BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

MODULE: International Law

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 42 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

International law is the vernacular tongue of dispute resolution, both in foreign policy and international economic transactions. International law and organizations influence how nations and multinational companies justify their claims, rebuff their adversaries, build coalitions, and negotiate workable compromises. This program seeks to provide a working knowledge of the principles and problems of international law, including in the use of military force, arms control, international human rights, environment, investment and trade. The political and legal nature of international organizations is also addressed. The attempt to craft a realistic international law must reconcile what states and multinational companies say and what they do in practice.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

International Law

Protection of Human Rights

Academic Supervisor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

International Law

This course examines the nature and sources of international law, the actors in its formation, and its forms of dispute resolution. It covers problems in private and governmental practice affected by international relations; the law applicable to questions of recognition and non-recognition of governments and nations; interpretation of treaties and other international agreements; jurisdiction of nations; effect of peace and war; formation, operation and function of various international agreements, and matters of international claims.

Instructor: Benjamín Beja

Protection of Human Rights

This course analyzes the problem of implementing human rights law within political systems and reconciling supervision by international bodies with national sovereignty. It examines specific types of rights and their protection (e.g., right to free speech, right to privacy, and right to free association). It presents methods of advocating human rights at the local, national, regional and international levels.

Instructor: Philipose Daniel

International Legal Procedures

This course studies the problems of international legal procedures in private and governmental practice affected by international relations; the law applicable to different conflicts; interpretation of laws, treaties and other international agreements; jurisdiction of nations; formation, operation and function of international agreements, international claims, arbitrage and dispute resolution.

Instructor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf

Trade Marks & Intellectual Rights

This course examines issues involving the international protection of intellectual property, with a particular emphasis on copyright and trade marks. It explores private international laws, including conflict of laws, jurisdiction, and arbitrage. It reviews public international law issues, with a focus on international treaties and enforcement mechanisms.

Instructor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf

Nonprofit Global Organizations - NGOs

This course examines the role and importance of nonprofit non governmental or global organizations in the development and support of social needs. It also considers the nature and resources of the nonprofit sector; the structure, operation and governance of nonprofit organizations; the taxation, governmental and institutional relations of public charities, private foundations and mutual benefit organizations.

Instructor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf

International Trade

This course surveys different trade policies pursued by both developed and developing countries. It examines issues important to trade policy such tariffs and non-tariff barriers, safeguards, voluntary restraints, dumping and subsidies. It also covers trade strategies, agricultural trade, developing country rules, and regionalism.

Instructor: Benjamín Beja

International Business Law

This course emphasizes the practical application of international business law. It compares legal aspects of business, trade, financing, and contracts under different legal systems. It explains the international means of enforcement, adjudication, and arbitration. Multinational and multicultural in perspective, it examines international organizations and treaties that have an impact on international business.

Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial

International Public Law

This course examines scope and role of administrative regulation of an by governmental agencies; it explores constitutional principles which limit administrative power and administrative law which governs conflict between administrative agencies and their constituencies; rulemaking, judicial review and informed regulatory processes of importance to public officials.

Instructor: Antoine K. Abou Assaf

International Environmental Law

This course examines the rapidly expanding body of international instruments and law that bears on problems affecting the environment. Specific topics include transboundary pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, marine pollution, international movements of hazardous wastes, species protection, population, genetically altered foods, outer space, and the Kyoto Protocols. It looks at the international regimes on the ownership, control, and management of natural resources, including the international institutions designed to resolve disputes.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Crime Law and Prevention

This course examines the key areas in criminal law, including the sources of law, the different types of crimes, culpability and criminal capacity, elements of crime and the principles of legality. It also examines crime prevention programs at individual and community levels, as well as the legal, ethical, cost and benefits issues in crime prevention and the development of crime prevention policies.

Instructor: Marianella Medina Perez

International Crime & Security

This course examines the concept of security, and the various elements that, taken together, allow modern nation states to feel secure. It analyzes threats vulnerabilities, and anarchy that affect global security and world peace equilibrium. It discusses whether the United Nations is capable of effective action in crisis, as well as the work in counter-proliferation against weapons of mass destruction, international humanitarian law, and international drug policy.

Instructor: Earle Taylor

Cyberspace Law

This course focuses on the legal issues confronting participants in Cyberspace. Whether viewed as Virtual Space, the Internet or simply the Web, Cyberspace promotes a most challenging interaction of law, public policy, technology and markets. In a provided context of cyber culture and technology, this course examines the key contemporary procedural and issues including jurisdiction, governmental regulation of pornography and indecency, privacy, intellectual property and evolving Internet commerce. It also focuses on the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes.

Instructor: Patrice Boisseau

International Finance & Taxation

This course examines the international financial environment with particular emphasis on the foreign exchange markets and their interrelationships with international financial management and taxation. It also focuses on the principles involved in the taxation of inbound and outbound international transactions; jurisdictional issues; double taxation; taxation of income from inbound and outbound investment; international tax treaties; and fiscal incentives for investment.

Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial

Multinational Management

This course deals with the managerial and strategic responses to problems of international business organizations and operations. It explains the design and control of a multinational company structures and executives; and the adaptation of management systems and policies to different economic, sociocultural, and political environments.

Instructor: Clemens P.J.A. van den Broek

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.