PLT3050

World Politics and International Law (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: TBA

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Identify the major institutions involved in the international legal regime. 2. Understand the role played by international law in aspects of contemporary politics, including human rights, environmental protection, the conduct of war, economic management and the status of the rights of indigenous peoples at international law. 3. Describe the relationship between legal norms and political action. 4. Explain critically the traditional and revisionist arguments about the impact of international law on the nature of sovereign states and on international relations. 5. Discuss the basic jurisprudential principles that structure international legal discourse.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 60% + Examination (1.5 hours): 30% + Tutorial participation: 10% + Third-year students will demonstrate wider reading, and greater understanding by answering exam questions of a higher conceptual standard than those required of second-year students.

Contact Hours: 3 hours (2 x 1 hour lectures and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in politics or permission.

Prohibitions: PLT2050