LA1022 - Public International Law
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
International law has evolved in response to the need for world order. The principle focus of the United Nations is to maintain peace. To that end international law restricts the use of force, defines access rights to resources (particularly in the global commons) and provides for the peacefully settling disputes. Where peace cannot be maintained international law regulates the use of force and establishes criminal responsibility for those who committee crimes. The subject will provide a scaffold of public international law and an overview of related global themes and issues. Students will study the sources of international law, the relationship between international law and domestic law, international personality, right to self-determination, state responsibility, state jurisdiction, the law of treaties, peaceful settlement of disputes, the use of force and collective security, International Humanitarian Law, criminal responsibility and the Law of the Sea. Case studies and examples will focus on current events, Australia's foreign policy and the application of international law in the Pacific and Southeast Asian region. The assessment is designed to encourage students to develop their legal research skills and their writing skills.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of a broad and coherent body of knowledge that includes the fundamental areas of legal knowledge, the Australian legal system, and underlying principles and concepts, including international and comparative contexts;
- demonstrate an understanding of the broader contexts within which legal issues arise;
- demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research, analyse, evaluate, consolidate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues;
- identify and articulate legal issues and apply legal reasoning and research, critical analysis and creative thought, judgement and intellectual independence to generate appropriate responses to legal issues and to identify and solve legal problems.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Malcolm Barrett. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); on-course assessment (60%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 24-Aug-2017 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Malcolm Barrett. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); on-course assessment (60%). |
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