Module LAW3181 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3181: United Nations Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
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:
- The UN as a system of collective security and the changing nature of security-threat relations in a globalised world
- The institutional framework of the United Nations with a particular emphasis on the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly
- The nature of the UN: conference, contract or constitution of the international community?
- Powers of the UN
- Peaceful methods of dispute resolution and conflict prevention
- The use of economic sanctions
- The use of military force: peace enforcement and peace-keeping
- The Responsibility to Protect
- Regional organisations as partners to the UN in the maintenance and restoration of international peace and security, with a particular emphasis on the African Union and the European Union
- Membership and financing
- Law-making
- Accountability of the United Nations
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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28 | 122 | 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 and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour Lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 6 | 3 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 55 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 15 | Seminar Preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 12 | Formative Assessment Preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 40 | Summative Assessment Preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
United Nations http://www.un.org/en/index.html
Other Learning Resources
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports 1949, p 174
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Art 17, para 2, of the Charter), Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports 1962, p 151
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 | 1,000 words | 1-9 | Written and oral feedback from tutor |
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 | 100 | 4000 words | 1-9 | Written and oral 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 | Essay (4000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
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.
Nigel D White and Nicholas Tsagourias, Collective Security: Theory, Law and Practice (Cambridge University Press, latest edition)
Nigel D White, The Law of International Organisations (Manchester University Press, latest edition)
Jan Klabbers, An Introduction to International Institutional Law (Cambridge University Press, latest edition