International Settlement of Disputes: Methods and Forums (SC)

LAW7705
Section 1, Fall 24

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 6/15
Credits: 1
Days Date Time Room

Mon

 		09/16/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Tue

 		09/17/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Wed

 		09/18/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Thu

 		09/19/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Fri

 		09/20/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Mon

 		09/23/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Tue

 		09/24/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Wed

 		09/25/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Thu

 		09/26/2024 0830-0950 SL284

Course Description

This short course aims to provide an understanding of the fundamental principles of public international law pertaining to settlement of disputes between states, the procedures (methods) available and the institutions (forums) that makes up the settlement system. The aims include - Understanding the concept of peaceful settlement of international disputes and elaborating on the need to have such dispute redressal mechanisms, Enhancing the knowledge about the forums dealing with such disputes at the international level and having knowledge about the alternatives to adversarial settlement of disputes.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): Flex with Paper Option

Description: Students will be assessed based on the following: (1) 50% moot court exercise and (2) 50% Flex exam or paper (max 2000 words). Students opting to take the Flex exam will checkout the exam from SRO and take the exam in the building during business hours between Sept. 27 and Oct. 11. Students opting for the paper option must upload the paper to EXPO by noon on Oct. 11, 2024.

Other Work

Moot court exercise.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Public International Law helpful but not required. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: Yes

Course Resources: To be announced in syllabus

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: No

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 124820467

Modified Type: UVA Law Seminar

Cross Listed: No

Waitlist Count: 0

Concentrations: Jurisprudence and Comparative Law

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Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Saturday, September 28, 11:59 PM

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