2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW2146 International Law

20 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr Amrita Mukherjee
Email: A.Mukherjee@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW2147

Foundations of International Law

Module replaces

LAW2145 International Law

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

What did you think about the invasion of Iraq: was it the right thing to do? Was it lawful? Can law play an effective part in international relations? How are international legal disputes settled? What is the role of the United Nations in upholding the rule of law in international affairs? How does the international community respond when new states emerge as e.g. in the former Yugoslavia, or to the uses of force by states? What legal issues lie behind disputes over territory? What responsibility is there when one state mistreats the citizens of another state? These are some of the major issues that this module explores with a view to showing that international law does play a significant role in international affairs.

Objectives

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of international law as a legal system distinct from national legal systems;
- demonstrate knowledge in depth of substantive areas of international law studied within the module;
- analyse international disputes in terms of applicable legal rules and propose arguable solutions to concrete problems (actual or hypothetical) in the light of such analysis;
- synthesise relevant primary and secondary sources, bringing together materials from a variety of sources and make critical judgements on the merits of particular arguments and propose a reasoned choice between alternative solutions;
- make written presentations in this field of study which are coherent, cogent and logically structured.

Skills outcomes
- Reinforcement of discipline-specific skills in learning to 'think like a lawyer', including finding, understanding, using and applying legal principles and rules.

- Development of intellectual skills and expertise in analysis, synthesis, critical judgment and evaluation, logical argument, organisation of information, oral and written communication and presentation of materials.

Syllabus

Nature and purpose of international law
The sources of international law
International personality
Territory and self-determination
Jurisdiction
Use of force in international law

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	22	1.00	22.00
Seminar	6	1.00	6.00
Private study hours			172.00
Total Contact hours			28.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

44 hours - 2 hours preparation for each lecture
36 hours - 6 hours preparation for each seminar
92 hours - 46 hours preparation for each essay

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 1,500-word essay	40.00
Essay	1 x 2,500-word essay	50.00
In-course Assessment	Seminar performance (6 seminars)	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/04/2019

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