Overview of Major Topics Covered:
Introductory Remarks; States-Four Criteria; Variety of States; Acquisition of Territorial Sovereignty; State Succession; Recognition of Governments; Sources of International Law-Treaty Law; Customary Law; Principles of Law; Jus Cogens Norm; Teachings of Publicists; Equity; Soft Law; International Organizations-United Nations and Its Specialized Organs; General Assembly; Security Council; U.N. Secretariat; Economic and Social Council; Trusteeship Council; International Court of Justice; U.N. System; Non-Governmental International Organizations; Intergovernmental Companies and Producer Associations; Individuals-Rights of Individuals; International Criminal Court; Extradition; Terrorists; Human Rights; International Jurisdiction, Conflicts, Immunities-I.C.J. Jurisdiction; State Jurisdiction; Jurisdiction Over Vessels and Objects; Conflicts of Law; Foreign Sovereign Immunity; Diplomatic and Consular Immunity; International Dispute Settlement-Peace as a Goal; State Obligations-Negotiation, Enquiry, and Mediation; Arbitration; Judicial Settlement; Satisfaction or Apologies; International Rights and Responsibilities; Attributing Acts of People to States; Breach of an International Obligation; State Responsibility; Requirement of an Injury; Circumstances Precluding a Finding of Wrongfulness; Remedies; Use of Force and the Laws of War; Legal Definitions of War; Conduct of War Rules; Civil Wars; International Crises and the Role of the U.N.; Nuclear War; Closing Remarks

About the Professor:
Professor Burr has taught public international law since 1988. As a visiting professor at summer programs in Barcelona, Spain, Guanajuato, Mexico, Innsbruck, Austria, and Honolulu, Hawaii, she taught International Business Transactions, International Entertainment & Sports Law, and International Entertainment Law. Additionally, Professor Burr has lectured in countries as diverse as Barbados, Canada, Chile, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico and South Africa. She has served as a president of the International Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools and as a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. Professor Burr is a graduate of Yale Law School, Mount Holyoke College, and Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She is the author or co-author of four other books, and host of the New Mexico cable television show "Arts Talk."