Module LAWM114 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM114: Post-Conflict Governance, Rule of Law and Justice
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction to the concept of stabilisation operations and its legal underpinnings in post- crisis and transitional environments;
- Safe and secure environment in integrated military-civil effort- legal challenges;
- Rule of Law and post-conflict judiciary, law enforcement and prison administration;
- Transitional justice and dealing with conflict- related crimes,
- Right of return and post-conflict resettlement;
- Stable governance: involving legal aspects of the creation and functioning of effective State institutions encompassing legislative, executive and judicial division of powers,
- Going forward: regulation of free and responsible media, fair and independent elections and robust civil society;
- Law and sustainable economy;
- Vulnerable groups: legal protection of minorities; ensuring access to justice for women;
- Role of international, regional and national organisations in advancement of rule of law, in peace building process and stabilisation effort.
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 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 30 | Seminars (10 x 3 hours) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 3 | Exercise: this activity will take place over two days and simulate a command post exercise to provide you with an opportunity to apply your knowledge in a practical setting. |
| Guided Independent Study | 24 | Preparation of seminar essay paper: for each seminar at least one student will research and write a paper on the seminar topic, presenting it to the rest of the group. |
| Guided Independent Study | 200 | Assigned seminar readings (including for the seminar paper). |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Preparation of the assessed/summative essay. |
| Guided Independent Study | 3 | Preparation for the exercise. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Lawfare (blog): https://www.lawfareblog.com/
Just Security (blog): https://www.justsecurity.org/
Opinio Juris (blog): http://opiniojuris.org/
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
T. Bingham, The Rule of Law (2010)
J. Raz, ‘The Rule of Law and Its Virtue’, Law Quarterly Review 93 (1977), 195-211
R Buchanan & P.Zumbasen (Eds.), Law in Transition (2016, paperback)
DFID, FCO& MOD: Building Stability Overseas Strategy ( 2011)
MOD, Shaping a Stable World: the Military Contribution, Joint Doctrine Publication 05 (JDP 05), March 2016
UN Report of Secretary- General on the Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies, UN Doc S/2004/616 (2004)
OECD Development Assistance Committee Guidelines: International Support to Post-Conflict Transition, (2012)
