Postgraduate Course: International and European Human Rights Law (LAWS11021)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | The objective of the course is to enable students primarily through research, presentation, discussion and writing, to acquire a thorough knowledge of, and an ability to critically analyze, the theory and the law of human rights protection at the regional and international levels. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
352 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course is assessed by way of two essays (40% and 60% of total marks respectively) of not more than the specified length to be submitted no later than the due date.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have (1) overall awareness of the history and theory of human rights in law and more generally, (2) detailed knowledge of the law of the European Convention on Human Rights and its enforcement mechanism as well as other European human rights instruments (3) detailed knowledge of the enforcement mechanisms of general public international law and of selected topics of subtantive law, (4) familiarity with the specialised tools and resources for research into human rights law. The course contains a general introduction to theories of human rights, categories of human rights and methods of enforcement; close examination and analysis of substantive rights and will also look at a number of selected issues in contemporary European and International Human Rights Law.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Christine Bell
Tel:
Email: christine.bell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
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