Universität Wien

380024 VO Methods for doctoral students in International Law (2024W)

Lecture according to §5(2)(a) Doctoral Programme

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 38 - Doktoratsstudium Rechtswissenschaften
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Only the Studienservicezentrum can register you once the deadline for course registration has passed. Please contact the SSC rather than the instructors or Frau Weidinger (ssc.rechtswissenschaften@univie.ac.at).

For organisational matters, please contact Brigitte Weidinger at brigitte.weidinger@univie.ac.at.

  • Thursday 10.10. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG (Kickoff Class)
  • Friday 11.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 11.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 18.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 08.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 15.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Friday 15.11. 14:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM64 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Wednesday 20.11. 16:30 - 18:30 Seminarraum SEM31 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course equips doctoral students with the necessary understanding of legal methods. The focus is on the skills needed to write a PhD in public international law (choice of topic, structure, plan, finding materials, and working with the sources of international law), as well as an introduction to interdisciplinary methods (among others law and economics, and empirical methods).
Interactive course. Lecture according to §5(2)(a) of the Curriculum for the Doctorate in Law. Only for PhD students with a confirmation of willingness to supervise (“Bereitschaftserklärung”). We recommend taking this course in the first semester of your doctoral students to help prepare your PhD proposal for the joint seminar for PhD students in international law (SE380034 usually in the second semester).

Assessment and permitted materials

5 page description of the doctoral project with a focus on the methods that the PhD candidate intends to use.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading is excellent (1)/fail (5).
The PhD candidates submit their description at the end of January 2025 to brigitte.weidinger@univie.ac.at. Participants receive brief written feedback on their projects.

Examination topics

Application of the methods that we introduce and discuss in the course to a 5-page description of the doctoral project.

Reading list

Lieblich, How to Do Research in Internationa Law. A Basic Guide for Beginners
Dunleavy, Authoring a PhD: how to plan, draft, write, and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation (Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke; New York 2003)
Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) (4th edn, Hart 2014)
OSCOLA 2006 – Citing International Law Sources Section, Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (Faculty of Law, Oxford University 2006), www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola
OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide, oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012quickreferenceguide.pdf, www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola
Roberts and Sivakumaran, 'The Theory and Reality of the Sources of International Law' in M Evans (ed) International Law (4th edn 2018)

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