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Advanced Issues in International Law - LAWS8081

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9240 or 5760 or 9211 or 5211 or 9281 or 5281 or 9220 or 5750.

Excluded: JURD7681

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

To enable students to develop an understanding of the issues involved in complex contemporary areas of international law.

LLM Specialisation

Human Rights and Social Justice
International Law

Recommended Prior Knowledge

LAWS8180 Principles of International Law (or equivalent).

Learning Outcomes

After having completed this course successfully, a participant will:

Understand the issues involved in complex contemporary areas of international law;
Consolidate and deepen understanding of international law and the modalities through which it informs and creates the world in which we live

Main Topics

The formation and operation of the rules of international law will be examined and assessed in the context of current events. The general substantive framework for the course therefore changes from year to year. In 2013, this course will focus on international cultural heritage law and its dynamics, both internal (cultural heritage regimes relating to one another) and external (relationship to other areas of international law such as international human rights law and international environmental law). The aim of the course is to provide an overview of international law on the matter, and to understand the limitations of current international legal regimes. The course will engage legal literature critically with anthropological, sociological and heritage studies literature.

Assessment

Class Participation (10%)
Take-home Exam (90%)

Course Texts

Please refer to the course outline.