Public International Law

A podcast examining the remaining, accepted sources of international law.

A podcast examining the criteria for statehood in international law.

A podcast examining the issues of state continuity and state succession. Also discusses the concept of sovereign equality of states.

A podcast on the other key actor in international law, international organizations. Focuses on the UN system (and particularly the General Assembly and the Security Council) and discusses the International Court of Justice

A podcast on how states may acquire territory in international law.

A 40 minute primer on the basics of international human rights law.

A podcast focusing on self-determination of peoples.

A podcast with a brief note on inland waterways and then a focus on oceans and UNCLOS (here, examining baselines, territorial sea, international straits, contiguous zone, EEZ and the continental shelf)

A podcast completing discussion of int'l law and oceans, focusing on high seas and deep seabed. Also a brief discussion of polar regions and outerspace.

A podcast focusing on state enforcement and prescriptive jurisdiction.

Podcast of limitations imposed on state jurisdiction, focusing on treatment of aliens, diplomatic immunity and state immunity

An overview of international criminal law and the International Criminal Court.

A podcast of remedies in international law: the rules of state responsibility.

A second podcast of customary international law, focusing on more thorny issues in customary international law.

A first podcast on customary international law, discussing basic doctrinal rules.

A podcast on the reception of international treaty law into Canadian domestic law.

The last podcast on treaties, focusing on assorted issues of application, interpretation and termination of treaties.

A third podcast on treaties, focusing on reservations to treaties.

A second podcast on treaties, focusing on the creation of treaties.

A first podcast on treaties, focusing on the issue of international sources and addressing preliminary issues relating to treaties.