Jump to Content

 

Jessup International Law Moot

2008 | 2009 | 2010

Area/catalogue: LAWS 3069
Course ID: 105249

School: School of Law

Campus/course component(s):
                    City West: Practical — Workshop
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Unit value: 4.5

Offered externally: No

Undergraduate elective course: No

Course details


Prerequisite(s): LAWS 3013 Public International Law.

This advanced course is based on the Philip C Jessup Moot Court Competition and the course content is consequently dependent on the nature and scope of the hypothetical legal problem set each year by the competition administrators. However, the course assumes that students have a sound knowledge of the basic rules and principles of public international law. Accordingly, the following areas of international law – representing the foundation topics of international law - are inevitably examined in considerable detail:

·the sources of international law, particularly the law on treaties and customary international law;

·principles of state responsibility;

·jurisdiction;

·the peaceful settlement of disputes in the International Court of Justice;

In addition, students will participate in regular workshops and practice moots that are designed to develop and improve the following practical legal skills:

·negotiation and effective communication within a team, where the team is required to work intensively over a sustained period;

·advanced skills in legal research and writing;

·oral advocacy and the art of effective communication and engagement with a court bench;

·engagement and interaction with peers and superiors in a professional context.

Students will be required to work collaboratively in identifying and researching the legal issues raised by the moot problem, developing arguments for both fictitious countries involved in the dispute. Students will also be required to workshop their arguments at regular team meetings in developing the formal written submissions to be lodged in accordance with the international competition rules (including any regional modifications or additions to the official rules).

Students will also be required to participate in regular practice moots, in preparation for the Australian regional rounds held in Canberra each February. In this context, students must prepare oral submissions on behalf of both the applicant and respondent countries.

In the event that the team is successful at placing either first or second at the Australian regional rounds of the competition, the students will be required to represent the University at the international rounds of the competition, held in Washington in the United States.

Text book/s:

Course coordinator/s:

Fee information for this course

EFTSL:    0.125

Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

UniSA offers courses to students either:
Not all courses are available on all of these bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enroll in a particular course.

International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the applicable cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award tuition fees are set by the Division offering the course. How to determine the relevant non award tuition fee

The student contribution amount for students enrolling in this course as part of the requirements of a program for which they are Commonwealth Supported may be determined below:

Commonwealth Supported Band Amount:    Band 3A
How to determine your Commonwealth Supported course fee (student contribution)

Learning resources for this course

General learning resources available through the Learning and Teaching Unit

Course evaluation online – student access only

Course evaluation online – staff access only

Assignment submission online

General Library resources

Support resources for this course

Technical/computer assistance

Administrative services

[Campus Central ] [ Textbooks for this course from Unibooks ]


top^