Module LAWM715 for 2019/0
- 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 2019/0 academic year.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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).
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.
Opeskin, B, Perruchoud, R, and Redpath-Cross, J, Foundations of International Migration Law (Cambridge University Press, latest edition)
Rubio-Marin, R. ed. Human Rights and Immigration (Oxford University Press, 2014)
Other reading will be set on a week by week basis.
Books from which further reading will be set include:
Brettell C. and Hollifield J. eds. (2014) Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines (Routledge: Third edition)
Dembour, M. (2015) When Humans Become Migrants: Study of the European Court of Human Rights with an Inter-American Counterpoint (Oxford University Press)
Hathaway, J. and Foster, M. (2014) The Law of Refugee Status (Cambridge University Press)
Students will be directed to articles in a number of journals including:
European Journal of Migration and Law
Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
International Journal of Refugee Law
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Modern Law Review
