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IR326 The Rule of Law: A Global History
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Availability

This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and Chinese, BSc in International Relations and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and LLB in Laws. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped).

Course Content

This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and Chinese, BSc in International Relations and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations and LLB in Laws. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped).

Course Teaching

This course is delivered through classes totalling a minimum of 20 hours across Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of in-person classes/classes delivered online. Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Formative

Students are required to research and write one formative essay (1,000 words) on an assigned topic and due in Week 7 of Lent Term. This essay will be used to sketch out ideas for the summative essay. Essays must be fully - and carefully - referenced using one of the major conventions consistently.

Indicative

Jens Meierhenrich and Martin Loughlin, eds., The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021) Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa, eds., Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) R. W., Kostal, A Jurisprudence of Power: Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) Jos? Maria Maravall and Adam Przeworski, eds., Democracy and the Rule of Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) Friedrich Kratochwil, The Status of Law in World Society: Meditations on the Role and Rule of Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) Eric Posner, The Perils of Global Legalism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)

Assessment

Essay (100%, 4000 words) in the ST. Essays must be fully - and carefully - referenced using one of the major conventions consistently.

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BSc International Relations
UBIR | UCAS Code: UCAS Code L250
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Undergraduate
BSc International Relations and Chinese
UBIRCHI | UCAS Code: UCAS Code L2T1
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Undergraduate
BSc International Relations and History
UBIRHY | UCAS Code: UCAS Code VL12
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Undergraduate
BSc Politics and International Relations
UBPOLIR | UCAS Code: UCAS Code L290
Starting 2022
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LLB Bachelor of Laws
UBLL | UCAS Code: UCAS Code M100
Starting 2022