Reading guides/outlines will be issued for each topic. Students are encouraged to do the further reading indicated for particular topics, as well as general reading in and around subjects of international law that interest them.

Basic texts

Shaw, International Law (6th ed 2008)
Dixon, Textbook on International Law (6th ed 2007)

Students may also find the following introductory texts useful

Lowe, International Law (2007)
Malanczuk, Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law (9th ed 2009)
Aust. Handbook of International Law (2nd ed 2010)

Cases and materials

Harris, Cases and Materials on International Law (7th ed 2010)

Students may also find useful

Dixon, McCorquodale and Williams, Cases and Materials on International Law (5th ed 2011)

Basic documents

Evans, Blackstone’s International Law Documents (9th ed 2009)

Suggested further reading

Charlesworth and Chinkin, The Boundaries of International Law (2000)
Evans (ed), International Law (3rd ed 2010)
Crawford and Koskenniemi (eds), Cambridge Companion to International Law

Current controversies are well covered in the American Journal of International Law and the International & Comparative Law Quarterly (both quarterly). International Legal Materials (6 times a year) prints major documents, treaties and decisions, which for the most part can also be found in Westlaw and Lexis. Also recommended is the European Journal of International Law. Most important cases in the field are reported in the International Law Reports. The contemporary practice of the UK is to be found in the British Yearbook of International Law. The following websites also contain useful material: www.un.org and www.icj-cij.org.