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Master's in International Law

Treaties, custom, human rights, criminal and trade law — the whole international legal order, explained from zero.

666 pages 439 min read12 modules

Chapter 1

What Is International Law?

Start by setting aside the image the phrase probably conjures: a courtroom, a judge in robes, someone banging a gavel. International law rarely looks like that, and when it does, the courtroom is the least interesting part of the story. International law is the body of rules t…

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