RETHINKING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Course
- ILAW523 - RETHINKING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Department
- Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
The course focuses upon the concept of sovereignty within the theoretical framework of international law. It reflects upon the historical emergence of the concept and scrutinises its connections with the notions of people, self-determination, and statehood. This initial focus is supplemented by the consideration of emerging alternative perceptions of sovereignty. Emphasis is laid upon minorities, property relations, and globalism. Within the contextual framework of these emphases, the concept of sovereignty is treated in two ways. First, sovereignty is deconstructed to expose its modern exclusionary tendencies; for instance, white, European and colonialist justifications. Second, sovereignty is reconstructed to reveal its potential for inclusive alternatives that overcome Euro-centric prejudices.
RETHINKING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | International Personality & Statehood |
| Week 2 | Bodin On Sovereignty |
| Week 3 | Hobbes' Leviathan |
| Week 4 | Rousseau: Social Contract |
| Week 5 | Vattel: Notion of Absolute Sovereignty |
| Week 6 | Hardt and Negri: Passages of Sovereignty |
| Week 7 | Angie: Western Discourses on Sovereignty |
| Week 8 | Schmitt: Definition of Sovereignty |
| Week 9 | Agamben: Paradox of Sovereignty |
| Week 10 | Foucault: Biopower and Sovereignty |
| Week 11 | Joyce: Sovereignty After Sovereignty |
| Week 12 | Tutorial One |
| Week 13 | Tutorial Two |
| Week 14 | Revision |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Various texts and articles
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