Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3024: Public International Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.

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:

General principles of international law:

Substantive public international law:

Regulation of the cyber domain and outer space

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
53	247	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 and Teaching activity	41	41 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	12	6 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	157	Individual reading, seminar and lecture preparation
Guided independent study	90	Formative and summative assessments preparation

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

·ICJ: www.icj-cij.org/
·ICC: www.un.org/icc
·Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): www.ohchr.org
·The International Law Commission: www.un.org/law/ilc
·Oxford Reports on International Law on campus URL:http://www.oxfordlawreports.com/

off campus URL: http://0-www.oxfordlawreports.com.lib.exeter.ac.uk/

·Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) on campus URL: http://www.mpepil.com/http://www.mpepil.com/

off campus URL: http://0-www.mpepil.com.lib.exeter.ac.uk/

- Opinio Juris: http://www.opiniojuris.org