The purpose of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge on the development of international law relating to arms control and disarmament along with its sources, basic concepts and the settlement of disputes. In addition, the lesson aims to ensure the students to have the ability to make assesments and apply their knowledge on specific cases.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
Students are required to prepare assignments.
Instructor(s)
Professor Hasan Selçuk KÖNİ
Course Assistant(s)
Ar.Gör.Bilge ERSON ASAR
Schedule
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Office Hour(s)
Yrd.Doç.Dr.Derya AYDIN OKUR, Tuesday-Wednesday: 12.30-14.30
Ar.Gör.Bilge ERSON ASAR Tuesday-Wednesday: 10.00-13.00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Lecture, discussion, case study, projects and demonstration
Principle Sources
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Daniel H. Joyner, International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Oxford Univ. Press, 2009.
Guido Den Dekker, The Law of Arms Control, Martinus Nijhoff Pub., The Hague, 2001.
Other Sources
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Paul R. Viotti, Arms Control and Global Security, Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 2010
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Core concepts and issues of the law of arms control and disarmament
Oral presentation
2. Week
Global and regional levels of security
Oral presentation
3. Week
Arms control agreements before World War I
Oral presentation
4. Week
The impact of World War I on arms control
Oral presentation
5. Week
The place of the law of arms control and disarmament in the international system
Oral presentation, Project
6. Week
The changing scope of arms control
Oral presentation, Project, Case Study
7. Week
The inter-relationship between security and arms control
Oral presentation, Project, Case Study
8. Week
Characteristics of the law of disarmament
Oral presentation, Project
9. Week
Classification of arms control treaty law
Oral presentation, Project
10. Week
The law of disarmament and the peace treaties
Oral presentation, Project
11. Week
Consensual arms control law
Oral presentation, Project
12. Week
Customary international law and general principles of law relating to arms control and disarmament
Oral presentation, Project, Case Study
13. Week
Supervisory mechanisms in arms control treaties and enforcement under general international law
Project, Case Study
14. Week
Supervisory mechanisms in arms control treaties and enforcement under general international law (continued)
Oral presentation, Project
15. Week
Final Exams Week
16. Week
Final Exams Week
17. Week
Final Exams Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Final Exam
1
70
Program Outcomes
PO-1
1. Having knowledge regarding concepts and institutions or methods in the field of Public Law and its subdisciplines and having the ability to deepen this knowledge;
PO-2
2. Having the ability to establish a connection between concepts, institutions and methods of Public Law and its subdisciplines by understanding their mutual effects;
PO-3
3. Using the knowledge obtained at master level in the field of Public Law and its subdisciplines to analyze subjects and issues regarding law theory and practice;
PO-4
4. Having the ability to interpret the knowledge obtained at LL.M on Public Law and its subdisciplines to evaluate the knowledge of different disciplines and by doing this having the ability to create new knowledge;
PO-5
5. Solving the problem in the law theory and practice by using specific legal research methods;
PO-6
6. Having the ability to work on a specialization-required study on Public Law and its subdisciplines independently;
PO-7
7. Forming new approaches to solve unforeseeable and complicated specialization-required issues on Public Law and its subdisciplines;
PO-8
8. Having the ability to evaluate specialization required knowledge and skills obtained at LL.M with Public Law on Public Law and its subdisciplines critically;
PO-9
9. Conveying the present developments in law theory and practice with specializition required knowledge on Public Law and its subdisciplines to the society both orally and in written as systematical;
PO-10
10. Questioning the law concepts and institutions, situated law practice and principles critically and in case attempting them to improve and change;
PO-11
11. Following the developments in law and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language professionally
PO-12
12. Using the information and communication technology with computer software by having the required level of law;
PO-13
13. Internalizing by taking into consideration social, scientific and moral values in the process of getting, processing and evaluating the information relating Public Law and its subdisciplines;
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To argue about the scope and development of arms control and disarmament in international law
LO-2
To make infereces on the international treaties regarding the control of nuclear, chemical, biological, conventional and other arms
LO-3
To classify the sources, basic concepts and principles of the law of disarmament and to make assessments about them
LO-4
To analize the supervisory mechanisms in treaties regarding arms control and disarmament
LO-5
To determine the responsibility for violations of the law of arms control and disarmament and to make assessments concerning the results of the responsibility
