Public International Law Jyoti Rattan & Vijay Rattan Edition 2026

Public International Law Jyoti Rattan & Vijay Rattan Edition 2026

About The Book

Public International Law, United Nations, Human Rights International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, Air and Law. Law of the Sea, and Treaty Law are important areas o Space to the comity of nations and the international immense concern community in today’s globalised world. Though comprehensive in itself, these areas of International Law and International Organisations impinge upon each other. Therefore, for a better understanding of any one of them, a reader has to be familiar with the salient features of each of these critical areas. With this end in view, we have written the following books:

International Law 1: Public International Law, including Law of the Sea, Air and Space Law.

International Law 2: United Nations, Human Rights, IHL & ICL.

Both books deal with various complex issues in a simplified and understandable way, with special utility for graduate, post-graduate, and other students.

Several new topics have been inserted from time to time to improve the contents of these volumes. We have made sincere efforts to give the current position of the law in a simple manner. We hope that this edition will be more helpful to the students and competitive exam aspirants.

Content of the Book is as follows –

Unit I

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

 1      Definitions, Nature and Basis of International Law

 2      History, Development, and Codification of International Law

 3      Subjects of International Law

 4      Sources of International Law

 5      Relationship between International Law and State Law

 6      Recognition

 7      State Territory and Modes of Acquiring and Losing Territory

 8      State Succession under International Law

 9      State Sovereignty

 10    Nationality

 11    International Environment Law

 12    Settlement of Dispute

 13    Intervention

 14    Extradition

 15    Asylum

 16    Diplomatic Relations

 17    Law of Treaties

Unit II

SEA LAW

 18    Law of the Sea

 19    International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

 20    UNCLOS at 40+: A Revisit

Unit III

AIR AND SPACE LAW

 21    International Aerial Navigation Law

 22    International Anti-Aircraft Hijacking/ Skyjacking Law

 23    International Space Law

About The Author 

Prof. Dr. Jyoti Rattan, Professor, Department of Laws, Paniab University, Chandigarh holds a Post-Doc in Law, Ph.D. in Law. M.Sc. in Chemistry and is a Gold Medallist in LL.M.. besides B.Sc. and LL.B She did her Ph.D. in Law (as a UGC Senior Research Fellow) and is a gold medallist in LL.M.