Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Master of Laws (International Law and International Relations)

(LLM(IntLaw&IntRel)

INTRODUCTION
The Master of Laws (International Law and International Relations) is a 72-unit program, comprising coursework and optional research, which is offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology on a fee-paying basis.

COURSE AIMS
The course aims to meet the educational needs of graduates with an interest in law and international relations. In particular it seeks:

• to highlight, in an increasingly globalised 21st century world, the significance of international law as a means of regulating matters affecting relations among nation states and, increasingly, within nation states;
• to examine major contemporary issues in international relations, including theoretical and policy debates, terrorism, human rights, Rule of Law and Justice Sector Reform, and fragile states in a global and regional context, particularly in relation to the Asia-Pacific.
• to explore the significant connections between international law, international relations and the structure and operation of major institutions, with an emphasis on issues arising in a global context;
• to provide a deep understanding of the legal rules that operate within selected specific fields that fall within the broad conception of "international law", especially as it concerns security, trade and investment, and humanitarian affairs.

• recognise situations arising in a global and regional context where international law can play a role in resolving problem, particularly at the policy level;
• demonstrate familiarity with the major fields of international law and international relations in global and regional contexts;
• articulate the ways in which relevant rules of international law interact with and influence the contact of international relations in the twenty-first century;
• use the knowledge and understanding acquired to plan transactions and activities and resolve problems to further relevant domestic and international objectives that arise within a global context.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must normally hold an approved four year Bachelor degree in Law, or a discipline related to the field of study, or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. Alternatively, applicants may hold an approved three year Bachelor degree, in a discipline related to the field of study, or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and have not less than three years of full-time (or relevant part-time) relevant work experience. The Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

CREDIT
Successful applicants will be granted 36 units of credit in recognition of their prior-obtained qualifications. In addition, and at the discretion of the Course Convener, up to 12 units of block credit may be given for studies completed at postgraduate level in International Law, International Relations or International Studies from Flinders University, or another recognised tertiary institution.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [June, 2008]
To qualify for the Master of Laws (International Law and International Relations), students must have completed 36 units of coursework comprising two mandatory core topics and four elective topics, with two each from the areas of International Law and International Relations. An option research component of 12 units may be available where a student has an appropriate background in research and/or International Relations.

Core topics

LLAW9400A	International Law and International Relations: Key Perspectives	6
LLAW9400B	International Law and International Relations: Contemporary Issues	6
LLAW9401	Principles of International Law (mandatory only for students with no academic background in International Law)	6

Elective topics (International Law)

LLAW9402	International Human Rights Law	6
LLAW9403	Advanced International Criminal Law	6
LLAW9404	Rule of Law and Securities Sector Reform	6
LLAW9405	Mafias, Warlords and Terrorists: Non State Actors, Violence and the New Security Environment	6
LLAW9406	Islamic Law in a Global Context	6

Elective topics (International Relations)

INTR9044	Energy, Security and Energy Security Dilemmas	6
INTR9045	Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and Risk	6
INTR9046	Human Rights, Ethics and International Relations	6
INTR9047	China's Rise and the Future of Asia	6

OPTIONAL RESEARCH PAPER

INTR9212

Research Paper

12