Universität Wien

030585 KU International Law in Asia (2022W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Presence on 13 October 2022 mandatory (including for students on the waiting list)

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 56 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Anwesenheit in der ersten Einheit am 13.10.2022 ist für eine definitive Zuteilung in diesem Kurs unbedingt erforderlich (auch für StudentInnen auf der Warteliste).

  • Donnerstag 13.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 20.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 27.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 03.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Mittwoch 09.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 17.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 24.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 01.12. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 15.12. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 12.01. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 19.01. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course will cover international law in an Asian context.

The course introduces Asian perspectives and instruments of international law. The first three sessions provide a historical and theoretical foundation for the rest of the semester. The course begins with some legal history, and explores how international law was introduced to Asia. We discuss issues such as unequal treaties, “Asian values” and “historic rights” in the South China Sea. The course then turns to the embrace of and resistance to international law by Asian states, as well as the growing influence of Asian countries on the making and development of international law in the 21st century.
Sessions 4-11 look more closely at specific areas of international law. Sessions 4-5 concern human rights law in Asia. We will broach the universality of human rights, and look at Asian approaches to human rights. As the recent publication of the UN Report on the human rights situation of the Uyghurs in China has put the treatment of minorities by Asian states back into focus, we address the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples in Asia. Sessions 6-7, are about whether the international human rights regime can protect minorities, and why it might be difficult to apply the concept of “indigenous peoples” in Asia. In Sessions 8-9, we discuss a complex maritime and territorial dispute in Asia: The South China Sea Dispute. We will compare the legal arguments of both States, and address the scepticism of Asian states towards international dispute settlement. The final two sessions are devoted to Asia’s role in the shaping contemporary international economic law.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

• Class Participation: 40%.

Seminars will be interactive. Participants are expected to discuss assigned readings during class. Class participation counts for 40 percent of the final grade.

• 2 Reflection Papers: 60%
To stimulate discussion, participants will write two response papers related to two seminars of their choice over the course of the semester. A response paper can consist of any or all of critique, summary, elaboration, expressions of disagreement or puzzlement, suggestions for further inquiry, and so on – as long as it is directed to the readings for the seminar concerned.

Response papers should be 1000-1200 words long and need to be uploaded via Moodle 48 hours prior to the relevant seminar. They need to include the participant’s name, email address and word count.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

A basic international law course is helpful, but not required.

Prüfungsstoff

Topics addressed in the assigned readings and in the seminars.

Literatur

Main text: The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Asia and the Pacific (2019)

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 03.10.2022 11:29