(b) Immunity from Jurisdiction
(c) Inviolability of Diplomatic Premises
(d) Inviolability of Archives
(e) Inviolability of Communication
(f) Exemption from Testimonial Duties
(g) Exemption from Taxes
(h) Other Privileges
H. The Diplomatic Suite or Retinue
I. Duration
J. Termination of Diplomatic Mission

XIII. CONSULS
A. Consuls
B. Kinds and Grades
C. Appointment
D. Functions
E. Immunities and Privileges
F. Termination of Consular Mission

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 395-411

Cases:
15. People v. Lol-lo & Saraw, 43 Phil 19
16. Tubb v. Greiss, 78 Phil 249
17. The Holy See v. Hon. Rosario Jr., G.R. No. 101949, December 1,
1994.
18. United States of America v. Ruiz, 136 SCRA 487 (1987)
19. Reyes v. Bagatsing, 125 SCRA 553
20. Minucher v. Court of Appeals, 214 SCRA 243
21. Minucher v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 142396, February 11, 2003
22. United States of America v. Ruiz, 136 SCRA 487 (1987)
23. International Catholic Migration Commission v. Calleja, 190 SCRA
130 (1990)
24. PCGG v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 124772, August 14, 2007
25. World Health Organization v. Aquino, 48 SCRA 242
26. US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ Reports, 1980
XIV. TREATIES
A. Functions of Treaties
B. Essential Requisites of a Valid Treaty
C. Treaty Making Process
D. Binding Effect of Treaties
E. Observance of Treaties
F. Treaty Interpretation
G. Termination of Treaties

Additional Material/s:
Brownlie, pp. 367-387
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Arts. 1, 2, 6, 26,
27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 46 to 53, 61 to 64.
UN Charter, Art. 102

Cases:
27. Pimentel v. Office of the Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 158088, July 6,
2005.
28. Bayan v. Zamora, G.R. No. 138572, October 10, 2000, 342 SCRA
449
29. Nicolas v. Romulo, G.R. No. 175888, February 11, 2009, 578 SCRA
438

XV. NATIONALITY AND STATELESSNESS

A. Acquisition and Statelessness
B. Acquisition of Nationality
C. Multiple Nationality
D. Loss of Nationality
E. Conflict of Nationality Laws
F. Statelessness

Cases:
30. United States v. Austria and Hungary, Tripartite Claims Commission,
1928; Decisions and Opinions (1929)
31. The Canevaro Case, Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration,
1912; Scott, Hague Court Reports, 284
32. The Nottebohn Case, ICJ Reports, 1955.