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Semester 1

International Criminal Law (Honours) (LAWS10236)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 Law courses at grade B or above, including a course equivalent to International Law Ordinary Semester 1 (LAWS08114). We will only consider University/College level courses. This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course before teaching begins, with no exceptions, and spaces cannot be guaranteed to those students at any time. **Please see Additional Restrictions**

Course Summary

This course will provide students with an introduction to the foundations of international criminal law. That includes a discussion of the place of international criminal law in the international legal system (including questions of jurisdiction), the sources and history of international criminal law, the general structure of international crimes (actus reus, mens rea and grounds for the exclusion of criminal responsibility) and selected categories of crimes under international criminal law.

Course Description

1. Introduction. 2. History. 3. Institutions 1 (in particular: Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals). 4. Institutions 2 (in particular: hybrid tribunals, International Criminal Court). 5. Sources. 6. Structure of an International Crime and Overview of International Crimes. 7. Selected Aspects of Genocide. 8. Selected Aspects of Crimes Against Humanity. 9. Selected Aspects of War Crimes. 10. Revision Seminar.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

This course cannot be taken alongside International Law Ordinary Semester 1 (LAWS08114). **All 3rd year Law courses are ONLY open to visiting students nominated on an exchange agreement within the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific exchange). Exchange students outside of Law, and independent study abroad students, are not eligible to enrol in these courses, with no exceptions.** Please note that 3rd year Law courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces. These enrolments are managed strictly by the CAHSS Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the Law School directly to request additional spaces. If there is sufficient space for other visiting students to enrol at the start of the semester (which cannot be guaranteed at all), visiting students must meet the pre-requisites listed above.

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