Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Online

Module Offerings

7526BCIRDL-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.

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

Assessments

Essay