400/500 Law Electives (4 Viewers)

[MaryJane]

In the tute today, Shawkat said we get the essays back! I think its a bit odd because isn't technically an 'exam'? Maybe not... We also get our participation marks written on our essay when we collect them.

He also talked about scaling and how it always goes up around .5 - 1 mark. And something like if your raw mark is 74, you are pretty much guaranteed that they will push it up to 75 before scaling anyway... Seems pretty nice of them!

 

[melsc]

Does anyone know if they want the bibliography to have all thing we read or just stuff we cited? Because Rafiqul was like oh you mustn't have read much, but I had but not all of it ended up being relevant.

I'm writing it from this evening onwards, research always takes me a while...got to work hard now to get it done

 

[MaryJane]

The only sources you can put in a bibliography are those which you used. I find the best way to bulk it out is to load it up with resolutions, cases, things like UN Charter etc. And, if you use a book, list the book, then each chapter (if they are written by independent people) as well.



I handed IL in today - hurrah!! Now on to doing EU and finishing it by Sunday I'm hoping. And then on to Int Orgs... nearly done!

 

[melsc]

Way too much to do!

 

[iwannarock]

i still havent started writing.

nor have i done much reading.

time to get my last big sleep before 5pm friday.

rafiq must be loving this.

can i hand in my paper without my name on it?

just my student number.

 

[Tabris]

Ok, what does the topic say?


basically:

"Is humanitarian intervention valid?"

Go through the article by Rodley and Cah in the 2007 human rights review (Access via library gateway under oxford journals, see link above in the thread)

You will find that there are 3 camps: illegal, legal and it can develop to be legal.

theres a wealth of footnotes on each camp and go through each.....

 

[melsc]

I'm writing....spent ages researching but the fail in the last one destroyed my confidence and has lead to me taking ages to get started...

 

[iwannarock]

I'm writing....spent ages researching but the fail in the last one destroyed my confidence and has lead to me taking ages to get started...

same.

rafiq has turned me in to a broken man. a shadow of my former self.

i cant let him win i cant!

i actually read articles. and highlighted. HIGHLIGHTED!

only 250 words in though. intro done.

heres my sketchy draft for structure.

intro

definition-examples kosovo nicuaragua etc

validity of the doctrine
- moral - blah
- legal - UN charter interpretations, customary law, Nicaruagua whateva

criteria for when HI could be valid.

apply criteria to Iraq burma and may darfur discuss how far HI can extend. natural disasters?

conclusion.



time for dinner.

 

[melsc]

I am at 850ish

Mine is:

My question is: The International Criminal Court: an examination of its Jurisdiction and limitations
Intro

Crimes which are subject to ICC jurisdiction
- Genocide
-War Crimes
-Crimes Against Humanity

What triggers ICC Jurisdiction
- Security Council Referal
- State referal
- Prosecutor Initiate proceedings

Complementary jurisdiction and how it operates with national jurisdictions.

Conclusion

I normally start writing earlier...damn

 

[Tabris]

Printed, done.... drop it off tomorrow, goto the tute and finish.....

Also I Wanna Rock, humanitarian intervention is already "valid" if the SC wants to intervene under CH VII and the "responsibility to protect" concept....

So i guess your focus is mainly on unauthorised (non-UN) humanitarian intervention....

I am not sure how far we can stray from the topic but bear in mind that its called "validity of intervention on humanitarian grounds in contemporary context".

Is it legally valid? if not, morally valid?, in custom? in formal treaty law? etc. etc.

ANyway thats my take on it, you may have your own, hoep it helps....

 

[iwannarock]

Printed, done.... drop it off tomorrow, goto the tute and finish.....

Also I Wanna Rock, humanitarian intervention is already "valid" if the SC wants to intervene under CH VII and the "responsibility to protect" concept....

So i guess your focus is mainly on unauthorised (non-UN) humanitarian intervention....

I am not sure how far we can stray from the topic but bear in mind that its called "validity of intervention on humanitarian grounds in contemporary context".

Is it legally valid? if not, morally valid?, in custom? in formal treaty law? etc. etc.

ANyway thats my take on it, you may have your own, hoep it helps....

my main focus will be iraq and kosovo so yeah unauthorized.

pizza was good.

fuck its past 9pm!

 

[melsc]

gar sore back...about a third of the way through which sounda bout right according to my plan to keep me in the word limit.

 

[iwannarock]

hmmmm 1000 words to go and i still need to discuss so much stuff.

in 1000 words im gonna need to talk about the legality of HI in the charter, customary law and case law.

then the criteria for how it can be implemented.

then how far it can extend......natural disasters burma?

then conclude.

well this is a dilly of a pickle.

is the 10% + or - rule in place?

 

[AsyLum]

You should talk about 80s hair metal instead.

 

[iwannarock]

3200 words and i've even culled a little already.

yet i still need to finish off my suggested criteria for HI.

im thinking of abandoning my burma idea then.

fuck i've had to get rid of so many promises i made in my intro.

ugh.

fuck i have 67 footnotes!

the most ever.

is none of this my own words or something.

 

[melsc]

I havent finished writing yet...only at 1315, went to bed early so I could wake up...this is the latest i have left something.

 

[iwannarock]

ugh fucking culling is ruining all my footnotes!

aaaaaaah they're mixed up like crazy

curse you ibid. above n24 at p557..........where are you now!?!?!?

where were you from!!??!?!

 

[melsc]

that sucks when that happens.

 

[iwannarock]

ok i have 100 words left for the outro. i think all my footnotes are correct. too paranoid about it now though. or maybe its the coffee.

but this is my structure.

intro: 168
The History of Humanitarian Intervention and its Definition: 274
Kosovo and Nicuaraga: 393
Arguments for and against legality of HI: 1530
suggested criteria: 487
Conclusion: 100 words or so.

i mean he cant fail me for not answering the question riiiiiiiiigh. because i do everything i set out to do in my intro.

poor burma.

i should just throw it in for the source.

 

[iwannarock]

there is no way you could research and write it in a day. And HI is such an extensive topic as Tabris said.

i just finished. 3050 words. siad 3000 though because im a bad ass. and my titles are too long.

may the force be with me......and may rafiq be in a jolly mood.

can i not put my name on it? just my student number?

i hope he loves 40516571.

because he sure hates john oddy.