030654 KU Emergency Laws in Comparative Perspective (2019W)
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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 02.09.2019 00:01 to Fr 20.09.2019 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 11.10.2019 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 08.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 22.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 29.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 05.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 12.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 19.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Friday 22.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal Rechtswissenschaften Schenkenstraße 8-10, 4.OG
- Tuesday 26.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 03.12. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 10.12. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 17.12. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Tuesday 14.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
- Thursday 16.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM51 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 5.OG
- Tuesday 21.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The grade for this course consists of one written, two-day take-home, open-book book exam of maximum 2000 words excluding footnotes (70%) and class participation (30%).The written exam will consist of two parts: first, a memo by a legal officer in an international assistance mission advising on a practical operational question with legal implications, and, second, a more conventional academic essay question discussion the pros and cons of a legal conundrum. A model will be distributed well in advance.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Students will have to answer two questions out of six, thus accommodating to some degree personal preferences. The exam is aimed to motivate a renewed engagement with the course material and to cement the retention of the above stated Learning Outcomes, which will guide grading. Special emphasis will be given to the mastery of comparative approaches.
Examination topics
Formal basis for the exam is the literature provided in the syllabus., which clearly distinguishes between mandatory and voluntary additional readings; only the former are strictly necessary to pass this course (and do so well).
Reading list
All materials are in English and will be electronically provided.The course will focus on theoretical readings about emergency powers, together with statutes, court judgments, and historical accounts of extraordinary events. Case studies will include the United States, Germany, Japan, France, China, Iran, East Timor, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Sweden, Argentina, and others in passing.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 06.05.2022 00:15
• Present the wider policy and legal arguments behind the different theoretical models of emergency powers;
• Put the current controversies about States responses to terrorism into historical, national, and international perspective, in order to test the relevance of different emergency powers theories;
• Analyze the impact of different emergency powers upon the concept of liberal democracy and the rule of law, consider their links to illiberal or authoritarian regimes, and understand their relationships to the nature of the State itself;
• Argue carefully and logically for and against specific legal positions in factual context, present the theoretical foundations for those arguments, and make reasoned choices in terms of public policy;
• Formulate and communicate ideas and legal issues;
• Utilize international and foreign legal materials, and historical accounts, in a coherent, competent, and professional way.