How does international law respond to cross border crimes? How are the rights of defendants and victims safeguarded in cross-border crime criminal processes? What are the implications for states and individuals of the securitisation of transnational crime control?
We will engage with key debates about the theories, principles and application of transnational criminal law, and the political assumptions that underpin them. y We will critique the response of international law to transnational crimes, such as trafficking, terrorism, money laundering and corruption, and examine the legal mechanisms by which states co-operate to enforce their domestic criminal law. You will understand what transnational crimes are, and how they have developed, and what legal mechanisms (such as extradition) international law provides for states and other actors (such as INTERPOL) to co-operate in transnational crime control. You will critically explore the drivers of transnational criminal law, what legal mechanisms are used, the multiple and criss-crossing interests transnational criminal law reflects and how the rights of victims and defendants are protected in this system, especially where transnational crime control is securitised. You will also reflect on the limits of current knowledge and law's ability to address the root causes of transnational crime.
Lecture/seminars - 16 hours
Seminars - 8 hours
Written-Extended writing- Annotated bibliography (1,000 words). Worth 20% of the total marks for the module).
Written-Extended writing- Essay- (3,000 words). Worth 80% of the total marks for the module. This Assessment is Pass Compulsory.
Reassessment methods: Like for like
For current reading list see the detailed module information on moodle.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Provide a systematic and advanced account of the principles, methods and techniques of transnational criminal law through critical engagement with advanced scholarship.
2) Critically evaluate the main theoretical and political underpinnings of transnational criminal law, and their limitations in the complex contexts in which transnational criminal law operates.
3) Systematically apply critical frameworks to controversial issues or case studies in transnational criminal law.
4) Undertake independent legal research into specific issues of transnational criminal law, critically engage with advanced scholarship and formulate arguments based on this research into a reasoned opinion.
5) Develop reasoned arguments about the need for further research or reform in complex areas of transnational criminal law.
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