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Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3146: International Law, Conflict and Strategy

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The following syllabus plan is indicative and may be subject to change, including in response to current developments. Some of the lectures may be delivered by visiting lecturers.

The Context: Law, Conflict and Strategy

• foundations of public international law
• foundations of strategy

I. The Use of Force

• the rules governing the use of force
• the Global War on Terror: from Afghanistan to ‘unwilling and unable’
• responsibilty to protect

II. The Conduct of Hostilities

• the law of armed conflict
• battlefield status and the law of targeting
• human rights and military operations

III. The Challenge of Technology

• the challenge of cyber warfare
• banning weapons: from the cross-bow to nuclear bombs
• killer robots, artificial intelligence and drones

IV. International Accountability and Justice

• selectivity in confronting evil: from Nuremberg to The Hague
• war crimes, genocide and other international crimes
• international criminal justice and its alternatives

Law, Conflict and Strategy: Some Lessons

• a practical perspective
• some conclusions

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).

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/ecil

@ExeterCIL

Other Learning Resources

D. Patrikarakos, War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century (2017).

L. Freedman, The Future of War: A History (2017).

T. Farrell, Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan, 2001–2014 (2017).

D. Kilcullen, Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla (2015).

V. Lowe, International Law (2007).

D. Armstrong, ‎T. Farrell, ‎H. Lambert, International Law and International Relations (2012).

P. Sands, Lawless World: Making and Breaking Global Rules (2nd edn, 2006).

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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