Professional Documents
Culture Documents
L T
P/
S
SW/
FW
TOTAL
CREDIT
UNITS
3
Course Objectives:
1.The course aims to provide student exposure to fundamentals of international
criminal law and policy.
2.The course educates students about the history and evolution of international
law.
3.The substantive provisions and difficulties in implementation of law should be
taught extensively.
Pre-requisites:
Knowledge of basics of international law, human rights law and humanitarian
law.
Student Learning Outcome
1.Understand the historical development of International Criminal Law
2.Understand structure and theoretical assumptions of the core international
crimes, as well as important modes of participations, such as command
responsibility
20
20
30
20
10
Lab/Practical/Studio (%)
30%
70%
Theory Assessment (L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Components
(Drop down)
Weightage (%)
End Term
Examination
Project and
viva
Class Test
Internship
Attendance
10%
10%
5%
5%
70%
NA
End Term
Examination
Articles
1.
2.
3.
4.
Beth VanSchaack and Ron Slye, Defining International Criminal Law, available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1006089.
Arsanjani, Mahnoush H. , The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court American Journal of International Law, vol. 93, n.1 (1999)
Askin Kelly, Crimes Within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court Criminal Law Forum, vol.10, n.1 (1999), pp. 33-59.
Helen Duffy, National Constitutional Compatibility and the International Criminal Court, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, vol.11,
n.5 (2001), pp. 6-38.
5. Kenneth Anderson, The Rise of International Criminal Law: Intended and Unintended Consequences, 20 EJIL 331-358 (2009), available at:
http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=facsch_lawrev.