Main aim(s) of the module:

The aim of the module is to introduce students to the current debates about international criminal law, its doctrines and institutions with special reference to newly emerging legal order.

Learning Outcomes for the module
At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge
1. to understand the doctrines of international criminal law

2. to understand the institutions of international criminal law

Thinking skills
3. to critically read and engage with international criminal legal doctrine
4. to critically read and engage with scholarship in international criminal law

Subject-based practical skills
5. to be able to research international criminal law in the library and through
electronic resources
6. to be able to construct legal arguments in the area

Skills for life and work (general skills)
7. to be able to comment and engage with policy aspects of international criminal law
8. to be able to develop an area for legal practice