Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
7526IRICBT-SEP-PAR
Aims
1. To consider current controversies in international law pertaining to the use of force between states, within the context of technological advances and the growth in the significance of non-state actors.
2. To provide students with an understanding of legal limitations on methods and means of armed conflict.
3. To explore modern and emerging challenges to the law of armed conflict.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically assess current controversies in international law’s regulation of the use of force
2.
Critically discuss the legal and political difficulties of regulating conflict situations
3.
Explain and critique the role of international organisations in enforcing international law pertaining to conflict and warfare
4.
Make use for a range of both primary and secondary sources to investigate international law’s regulation of the use of force and armed conflict
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. The Prohibition on the Use of Force
2. Intervention in Civil Wars
3. Self-Defence
4. UN Military Enforcement Action
5. Humanitarian Intervention & the Responsibility to Protect
6. Regulating Armed Conflict
7. Methods and Means of Warfare
8. Geneva Law and the Protection of Civilians
9. War Crimes, Liability and Modern Challenges to LOAC
Additional Information:This is an Option Module.
Assessments
Essay