Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

LA39B Law of International Organizations
	1. General This course will be taught in either the first or second Semester in the Second and Third Year of the LL.B. degree programme. It is an optional course but may be slated to be a prerequisite for other options. The completion of Public International Law I and Public International Law II would be an asset, but they are not prerequisites for this course. 2. Course Objective This course presents an overview of the role of international organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security and in the promotion of other 87 world values including those associated with social, economic and political justice. An overriding objective of the course is to evaluate the extent to which such institutions can be seen as alternative to the state system rather than as extensions of it. 3. Course Content i. Institutionalization of the World Structure - Historical Overview ii. Universal International Organizations iii. Regional Organizations iv. International Judicial Institutions v. Common Features of International Organizations vi. The Prospects for the Future: Restructuring the U.N. 4. Method of Teaching This course will be taught in two lectures and one tutorial per week, each lecture and tutorial being of one hour's duration. 5. Method of Assessment This course will be assessed by way of one essay assignment during the semester which will account for 30% of the final mark and one two-hour examination at the end of the semester. Students will be required to answer two questions selected from a total of four questions in the examination.