Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Global Law + Globalisation
School	Birmingham Law School
Department	Law
Module Code	08 27948
Module Lead	Javier Eskauriatza
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
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Description	The module will explore and evaluate various conceptualisations of Global Law and will focus on a range of contemporary global legal issues. In particular, the module will outline the concepts, sources, subjects, rights and events which shape and challenge existing understandings of International Law and/or processes of globalisation, and which can be said to constitute a new field of Global Law. Topics covered include: i) the various theories and conceptualisations of “Global Law” advanced by various leading global legal theorists (i.e. Morag Goodwin, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Eve Darian-Smith, Upendra Baxi, Neil Walker, and others); ii) global legal history – colonialism and imperialism, classical theories of positivism and natural law, the origin of state sovereignty, the League of Nations, and the development of international law-making; iii) different global actors (including individuals, corporations, the Global South/Third World, and global governance institutions); iv) different global law events (e.g. independence, decolonisation, revolution, self-determination, crises, war) v) prescient contemporary global issues – such as, the Global North-South gap, human rights and migration; international criminal law; gender, and armed conflict; transitional justice; media, war and global justice. vi) a range of critical perspectives on global law (for example, Kantian cosmopolitanism, Marxism, Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), Positivism, Natural Law Theory, Feminism). The aim of this course is to introduce students to interdisciplinary approaches to Global and International Law and to develop critical legal thinking skills about global issues, events and developments. Students will apply critical theoretical frameworks to various case studies.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of Global Law and how it differs from international law and transnational law.. Demonstrate in writing the ability to understand, apply and critique different interpretations of Global Law. Be able to present balanced and well-founded arguments about topics where complexity and uncertainty can characterise debate, and to be able to put forward opinions that take into account a range of disciplines and theoretical approaches. Show an awareness and knowledge of debates about the core curriculum content of the module.
Assessment	27948-01 : Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: One 2,500 words essay (100%) Reassessment: Resit failed component(s)
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