Module LAWM117 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM117: The Law of International Organisations
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Research paper proposal (Students will pick their own research topic falling within the general theme of the module.) | 1,000 words | 1-10 | Written feedback from the module convenor |
Individual and group work forming part of a simulated command post exercise | 1,000 words | 1-10 | Individual and collective oral feedback from the exercise participants |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Research poster design (Students will pick their own research topic falling within the general theme of the module.) | 15 | A3 poster (no more than 500 words) | 1-10 | Written feedback from the module convenor; oral feedback from the module convenor and the seminar group |
Research essay (Students will pick their own research topic falling within the general theme of the module.) | 85 | 5,000 words | 1-10 | Written feedback from the module convenor |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Research poster design (Students will pick their own research topic falling within the general theme of the module.) | A3 poster (no more than 500 words) | 1-10 | August/September re-assessment period |
Research essay (Students will pick their own research topic falling within the general theme of the module.) | Research essay (5,000 words) | 1-10 | August/September re-assessment period |
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.
Nigel D White, The Law of International Organisations (Manchester University Press, latest edition)
Jan Klabbers, An Introduction to International Institutional Law (Cambridge University Press, latest edition)
Jan Klabbers, Advanced Introduction to the Law of International Organizations (Edward Elgar Publishing, latest edition)
Jan Klabbers and Åsa Wallendahl (eds), Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations (Edward Elgar Publishing, latest edition)
Philippe Sands and Pierre Klein, Bowett's Law of International Institutions (Sweet & Maxwell, latest edition)