Prof Christopher Brown

This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Combines insights and concepts from political theory and international relations theory, and focuses on modern debates on sovereignty, the rights of states, individuals and peoples, and international justice.

Sovereignty and the norm of non-intervention; the contemporary international human rights regime; the ethics of war and violence; the politics of humanitarian intervention;  the politics of international criminal law and the ICC; global social justice. Further details will be provided at the start of the session.

10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST.

Students will write two essays, maximum length of 1,500 words, and introduce class discussions.

A detailed list of references will be provided: Widely used books include: C Brown, International Society, Global Polity: An Introduction to International Political Theory (2015), Anthony Lang, International Political Theory (2014); Michael Walzer Just and Unjust Wars (2015).

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.

IR322 Sovereignty Rights and Justice is a half-unit successor to the full-unit course IR306 of the same name, which ran from 2000 to 2014 - Professor Brown, who gave the lectures in IR306, and will teach lectures and classes in IR322, formally retired in September 2014 and the shift to a half-unit reflects his move to the status of Emeritus Professor. The syllabus of the course has been adjusted appropriately and it remains a coherent introduction to an important sub-field within International Relations.