Module description
Module Description
This module is part of a unique and innovative programme of inter-disciplinary modules at King’s. As part of your optional module selections that make up your course, you can choose this Innovation Module, which is open to students from various departments across the College and gives you the opportunity to broaden your academic experience and enhance your employability by gaining inter-disciplinary knowledge and skills.
This module will be offered to undergraduate final year students in Law, International Relations, War Studies, Social Sciences, History, Liberal Arts, and English. It aims at unfolding the potential of the international law of state responsibility as an innovative tool in complex negotiation of inter-state disputes.
It combines international law and international relations theory to explore non-litigious forms of dispute settlement.
Please note that unlike other Law modules, spaces on this module are very limited, so please make sure to give other options on your module request, should this be full.
Assessment details
- 2 x 2,000-word position papers (50%) and
- 5-minute video presentation (50%)
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students will:
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Understand the challenges of negotiation of complex inter-state disputes;
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Learn how to use international law of state responsibility as an innovative tool in complex inter-state negotiations;
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Be able to apply international law and international relations theory to real-world scenarios;
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Be able to contribute to developing further that innovative technique in their professional practice.
Suggested reading list
Recommended reading:
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Y, Tanaka, The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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C. Tams, A. Tzanakopoulos, The Settlement of International Disputes. Basic Documents, Hart, 2012.
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ILC Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, with commentaries, 2001: http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_6_2001.pdf