overview

**2. Overview of case study**

//International Law in Contemporary Society// introduces students to the principles of international law, with a particular emphasis on human rights and their protection systems. The cohort is generally mixed with mainly school leavers, and some mature students, studying on the third year of the BA and LLB Law programme, and Erasmus students.

The module comprises twelve lectures (including four collaborative classes) and six tutorials (one online), each using a range of pedagogies and resources, supporting ways of working collaboratively and autonomously, and making the most of revision and assessment opportunities. The module uses WebCT Vista, through which students access relevant materials: assessments; tutorial and revision resources; and links to websites. WebCT also affords the opportunity to meet and engage in discussion on a range of subject-related issues. Both online and traditional assessment techniques are used: an essay, completed by week seven (35%); a final written exam (55%); and assessment of contributions to online activities (10%).