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CSS International Law Complete Guide With Free Preparation Material

Download the latest notes, handouts, and preparatory material for the CSS International Law optional paper. The updated preparation material is according to the revised syllabus.

CSS International Law is one of the subjects of Group VI of the CSS exam. According to the revised scheme of the syllabus, candidates can select one subject comprising 100 marks from Group VI.

CSS International Law Syllabus Overview

  1. Nature, Origin, and Basis of International Law
    • The Emergence of International Law
    • Early European Authors
    • The Nation-State System
    • The Enforcement of International Law
    • The Effectiveness of International Law
    • The Weakness of International Law
    • The Juridical Basis of International Law
    • The Future of International Law and Material Sources of International Law
  2. Relation between International Law and State Law
    • Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice
    • Primary Sources of International Law
    • Subsidiary Sources of International Law
    • International Soft Law
  3. State in General and Recognition
    • Personality and Statehood in International Law
    • The Subjects of International Law
    • Recognition of State and Government in International Law
    • Recognition of State and Government in National Law
  4. The Law and Practice as to Treaties
    • The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
  5. The Settlement of International Disputes
    • Negotiation, Mediation, and Good Offices
    • Inquiry, and Settlement by the United Nations
    • Conciliation, Arbitration
    • The International Court of Justice
  6. International Humanitarian Law
    • International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
    • Non-International Armed Conflict
    • ‘Combatant’ and ‘Protected Persons’
    • Protection of Wounded, Sick and Ship-Wrecked Persons
    • POWs, Civilians
    • Limitations on the Conduct of War
    • Limits on the Choice of Methods and Means of Warfare
  7. The Use of Force
    • The Law before the UN Charter
    • The Law after the Charter
    • The Collective Use of Force
    • The Right of Self-Defence
  8. International Institutions
  9. State Territorial Sovereignty
  10. State Responsibility
  11. State Jurisdiction
  12. Succession to Rights and Obligations
  13. The State and the Individual
  14. The State and the Economic Interest
  15. Diplomatic Envoys, Counsels, and other Representatives
  16. War, Armed Conflicts, and other Hostilities
  17. Neutrality
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