Postgraduate Course: Fundamental Issues in International Law (LAWS11024)
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 | This is a course in which fundamental elements of public international law are studied at an advanced level. It is intended to be suitable both for students who are new to the study of international law, as well as for those who may have taken a basic undergraduate course but who wish to explore the issues in greater depth.
The following topics are indicative of those to be covered in the course: The international law-making process; the relationship between municipal law and international law; state responsibility; remedies in international law; state immunity and diplomatic immunity; the law on the use of force; UN enforcement and peacekeeping; self-determination of peoples; and dispute settlement.
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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) |
Course is assessed by two essays. |
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Learning Outcomes
The course will focus on contemporary scholarship and will try to address the issues in a broad legal and theoretical context.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Alan Boyle
Tel: (0131 6)50 2019
Email: Alan.Boyle@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
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