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030485 KU Transnational Criminal Law (2018S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 09.04. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Tuesday 10.04. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Wednesday 11.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Thursday 12.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Friday 13.04. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Wednesday 02.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Thursday 03.05. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM33 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Tuesday 08.05. 09:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Monday 28.05. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM33 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course aims at offering students the tools for a critical understanding to the international legal framework of inter-state cooperation in criminal matters and of its interaction with other areas of international law.

It will discuss the general principles and customary rules regulating this area of international law, as well as the role of treaties establishing obligations to prevent, criminalize and repress specific crimes. Specifically the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime will be used as case study, also in in order to explore: (a) the role of international institutions, such as the United Nations, and of civil society, in the development and management of these treaty systems; (b) the mechanisms through which implementation of the relevant obligations is monitored at international level.
The course will also address the interaction between obligations arising in the field of transnational criminal law and, notably: the forms of ‘vertical’ cooperation between states and international criminal tribunals in the fight against ‘core crimes’; International Human Rights Law; the International Law of the Sea; regional integration processes, specifically within the EU.

The course will be open to a maximum of 40 students. Active participation in class is required.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in discussions in class (30 per cent) and final exam (70 per cent)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Basic understanding and knowledge of criminal law and (public) international law

Examination topics

Presentation and discussion of selected topics in an exam at the end of the course

Reading list

N. Boister, RJ Currie, Routledge Handbook of Transnational Criminal Law, London and New York, 2015 (Paperback edition 2017) Part I (pp. 9-88) and the following additional chapters: Roger S Clark, Jurisdiction over transnational crime (pp. 91-16); John A.E. Vervaele, Mutual legal assistance in criminal matters to control (transnational) criminality (pp. 121-136); Joanna Harrington, Extradition of international criminals (pp. 153-166), Tom Obokata, Human Trafficking (pp. 171-186); Anne T Gallagher, Migrant Smuggling (pp. 187-209); Andreas Schloenhardt, Transnational Organised Crime (pp. 409-433); Ivonne Dandurand and Vivienne Chin, Implementation of Transnational Criminal Law: Issues and Challenges (pp. 437-452). Other materials will be provided in class or through the e-learning platform.

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