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Brownlie, Principles of International Law (7th ed 2008)Shaw, International Law (6th ed 2008)Dixon, Textbook on International Law (7th ed 2010)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 (6th ed 2004)Students may also find useful:Dixon and McCorquodale, Cases and Materials on International Law (2010)Basic documents:Evans, Blackstone’s International Law Documents (2009)Suggested further reading:Charlesworth and Chinkin, The Boundaries of International Law (2000)Evans (ed), International Law (3rd ed 2010)Current controversies are well covered in the American Journal of International Law and the International & ComparativeLaw Quarterly (both quarterly). International Legal Materials (6 times a year) prints major documents, treaties anddecisions, which for the most part can also be found in Westlaw and Lexis. Also recommended is the European Journalof International Law. Most important cases in the field are reported in the International Law Reports. The contemporarypractice of the UK is to be found in the British Yearbook of International Law. The following websites also contain usefulmaterial: www.un.org and www.icj-cij.org.PAPER 13. CIVIL LAW IIThe paper is divided into two parts.1. European Legal History. The revival of Roman law and the formation of the canon law; glossators andcommentators; humanists. Roman law in England and practice in the Courts of the Church and Admiralty.Developments in France (natural law, national laws, codification, the emergence of public law), in Germany (thehistorical school, codification) and elsewhere.2. The Lex Aquilia, with particular reference to Digest IX.2. The main areas covered are the origins and early history ofthe lex; the scope of chapters 1 and 3; iniuria and culpa; causation; damages; and praetorian extensions to liabilityunder the lex. The course will also consider the later development of the Civil law tradition of Aquilian liability.READING44
European Legal History:Allison, A Continental Distinction in the Common LawBrundage, Medieval Canon LawDawson, The Oracles of the LawJohnston, Roman Law in ContextRobinson, Fergus and Gordon, European Legal History (3rd ed)Stein, Roman Law in European HistoryVan Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Private LawVan Caenegem, Judges, Legislators and ProfessorsVan Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Western Constitutional LawWieacker (trans. Weir), A History of Private Law in EuropeLex Aquilia:Buckland, Textbook of Roman LawLawson, Negligence in the Civil LawLawson and Markesinis, Tortious Liability for Unintended Harm in the Common Law and the Civil LawZimmermann, The Law of ObligationsPAPER 20. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW1. Introduction: statutory interpretation; the role of the judiciary; appeal and review; the ambit and scope of review; theultra vires rule; the constitutional foundations and legitimacy of judicial review.2. Jurisdictional Control: error of fact; error of law. Collateral challenge and nullity.3. Control of Discretionary Power: retention of discretion (including dictation, delegation, over-rigid policies and fetteringby contract).4. Control of Discretionary Power: abuse of discretion (including unreasonableness, bad faith, irrelevant considerations,improper purposes and proportionality).5. Procedural Requirements: fairness and the rules of natural justice.6. The Nature and Scope of the Doctrines of Legitimate Expectations and Estoppel.7. Remedies: restrictions on review (including standing, exclusion of review and discretion to withhold).8. Remedies: the public/private distinction; remedies available in judicial review proceedings (including damages).READINGBasic Texts:Cane, An Introduction to Administrative Law (4th ed 2004)Craig, Administrative Law (6th ed 2008)Elliott, Beatson, Matthews and Elliott’s Administrative Law: Text and Materials (3rd ed 2005)Wade and Forsyth, Administrative Law (10th ed 2009)Further reading:Allan, Constitutional Justice (2001)Allan, Law, Liberty and Justice: Legal Foundations of British Constitutionalism (1993)Forsyth (ed), Judicial Review and the Constitution (2000)45
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Page 8 and 9: The Faculty of LawLaw has been stud
Page 10 and 11: The LLM Degree. This degree is awar
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Page 40 and 41: Hedley, Tort (6th ed 2008)Weir, An
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Page 46 and 47: Elliott, Constitutional Foundations
Page 48 and 49: Contract: covenant and debt; assump
Page 50 and 51: Statutes:Blackstone’s Statutes on
Page 52 and 53: For reference:Birks and Pretto (ed)
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Crawford, The Treatment of Combatan
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Douglas, The International Law of I
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Unger, Free Trade Reimagined (2007)
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Reiman, ‘Justice, Civilization, a
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Gardner, Introduction to the Law of
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RA Melikan, BA (Mich), JD, MA (Chi)
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BD Sloan, MA, LLM (Cantab); King’
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