The Contemporary Value(s) of Int. Law

Uitgebreide vaknaam	The Contemporary Value(s) of International Law
Leerdoelen	After completion of this course, you are able to: - Describe and recognise different selected contemporary theories of international relations (IR). - Recognise which (combination) of these IR theories is dominant in various different sub-areas of international law. - Recognise regulatory and values-based tensions resulting from different combinations of IR theories that underlie different sub-areas of international law. - Describe the role of the discipline of international law in each of the IR theories, and how and to what extent international law itself determines or deters regulatory and values-based choices.
Omschrijving	Over time international relations scholars have developed different theories to explain the structure and functioning of international relations (IR) and international politics, including by means of different binding and non-binding instruments of international law. Each IR theory stresses distinct elements and the centrality of different underlying values to elucidate the motivation of various international actors in the approaches they take, the choices they make and the policy solutions they find. For students and practitioners of international law a thorough understanding of the values underlying these diverse IR theories is instrumental to grasping, in a structured manner, the different visions about the context in which their primary field of focus functions, and how international law interacts with and may influence international politics. In particular, different regulatory and value-based starting points and choices in varying substantive areas of international law can often be traced back to the dominance of one or more IR theories in the international legal sub-field in question. Moreover, developments, contradictions and problems in specific fields of international law are easier understood and foreseeable when it is acknowledged that they result from changes in the (most) dominant underlying IR theory, or tensions between different IR theories that underlie policy choices in parallel. Finally, international law itself, with its own logic, structure and principles as a sub-discipline of the general discipline of law, may at times determine or deter certain developments in international politics and IR. Trained sensitivity to all of these various forms of interaction between international law and its context helps lawyers to understand better the structuring and managing role that their own discipline plays, or can play – and also its inherent limits. This course aims to provide such training and equip students with said sensitivity.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	hoorcollege (7x2 uur hoorcolleges.)
Toetsvorm	schriftelijk (essayvragen) (digitaal)
Vaksoort	b-niveau, juridisch
Coördinator	prof. dr. J. Morijn
Docent(en)	prof. dr. J. Morijn
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Materials from Asser Institute Elementary International Law 2019, and other excerpts and materials made available through NESTOR. THE GLOBALIZATION OF WORLD POLITICS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 8th edition, 2020, Oxford: Oxford University Press John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens (eds.)
Entreevoorwaarden	This course is only accessible for students that have obtained at least 45 EC from their first year courses at research university level or that participate in a pre-approved pre-master or decree programme. This course is not open to non-law exchange students
Opmerkingen
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type Exchange programme Law 1 semester II b optional LLB International and European Law 3 semester II b verplicht Pre-LLM International and European Law: track European Law in a Global Context  ( Pre-LLM European Law in a Global Context ) 1 semester II b compulsory Pre-LLM International and European Law: track European Law in a Global Context  (For Intern. Relations or Pol Science students, variant 1 starting in semester 2) 1 semester II b compulsory