International Criminal Law - LAWS8991
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
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 5740 or 9230 or 9240 or 5760 or 9281 or 5281 or 9211 or 5211 or 9285 or 5285 or 9220 or 5750.
Excluded: JURD7467, JURD7891, LAWS3067
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course is not available to JD students. JD students should enrol in the JD equivalent instead - JURD7481 International Criminal Law and Transnational Justice
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Similarly, it would be helpful if you have studied Criminal Law or an equivalent.
Course Objectives
- To equip students with an understanding of the sources, institutions, application, potential scope and limitations of international criminal law.
Main Topics
- Historical roots of International Criminal Law;
- The development and operation of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the ad hoc tribunals and the International Criminal Court;
- Particular international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, aggression), modes of participation in the commission of such crimes, and defences;
- International Criminal Law Practice and Procedure;
- The application of International Criminal Law in domestic criminal courts; and
- Future directions of the development and application of International Criminal Law.
Assessment
(Performance and participation in class)
Short Answer Question 15%
(One 750 words max.)
Research Essay 75%
(5,000 - 5,500 words)
Course Texts
- International Criminal Law and Procedure, Robert Cryer, Hakan Friman, Darryl Robinson and Elizabeth Wilmshurst (2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010).
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