Peace Keeping, Defence and Security

Course aim

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the regulation of Australia’s military personnel and to the law governing deployments especially in peace-keeping operations

Course content

1. Australia’s peace keeping operations
2. The Code of Military Justice
3. Criminal Code offences dealing with national security
4. International law principles of relevance to Australia’s international commitments in peace-keeping
5. Defence Force Discipline
6. International Humanitarian Law
7. International Criminal Law

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LAWS 1012	Legal Institutions and Methods
LAWS 2010	Fundamentals of Criminal Law

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	3 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Research plan, Tutorial presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.