LAWS259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Environmental Law, Judge (2000 Ad), Refugee Law

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Law/Law Participation and Community Engagement
• Course: LAWS259
• Professor: Shireen Daft

Document Summary

Week 10 enforcement of international law and international dispute settlement. States can settle their differences by going to war. Since 1945, however, concerted efforts have been made to find peaceful means of dispute resolution, and when that is not possible, to look to forms of collective security as a means of resolution. Final assessment structure: word count: 2000 words, 2 hypothetical scenarios, task: to provide a brief outlining the relevant international law, all content in course assessable, correct citation not required but sources must be clearly identified. Semester in review: sources of international law, the law of treaties invalidity, interpretation, termination, suspension, withdrawal, the subjects of international law, personality and statehood, national and international law, state responsibility, use of force, enforcing international law. Laws512 advanced criminal law = international criminal law. Collective security: creation of a system where war and aggression are the concern of all states, not a private dispute between states: war against one is war against all.