UCL FACULTY OF LAWS

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LAW AND POLICY OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (LAWSG076)
Credit value: 30 credits (12 ECTS)
Module Convenor:
Professor Philippe Sands 		 
Intercollegiate teaching: No
Teaching Method: 20 x two-hour seminars
Who may enrol: LLM students
Prerequisites: None
Barred module combinations: None
Core module for specialism: Human Rights Law, International Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Assessment
Practice Assessment: To be confirmed
Assessment method for LLM students: 3-hour unseen written examination
Assessment method for SIL students: N/A
Module Overview

Module summary

This module deals with

  • the requirements of general obligation under international law to settle disputes peacefully
  • the historical evolution and contemporary understandings of the mechanisms available for dispute resolution enumerated in United Nations Charter Article 33: negotiation, inquiry; mediation; conciliation; arbitration; judicial settlement
  • legal and policy issues associated with the composition, functioning and powers of the permanent and ad hoc international courts and tribunals
  • the respective advantages and disadvantages of these various mechanisms, the factors that influence their effectiveness
  • the role and interests of the various disputants and interested third parties in proceedings before these mechanisms
  • the place which these mechanisms have in the international legal order and their relationships to national bodies
Module syllabus: to be confirmed

Recommended materials

While there is no one textbook that covers all the material addressed in the module, there are three basic books now available that are recommended:
R. Mackenzie, C. Romano, Y. Shany and P. Sands, Manual of International Courts and Tribunals (2nd edition, OUP, 2010)
J. Merrills, International Dispute Settlement (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed. 2005)
J. Collier & V. Lowe, The Settlement of Disputes in International Law (Oxford University Press, 1999)

Preliminary reading: to be confirmed
Other information: N/A
Prizes for this module: There are currently no prizes available for this module.


APPLICATION NOTICES

The application process for the 2013-14 academic session is open.
The deadline for applications to be received has been extended to Monday 1 July 2013

Please refer to the How to apply section for information on the application process.