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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Criminology

191-316/416 United Nations Law Enforcement

Credit Points:

16.7 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator:

Mr S Johnston

Prerequisite/s:

3rd year: Any two second year level Criminology subjects; 4th year: Admission to Criminology Honours.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar

Subject Description:

Policy options in policing the nascent world order; conditions for the rise of criminal law. UN structure; the shifting of sovereignty from nations to the United Nations. Rights and wrongs as declared by the UN. The evolution of UN peace-keeping, control of arms, drugs, trans-national commerce, the environment, Australian Antarctic Territory. A UN criminal code and court; regularising the Bosnia and Rwanda tribunals. Sanctions: 'preventive or enforcement action...such action as may be necessary.'

Assessment:

Up to 5000 words of written work at 3rd year level and 6000 words at 4th year level. An examination may be substituted for part of the written work.

Prescribed Texts:

UN, Basic Facts About the United Nations, 1995.

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