Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Although, at first glance, war and law may be viewed as distinct or even contradictory phenomena, many fields of international law contribute to governing situations of armed conflict. This course aims to map out these fields and to provide students with an overview of the main principles under each of them. Of particular interest will be the key mechanisms of the prohibition of the use of force (jus ad bellum), of international humanitarian law (jus in bello), of international human rights law, of international refugee law, of the law of international responsibility and of international criminal law.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of this course, students should be familiar with the role of the law (and, in particular, of international law) before, during, and after an armed conflict.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures will be the basis of the course (active participation in class will nonetheless be encouraged). Each lecture will come with a Powerpoint presentation.
Recommended or required readings
A reader with key pieces of doctrinal literature will be made available. Students will be strongly encouraged to read the relevant portions of the reader in advance. This is to help them be familiar with the topic and relevant English terminology before each class.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The evaluation method will be as follows:
- A short essay will be requested over the course of the semester. This short paper will determine 20 % of the final mark.
- An oral examination will normally (see below) determine the remaining 80 % of the mark. Students will be informed in due course what treaty provisions and other materials they may use during the exam.
- Around the end of the semester, a multiple-choice quiz will be organised on an optional basis. Students whose participation in this recap quiz is graded 14/20 or more will be offered the possibility to have their final grade for the course determined based on their paper only (i.e. 100 % of their final grade will, if they wish so, be determined based on the paper result). The oral exam therefore becomes optional for those students: if they are not satisfied with their paper result, they may still enrol for the oral exam. In that case, the initial grading distribution will be applied: 20 % of the final mark will be determined by the paper and the oral exam will determine the remaining 80 %.
- No recap quiz will be organised during the August/September session and the standard regime will automatically apply at that time: 20 % of the final mark will be determined by a paper and an oral exam will determine the remaining 80 %. Regarding the paper, students participating in the August/September session will have the opportunity either to keep their initial grade (paper submitted during the semester) or to write a new paper. New topics will be announced in July and the deadline for submission (if applicable) will be August 25, 2024.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Christophe DEPREZ (christophe.deprez@uliege.be)