LAW42220

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, diligent students should have a strong understanding of:
1. The foundational rules of the international law of the sea, and especially the jurisdictional principles that apply in each of the maritime zones;
2. International fisheries and marine conservation laws, including through regional regimes and institutions, international and regional environmental rules, and the protection of marine biodiversity
3. European Union rules on fisheries law, habitats and protection of marine biodiversity
4. National approaches to the conservation of marine living resources and marine spatial planning, as influenced by international and European legal rules and regimes (including application of transboundary approaches)

Students should also be able to:
5. Understand and evaluate problems and tensions in international legal frameworks
6. Critically engage with national practices from the perspective of norms and standards of international marine environmental and conservation laws

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on weekly tasks / questions / diaries of work combined with group and individual feedback on end of trimester assessment