Required reading
Main textbook:
- Javaid Rehman, International Human Rights Law (Pearson, 2nd ed., 2010), pp. 3-351, 715-807 (442 pages)
Articles:
- Catarina Krause and Martin Scheinin (eds.), International Protection of Human Rights: A Textbook (Åbo Akademi University, 1st edition, 2009), pp. 3-58, 677-599 (79 p.)
- Malcolm Langford (ed.), Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 477-516, 613-627 (55 p.)
- Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights in Context (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd ed., 2007), pp. 1087-1123 (37 p.)
- Marko Milanović, “From Compromise to Principle: Clarifying the Concept of State Jurisdiction in Human Rights Treaties”, 8 Human Rights Law Review (2008) pp. 411-448 (38 p.)
Apart from Rehman’s textbook, the literature is available in a compilation of texts (kompendium) which can be purchased from Gnist Akademika bookstore at the Law faculty (Domus Nova building). During the course, announcements will be made about supplementary literature in relation to each lecture, which students will be encouraged, but not required, to read.
Online research guide, not included in the compilation of texts:
- Introduction to Public International Law Research, available at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/Public_International_Law_Research1.htm