Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Rafiqul Islam
Contact via rafiqul.islam@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
18cp in LAW or LAWS units and (admission prior to 2014 to LLB or BAppFinLLB or BALLB or BA-MediaLLB or BA-PsychLLB or BBALLB or BComLLB or BCom-ProfAccgLLB or BEnvLLB or BITLLB or BIntStudLLB or BPsych(Hons)LLB or BScLLB or BSocScLLB)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an understanding of various international legal principles, rules, and practices, as well as their role in shaping and reshaping the contemporary international system. The goal of this unit is to equip students with an understanding of the foundational principles guiding the operation of international law. Students develop an appreciation of the relevance and effectiveness of International Law in a range of issue areas. These inclusively include: sources of International Law, its interaction with domestic law, personality, statehood, recognition, use of force, law of treaties, diplomatic immunities, law of the sea, human rights, terrorism, and international justice system.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Class Participation | 10% | Every tutorial |
Class Test | 20% | 7-8 April |
Problem Solving Question | 30% | 30 April |
Research-based Legal Opinion | 40% | 7 June |
Due: Every tutorial
Weighting: 10%
Active Class Participation, worth 10% of the assessment, will require students to read and understand various issues scheduled for discussions. It is designed to augment the communication and interpersonal skills of students to prepare them to be a sound and socially responsible citizens who can be ambassadors of a just and environmentally sustainable society.
Due: 7-8 April
Weighting: 20%
Testing the basic comprehension of international law doctrines, principles, and theories; this assessment will require students to demonstrate understanding of their reading materials to gather discipline specific knowledge in answering a series of short basic questions.
Due: 30 April
Weighting: 30%
A take-home fact-based problem focusing on a problem of international law, this assessment will require students to independently examine and research legal rules and principles, and apply these to a new, real, or hypothetical factual situation.
Due: 7 June
Weighting: 40%
This written research assignment (essay, paper, report, or opinion) will require students to respond to issues in international law (existing issues warranting reform, critical analysis of contemporary issues, reporting on a case study, or emerging issues to chat their future direction of evolution). It will require independent legal research, critical analytical ability, and coherent legal writing and presentation skills.
All written work must be submitted through Turnitin.
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Teaching Weeks Starts: 3 March |
Lecture Topic |
Tutorial Topic |
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Week 1 |
Introduction to the International Legal System |
Explaining Administration of the Unit and the Study Guide |
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Week 2 |
Sources and codification of International Law |
Introduction to the International Legal System |
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Week 3 |
(a) International Law and Domestic Law; and (b) Subjects and Personality |
Sources and codification of International Law
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Week 4 |
Statehood and Recognition |
(a) International Law and Domestic Law (b) Subjects and Personality |
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Week 5 |
State Sovereignty, Domestic Jurisdiction and Responsibility |
Statehood and Recognition |
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Week 6-7
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Mid-semester break: 14-25 April – No lecture |
Mid-semester break: 14-25 April – No tutorial |
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Week 8 |
Prohibited and Permissible Use of Force and Intervention |
State Sovereignty, Domestic Jurisdiction and Responsibility |
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Week 9 |
International Law of Treaty |
Prohibited and Permissible Use of Force and Intervention |
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Week 10
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Sovereign and Diplomatic Immunities |
International Law of Treaty |
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Week 11 |
International Law of the Sea |
Sovereign and Diplomatic Immunities |
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Week 12 |
International Dispute Settlement: ICJ and ICC |
International Law of the Sea
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Week 13 |
Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and R2P |
International Dispute Settlement: ICJ and ICC |
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Week 14 |
New Challenges in the 21st Century: International Law of: Environment, Economic Governance, Terrorism, and Counter-terrorism |
Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and R2P |
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