School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2023 Units. All assessment changes will be published by 20th February 2023. All students are reminded to check the handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    International Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW4108
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mostafa Mahmud NASER

Description

This unit is primarily concerned with public international law. It also introduces students to private international law and the relationship between public and private international law. The unit is designed for students with no prior background in these areas. Particular attention will be given to the function, scope and sources of both public and private international law, including, the relationship of public international law with Australian institutions and Australian law. Students will be introduced to basic concepts such as choice of law and proof of foreign law as well as the law of treaties, international organisations and the intervention of states in the affairs of other states.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from LAW1116

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Define and apply the basic concepts of public international law.
  2. Describe the basic principles of the law of the sea and its impact on state practice.
  3. Describe the role and function of the United Nations and related institutions and entities in international affairs.
  4. Describe the role and powers of States in international law.
  5. Identify the key principles in the law of treaties and their relationship to state practice.
  6. Identify the relationship and explain the interaction between foreign law and local (municipal) law.
  7. Identify the relationship between Australian institutions and public international law.
  8. List and explain the basic means by which international commercial transactions take place. Identify and discuss in an informed manner some contemporary issues in public and private international law.
  9. List and explain the sources of international law.
  10. Outline the differences between public international law and private international law.
  11. Outline the key institutions and mechanisms used to resolve disputes and hostile actions between states.

Unit Content

  1. Arbitration and judicial settlement of disputes.
  2. Differences between public and private internation law.
  3. Human rights.
  4. Jurisdictional immunities.
  5. Role and function of the United Nations and associated institutions.
  6. State jurisdiction and the rights and duties of states.
  7. States as subjects of international law.
  8. The law of the sea.
  9. The law of treaties.
  10. The sources of and background to international law.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Essay30%
ExerciseTutorial Submissions20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Essay30%
ExerciseTutorial Submissions20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    International Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW4108
  • Year

    2023
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mostafa NASER

Description

This unit is primarily concerned with public international law. It also introduces students to private international law and the relationship between public and private international law. The unit is designed for students with no prior background in these areas. Particular attention will be given to the function, scope and sources of both public and private international law, including, the relationship of public international law with Australian institutions and Australian law. Students will be introduced to basic concepts such as choice of law and proof of foreign law as well as the law of treaties, international organisations and the intervention of states in the affairs of other states.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass LAW1116

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the fundamental principles, rules and sources of international law; and its relationship with domestic law.
  2. Analyse international law both in the historical and contemporary political context.
  3. Conduct high-level legal research by engaging primary and secondary materials.
  4. Communicate efficiently and aptly on issues of International Law.

Unit Content

  1. Arbitration and judicial settlement of disputes.
  2. Differences between public and private internation law.
  3. Human rights.
  4. Jurisdictional immunities.
  5. Role and function of the United Nations and associated institutions.
  6. State jurisdiction and the rights and duties of states.
  7. States as subjects of international law.
  8. The law of the sea.
  9. The law of treaties.
  10. The sources of and background to international law.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Essay30%
ExerciseTutorial Submissions20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Essay30%
ExerciseTutorial Submissions20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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