Course Syllabus of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Course Title:Classic Works of the Major and Academic Writing | ||||
Course Code | 51063006 | Semester | 2 | |
Teaching Hours | 48 | Credits | 3 | |
Prerequisites | None | |||
Instructor Information | ||||
Name | Jian Jisong | Jianjisong67@163.com | ||
Institute | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | |||
Applicable Object | International Students | |||
Course Objectives | This course intends to furnish the postgraduate students with both the classic material of the International law and academic writing skill. Through learning the course, students will develop their comprehension, analysis, and research skills, especially in order to become proficient in applying international law research methods and ideas to the study of international law issues.Specifically, it intends to enable students to: 1. Learn to understand the basic framework of the body of knowledge of public international law; 2. Thinking in relation to reality, focusing on analysis and ideas; 3. Improve academic writing skills.
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Course Description (200 words) | This course introduces how to read classic material of the international law. The classic viewpoints are the focus for students to read, comprehend, understand, and memorize, and note down. By reading , students need to figure out the reasoning methods taken by the author to prove their viewpoints . By reading students can find the controversy in the classic book, which can provide clues for their to choose the research topic in the future. This course also introduces how to improve academic writing skills.It mainly consists of seven parts. Including determine the topic, make framework, argumentative methods, compose introduction and conclusion; abstract and keywords, add footnote and reference literature.
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Assessment Methods |
Course Papers
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Textbooks and References |
1. L.F.L. Oppenheim, Oppenheim's International Law, Oxford University Press, USA,2008 2. Barry E. Carter: International Law , Wolters Kluwer, 2007 3. Jennings , Watts: Oppenheim’s International Law, Longman Group UK Limited, 1993.
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Course planning | ||||
Chapter 1 | Read Oppenheim's International Law Chapter 1, Section 1 Topic1:The impact of the characteristics of the international community on international law; Topic2:Features of the system of compulsory guarantees of international law.
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Chapter 2 | Read Oppenheim's International Law Chapter 1, Section 2 Topic1:The Status and Role of Judicial Decisions and Public Law Doctrine in the Sources of International Law Topic2:The nature of the resolutions of international organizations in the sources of international law
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Chapter 3 | Read Oppenheim's International Law Chapter 1, Section 1, and Section 5 Topic1:Issues of International Law Legislative System Topic2:The role of international law codification in the development of international law
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Chapter 4 | Read Oppenheim's International Law Chapter 4 Topic1:The question of the necessity and possibility of holding the state criminally liable Topic2:The Problem of Deficiencies in the International Criminal Court Mechanism Topic3:The problem of the definition of the crime of aggression
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Chapter 5 | Learn literature search techniques:The main focus was on the law school library to study Westlaw, Heionline, lexsislexsis and the English website of Peking University.
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Chapter 6 | How to determine the topic Topic1:Determination behavior Topic2:How to choose topic Topic3:How to express the tittle of the topic
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Chapter 7 | How to make framework Topic1:How to organize the framework of your paper Topic2:How to deal with the logic relations between the chapters, sections and items Topic3:How to express the tittle
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Chapter 8 | How to argue Topic1:The relation between title and viewpoint Topic2:How to prove your viewpoint
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Chapter 9 | How compose the abstract and keywords Topic1:The concept, significance and characteristics of abstract Topic2:The method to compose abstract Topic3:How to chose the keywords
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Chapter 10 | How to compose introduction and conclusion Topic1:The purpose of introduction Topic2:The methods to lead the expression of research scope Topic3:The significance of the conclusion Topic4:How to compose the conclusion
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Chapter 11 | How to add footnote and reference literature
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Chapter 12 | How to index materials
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