030585 KU International Law in Asia (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Presence on 13 October 2022 mandatory (including for students on the waiting list)
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 12.09.2022 00:01 to Mo 26.09.2022 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Sa 15.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 56 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Presence on 13 October 2022 is mandatory (including for students on the waiting list)
- Thursday 13.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 20.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 27.10. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 03.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Wednesday 09.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 17.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 24.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 01.12. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 15.12. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 12.01. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
- Thursday 19.01. 16:30 - 18:00 Hörsaal U12 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
• 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.
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.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
A basic international law course is helpful, but not required.
Examination topics
Topics addressed in the assigned readings and in the seminars.
Reading list
Main text: The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Asia and the Pacific (2019)
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 03.10.2022 11:29
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.