

The course will study the legal concept of war and how it has changed, including a consideration of whether war is legally possible in current legal considitions. In addition, there will be a study of post-conflict issues. There will also be a focus on humanitarian law, in particular, on the law relating to entitlement to combatant status, on the law regulating the conduct of hostilities between opposing forces and the law on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The law relating to self-defence will be studied.

It will be concerned with the law relating to the resort to armed force by states. The course will comprise the study of conflict in international law. Postgraduate Course: Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law (LAWS11221) Course Outline SchoolĬollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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