Topics

The details for the course, Special Topics in International Law 2 (LAWS8290), apply to all of the following topics. Specific descriptions for Syllabus and Proposed Assessment that apply to each topic are detailed below.

Space Law

There are no syllabus or indicative asesssment details for this topic.

Transnational Criminal Law

Syllabus

 

 

Objectives:

This course considers the nature of transnational crime, its global and regional context and the responses of the international community to this phenomenon.  It will examine the various forms of transnational crime and the perception that transnational crime is a growing problem linked to globalization and security threats such as terrorism.  Recent multilateral instruments which address transnational crime including the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Convention against Corruption will be considered together with key forms of criminal justice cooperation such as extradition and mutual legal assistance.  The course will also address global and regional efforts to control the financial dimensions of transnational crime such as money laundering and terrorist financing.

 

 Proposed Topics:

• Definitions of transnational crime
• Forms of transnational crime - people smuggling, trafficking in persons, illicit drug trafficking, arms trafficking, illegal trade in wildlife, money laundering and terrorist financing
• Global and regional context of transnational crime including the links between globalisation, terrorism and transnational crime
• International legal instruments which have been developed to combat transnational crime - UN Nations Transnational Organized Crime Convention and its three protocols on people smuggling, trafficking in persons and firearms trafficking, UN Convention against Corruption, OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
• Bilateral and multilateral forms of criminal justice cooperation used to combat transnational crime - extradition, mutual legal assistance and recovery of proceeds of crime

• Financial aspects of transnational crime - international cooperation in combating money laundering - Financial Action Task Force Activities, regional anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing activities

 

Indicative Assessment

Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.