Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM097: The International Law of Armed Conflict

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Please note that the following syllabus is indicative and that the topics covered by the module may change from year to year:

Introduction to the Law of Armed Conflict
Material, Geographical and Temporal Scope of Application
Personal Scope of Application
Means of Warfare
Methods of Warfare
Targeting
Treatment of Civilians and Persons hors de combat
Detention in Armed Conflict
Belligerent Occupation
The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
Other Fields of Application: Air, Maritime and Peace Support Operations

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
33	267	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	33	Seminars (11 x 3 hours): the main teaching method for the module consists of weekly seminars requiring active participation by all students under the guidance of the module convenor
Guided independent study	27	Preparation of seminar paper: for each seminar at least one student will research, write and present a paper on the seminar topic to the rest of the group
Guided independent study	200	Assigned seminar readings (including reading for the seminar paper)
Guided independent study	40	Preparation of the summative essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

International Committee of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org/

International Review of the Red Cross: http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/international-review/index.jsp

International Law Department, US Naval War College: http://www.usnwc.libguides.com/LOAC-IHL

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: http://www.icty.org/

United Nations War Crimes Commission Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals (LRTWC): http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/law-reports-trials-war-criminals.html