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Module

LAW3249 : Law of Armed Conflict (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Elliot Winter
  • Owning School: Newcastle Law School
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 2 Credit Value: 20
ECTS Credits: 10.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

- To provide students with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the international regime applicable in armed conflict;
- To provide students with an awareness of the historical backdrop against which the regime developed;
- To stimulate students’ awareness of contemporary, and future, challenges for the law;
- To provide an exposition of how violations of the law are identified and enforced; and to consider the limitations inherent in this context;
- To develop students’ capacity for critical analysis and problem solving;
- To develop students’ research and presentation skills (including responding to questions on-the-spot);
- To encourage student-driven learning.

Outline Of Syllabus

- History and sources of the law of armed conflict;
- Conflict qualification and the differences between international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts;
- Conduct of hostilities and the principal substantive rules regulating conflict;
- Enforcement through state and individual responsibility.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture162:0032:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching31:003:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDrop-in/surgery11:001:00N/A
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study1641:00164:00N/A
Total200:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures will deliver content in an efficient manner. They are designed with a high level of student/staff interaction in mind.

Seminars will require advance preparation then, in class, aid the development analytical, argumentative and critical skills essential for discourse and allow students to practice the types of questions that will feature in the exam.

The drop-in surgery will allow students to ask for specific support to assist with the preparation of their oral presentation.

Independent study allows for: follow-up reading from lectures; preparation for seminars; preparation for the oral presentation and preparation for the examination.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1352A673 out of 6 questions
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Oral Examination2M33Students will deliver a 10 minute conference style presentation. They will be expected to answer at least 1 question during this.
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The examination provides an important incentive for students to establish substantial knowledge in the subject. The examination tests the demonstration of knowledge and understanding by applying the skills that need to be developed over the whole module. The examination provides a means for testing students' ability to analyse, synthesise, deploy critical judgement and evaluate alternative arguments. It also allows candidates to demonstrate intended learning outcomes across a broad range of topics within the syllabus. The oral presentation will give students the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their research skills, undertake critical analysis, and deliver their findings to academic staff supported by appropriate legal basis, case-law, and literature.

Reading Lists

Timetable