Module LAWM715 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM715: International Migration and the Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to provide you with a deep understanding of the international law framework for the regulation of international migration and the legal, political and conceptual problems associated with this framework. You will learn to appreciate and analyse key debates and undertake independent academic research at an advanced level in this area.
The module also aims to develop your capacity to present complex ideas and to identify, explain, analyse and critique in writing complex factual material, legal instruments, and debates and concepts, using appropriate structure, register and language and supported by competent referencing and bibliography.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate deep and systematic knowledge and understanding of the main international and EU law instruments relevant to international migration and the relationship between them and with national laws; 2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the operation and effectiveness of the relevant international law in a number of selected areas and the difficulties that arise from their interaction with national states laws and politics; 3. Identify, explain and evaluate key issues relating to international and European law and migration critically and comprehensively and to apply relevant rules and theoretical concepts systematically 4. Carry out independent advanced research into complex legal and policy questions within the area of international migration law; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of legal concepts and critical awareness of their contextual/social/political implications 6. Identify, explain, analyse and critique in writing complex factual material, legal instruments, and debates and concepts, using appropriate structure, register and language and supported by competent referencing and bibliography. 7. Integrate and assess complex information from primary and secondary legal sources comprehensively, using appropriate interpretative techniques |
Personal and Key Skills | 8. Manage relevant learning resources/ information/ learning strategies confidently and independently, and to develop own arguments and opinions at a very high/ professional level 9. Identify, retrieve and use the full range of library-based and electronic resources efficiently and autonomously |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is anticipated that most of the following topics will be covered:
- Problems in regulating migration in international law including state sovereignty and the politics of migration globally and nationally;
- The main international European and some other regional instruments in this area;
- Attribution of nationality, deprivation of citizenship and statelessness;
- Admission and expulsion of non-citizens;
- The human rights obligations of states towards migrants;
- Refugees and others in need of humanitarian or other forms of protection (e.g. victims of trafficking);
- EU free movement and its impact on national immigration controls
- Responsibilities of states towards migrants travelling by sea;
- Migrant workers (including migrant domestic workers);
- Family life across national boundaries.
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 |
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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 |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 33 | 11 x 3 hour student-led seminars. Students will have worked in groups to research topics agreed in advance with the module tutor and will present these for discussion during the class |
Guided Independent Study | 157 | Preparation for seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 30 | Preparation for formative assessment |
Guided Independent Study | 80 | Preparation for summative assessment |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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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Essay on a question relating to the regulation of migration in international law. | 1000 words | 2, 5,6, 7, 8, 9 | Written individual feedback; generic feedback on ELE |
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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Essay 1 | 34 | 2,000 words | 1-9 | Written individual feedback and generic feedback on ELE |
Essay 2 | 66 | 5,000 words | 1-9 | Written individual feedback |
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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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Essay 1 | Essay (2,000 words) | 1-9 | August / September re-assessment period |
Essay 2 | Essay (5,000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |