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An international relations scholar or practitioner should be versatile and conversant with international law, economics, politics and history, amongst other disciplines. The course will introduce students to the relevant principles of international law, as well as the concept, context and challenges of international development, including sustainable development. Proceeding with the premise that development is about people and the environment in which they live, the course will examine not only what international development is but also what it should be. It will also examine the intervention by the international community through international organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Bank, as development actors to tackle the global scourge of penury and privation amidst a plenitude of resources, and create a better international legal and economic order. The course will culminate with an examination of international development law as a discipline. In the end, it will provide students with a nuanced comprehension of international development as an economic, social, political and legal process.