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Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3146: International Law, Conflict and Strategy

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

It is envisaged that the syllabus will cover the following topics. Please note that this syllabus is indicative and may be subject to change.

Term 1
The Context: Law, Conflict and Strategy

1. International Law, Conflict and Strategy: An Introduction
2. Foundations of International Law
3. Foundations of Strategy

               Case-study I: The Use of Force

1. The Rules Governing the Use of Force
2. Iraq: From Resolution 678 to Resolution 1441
3. Global War on Terror: From Afghanistan to ‘unwilling and unable’
4. R2P: From Libya to the Ukraine

               Case-study II: The Legal Regulation of Warfare

1. The Law of Armed Conflict
2. Status and Treatment of Captured Enemies: POWs and Unlawful Combatants
3. Direct Participation in Hostilities
4. The Fog of Law: Human Rights and Military Operations
5. The Refugee Crisis in Syria and its Surrounding States

Term 2
Case-study III: The Challenge of Technology

1. Cyber Warfare: The Tallinn Manual and Beyond
2. Banning Weapons: From the Cross-bow to Cluster-bombs
3. Stop the Bomb: Weapons of Mass Destruction
4. Rage against the Machine: Killer Robots and Drones

               Case-study IV: International Accountability and Justice

1. International Criminal Justice and its Alternatives
2. Selectivity in Confronting Evil: From Nuremberg to The Hague
3. The Politics of the ICC
4. The Crime of Crimes: Prosecuting Aggression

               Law, Conflict and Strategy: The Lessons

1. Lawfare
2. International Law: A Strategic Studies Perspective
3. Strategic Studies: An International Law Perspective

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

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.

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.

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

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.

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