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International disputes and conflicts

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Course ID: WP-SM-SKM
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: International disputes and conflicts
Name in Polish: Spory i konflikty międzynarodowe
Organizational unit: Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Subject level:

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes:

K_W05

K_U01

K_U04

K_W05

K_U12

K_W05

K_U02

K_W05

K_U01

K_U07

K_W05

K_W11

K_U04


Short description:

Level of the subject: middle-advenced.

Aims of the subject: interoduction to the term of international dispute and confllict, including the methods of their settlment.

Introductory requirements: basis of public international law.

Full description:

Program of the course:

1. Definition and reasons of international disputes and armed conflicts.

2.Geography of international disputes and conflicts: Europe, Africa, Americas, Azja, Australia and Oceans.

3. Peaceful dispute settlements: rules, methods: negotiations, good services, research/fact-finding commissions, mediations, conciliations, arbitrary court, international judiciary, role of international organizations and their organs in peaceful dispute settlements, disputes in international organizations.

4. Armed conflicts.

5. International and non-international armed conflicts.

6. Prohibition of aggression.

7. International armed conflicts and their legal standards: law of armed conflicts (Hague Conventions and Geneva Conventions), international humanitarian law, protection of human rights, international criminal law.

8. Conduct of hostilities, initiation of armed conflicts, rules applied in armed conflicts.

9. Military occupation.

10. Peacepull operations and intervention missions.

11. Single and organized activity.

Methods of examination: written exam.

Bibliography:

J.S. Nye jr., Understanding International Conflicts. An Introduction to Theory and History, Sixth Edition, Longman 2007;

M. Iwanejko, Spory międzynarodowe, Warszawa 1976;

R. Bierzanek, Załatwianie sporów międzynarodowych 1945-1973, Warszawa 1974;

W. Malendowski, Spory i konflikty międzynarodowe. Aspekty prawne i polityczne, Wrocław 2000.

Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

Student is able to:

present reasons of internatinal disputes and conflicts

characterise peaceful settlement of international disputes

indicate legal regulations relating to disputes and conflicts

characterise the conflicts and define the activity taken in order to avoid consequences of armed conflicts

Academic hours (acording to the plan of studies) with a teacher 90

Self study#reading of the literature 20

Self study#praparation to classes 20

Self study#praparation to exam 30

Summ of hours 150

Summaric number of ECTS pointd to the module 6

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

for a grade 2,0

the student is unable; even in basic aspects; to characterise methods of peaceful settlement of international disputes;

indicate legal regulations relating to disputes and conflicts

characterise the conflicts or define the activity taken in order to avoid consequences of armed conflicts

for a grade 3,0

the student in a satysfying degree is able to characterise methods of peaceful settlement of international disputes;

indicate legal regulations relating to disputes and conflicts

characterise the conflicts or define the activity taken in order to avoid consequences of armed conflicts

for a grade 4,0

the student on a good level is able to characterise methods of peaceful settlement of international disputes;

indicate legal regulations relating to disputes and conflicts

characterise the conflicts or define the activity taken in order to avoid consequences of armed conflicts

for a grade 5,0

the student perfectly characterises methods of peaceful settlement of international disputes;

indicates and analyses legal regulations relating to disputes and conflicts;

characterises the conflicts or defines the activities taken in order to avoid consequences of armed conflicts

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