- Code
- LAW 517
- Name
- Democratic Values and International Law
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 1.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.50
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Description
-
This course covers the role of democracy and its values both at national and international level.
- Objectives
-
Students must acquire the relevant knowledge in the subject area and be able to analyse the relationship between democracy laying down the framework for stability and peace in civilisations.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction – the meaning of democratic values, providing its legal aspects as well as the separation of powers at the national level.
- 2
- The significance of 'Democratic Governance'
- 3
- The link between democratic values and the development of human rights at international level.
- 4
- The protection of democratic values at international level - international actors that play important roles in the protection of these values as for example, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, Council of Europe etc
- 5
- Discussion on democratic values contained in international instruments
- 6
- Limits set by the principle of 'state sovereignty' and interconnection with international law
- 7
- The legitimacy of international law (in particular, consent, democracy and service conceptions of legitimacy).
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- Sources of international law
- 10
- General principles of international law
- 11
- Implementation of international law in domestic law
- 12
- Jurisdiction and sovereign immunity
- 13
- Interpretation of Treaties
- 14
- Reservations contained in treaties
- 15
- Summary of democratic values protected at international level
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Understanding the role of democracy in national and international level.
- 2
- Understanding democratic values and the inter-relationship with human rights.
- 3
- Understanding why democratic values are strongly upheld by the international arena.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 50%
- Final exam percent
- 50%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 4 64
- Off class study hours
- 14 4 56
- Duties
- 1 5 5
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 20 20
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 155
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 6.20
- ECTS
- 6.00