Citizenship and the Rule of Law

Universidade de Londres

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"Be you so high, the law is above you." This principle, part of the Rule of Law, has come to represent the powerful idea that even politicians and monarchs are bound by the law. However in an age of powerful corporations, international cyber-crime and popular support for authoritarian leaders, the Rule of Law is under threat worldwide.
This course, run by the Bingham Centre of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, will provide an introduction to headline issues around the Rule of Law. Each week we will tackle aspects of the Rule of Law and discuss how they are impacted by current events. The course will use video lectures, recommended reading, discussion questions and activities to enable you to develop your own perspective on the Rule of Law. Though this course sits at the intersection of law and politics, participants do not require any formal educational background in either of these subjects to join. The course will take place over 6 weeks with approximately 3 hours of content each week.

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Nível iniciante

No educational background is required. An interest in current affairs, the rule of law or politics will enable you to get the most out of the course.

Aprox. 21 horas para completar

Inglês

Legendas: Árabe, Francês, Portuguese (European), Chinês (simplificado), Italiano, Vietnamita, Coreano, Alemão, Russo, Turco, Inglês, Espanhol

O que você vai aprender

By the end of this course, you should be able to engage critically with the core requirements of the Rule of Law

By the end of this course, you should be able to explain why and how the Rule of Law is best protected

By the end of this course, you should be able to apply Rule of Law principles to issues in everyday life

By the end of this course, you should be able to construct and evaluate arguments about justice

Habilidades que você terá

Legal TerminologyParticipatory PoliticsLegal AnalysisCommon LawCivic Engagement

Certificados compartilháveis

Tenha o certificado após a conclusão

100% on-line

Comece imediatamente e aprenda em seu próprio cronograma.

Prazos flexíveis

Redefinir os prazos de acordo com sua programação.

Nível iniciante

No educational background is required. An interest in current affairs, the rule of law or politics will enable you to get the most out of the course.

Aprox. 21 horas para completar

Inglês

Legendas: Árabe, Francês, Portuguese (European), Chinês (simplificado), Italiano, Vietnamita, Coreano, Alemão, Russo, Turco, Inglês, Espanhol

Instrutores

Classificação do instrutor

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Alison Wakefield

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Michael Abiodun Olatokun

Research Fellow in Citizenship and The Rule of Law; Head of Public and Youth Engagement

The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

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Universidade de Londres

The University of London is a federal University which includes 18 world leading Colleges. Our distance learning programmes were founded in 1858 and have enriched the lives of thousands of students, delivering high quality University of London degrees wherever our students are across the globe. Our alumni include 7 Nobel Prize winners. Today, we are a global leader in distance and flexible study, offering degree programmes to over 50,000 students in over 180 countries. To find out more about studying for one of our degrees where you are, visit www.london.ac.uk

Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso

Semana

Semana 1

4 horas para concluir

A Potted History of the Rule of Law

Welcome to the first week of the course. Week 1 is an overview of the headline debates concerning the Rule of Law and a discussion of how it applies in practice today. You will be taken through a historical account of the development of the principle over time from Aristotle’s first statement of the Rule of Law to the modern work of the Bingham Centre. This teaching session will also serve as an introduction to debates about the requirements of the Rule of Law, i.e. whether it passes judgment on if particular decisions are “good” or “bad” and whether human rights are part of the Rule of Law.

4 horas para concluir

9 vídeos (Total 30 mín.), 11 leituras, 2 testes

9 videos

Citizenship and the Rule of Law2min

Background and Context2min

Syllabus and Learning Objectives1min

Welcome to Week 1 Introduction to the Rule of Law2min

Aristotle and the Rule of Law4min

Montesquieu and the Separation of Powers3min

A.V. Dicey and the Rule of Law3min

Lord Bingham's Conception of the Rule of Law5min

What Can We Expect From the Rule of Law?4min

11 leituras

Overall Syllabus and Learning Objectives10min

Why is "Citizenship" attached to a course on "the Rule of Law?"10min

Welcome to Week 1!5min

Bingham Centre Founding Director Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC further explains the Rule of Law7min

Creation of the Rule of Law1min

Other Contributions10min

Differences Between Dicey and the Rule of Law Today10min

"The Rule of Law", Sir David Williams Lecture by Lord Bingham26min

Lord Bingham's Eight Rule of Law Principles10min

A Universal Secular Religion: International Ideas20min

Interview with Bingham Centre Director, Murray Hunt25min

2 exercícios práticos

A.V. Dicey's Rule of Law30min

Week 1 Quiz30min

Semana

Semana 2

3 horas para concluir

Judges: Independence, Tenure and Appointment

Welcome to the second week of the course. Week 2 will focus on processes for the selection and appointment of judges, the importance of public confidence in the judiciary and the role that judges play in securing the Rule of Law.

3 horas para concluir

2 vídeos (Total 15 mín.), 3 leituras, 1 teste

2 videos

Why are Independent Judges Important for the Rule of Law?7min

A Job For Life? Security of Tenure7min

3 leituras

Essential reading on judicial independence, appointment and tenure1h 10min

What Do We Expect of Judges?40min

Nurturing, recruiting and promoting independent judges40min

1 exercício prático

Week 2 Quiz30min

Semana

Semana 3

3 horas para concluir

What does it mean to be equal before the law?

Welcome to the third week of the course. Week 3 will establish that all must be treated equally before the law. The session will discuss contentious situations in which treating people equally requires that they be treated differently in order to give effect to justice, such as the limited range of sanctions available to criminals convicted as children.

3 horas para concluir

4 vídeos (Total 16 mín.), 12 leituras, 2 testes

4 videos

Introduction to Equality58s

Children3min

Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Topeka6min

Practical Equality5min

12 leituras

Equality Before the law10min

The United States2min

The Brown ruling10min

Protected Characteristics5min

The United Kingdom10min

Issues in equality: Stop and Search Part 110min

Issues in equality: Stop and Search Part 215min

Issues in equality: Stop and Search Part 320min

Issues in equality: Stop and Search Part 415min

South Africa Post-Apartheid Part 17min

South Africa Post-Apartheid Part 24min

Relevant cases10min

2 exercícios práticos

What do you think?20min

Week 3 Quiz14min

Semana

Semana 4

4 horas para concluir

Access to Justice

Welcome to the fourth week of the course. Week 4 looks at a number of other barriers that individuals face in enforcing their legal rights. One of the concepts explored will be ‘legal capability’. This is defined as the knowledge, skills and confidence required to resolve legal problems in life. Students will be presented with a range of initiatives undertaken by civil society to improve legal capability and will produce their own ideas about improving access to justice across the world.

4 horas para concluir

5 vídeos (Total 136 mín.), 6 leituras, 1 teste

5 videos

Barriers to Law4min

Legalese and Legal Aid2min

OPTIONAL VIDEO- Five Years of Public Legal Education2h 2min

Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Justice1min

Rule of Law Implications of Artificial Intelligence3min

6 leituras

Legal Empowerment10min

Legal Capability15min

Online Judging and Extended Courts10min

E-Government10min

Algorithms, mind control and the right to freedom of thought10min

Disinformation technology and "fake news"30min

1 exercício prático

Week 4 Quiz20min

Semana

Semana 5

4 horas para concluir

An International Rule of Law

Welcome to the fifth week of the course. Week 5 will introduce students to the international legal order and regional human rights conventions. The week will start with a potted summary of the development of the United Nations. The second portion of session will focus on human rights law. Course leads will discuss universal and regional human rights frameworks including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights and speak to examples of non-compliance in respect of each of these and how they are enforced. The course team would like to give special thanks to Hector Tejero Tobed and Iris Anastasiadou for their help in compiling video scripts and content for this week of the course.

4 horas para concluir

4 vídeos (Total 21 mín.), 9 leituras, 2 testes

4 videos

Introduction1min

Sources of International Law8min

Remedies and Complaints7min

Treaty Bodies and Committees3min

9 leituras

Introduction to International Law7min

Introduction to International Human Rights10min

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights20min

Regional structures of International Law30min

Thinking about remedies10min

December 2019- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)30min

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's speech before the International Court of Justice on 11 December 201920min

Application by the Gambia instituting proceedings and request for provisional measures20min

Interview with war crimes prosecutor Arthur Traldi22min

2 exercícios práticos

Questions about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights30min

Week 5 Quiz26min

Semana

Semana 6

2 horas para concluir

Business, Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Welcome to Week Six of the course. Week 6 delves into the Rule of Law questions raised by the potential impacts of business operations on the human rights of their employees, populations of countries they are based in and other community stakeholders. This week will provide a background and history of this new and dynamic area, and describe how all eight of Bingham’s Rule of Law Principles are engaged in this discussion. The session will consider how the three pillars of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are founded on basic principles of the Rule of Law. You will be presented with real-life current examples of how these principles apply in practices. Examples discussed will include: Recent case law which expands traditional legal tests to stay up to date with modern-day cross-border business operations; Calls for and against regulation of the internet, in light of increasing examples of harmful content, privacy breaches and other human rights impacts of tech giants; Discussion of how companies undertake due diligence for human rights in their global supply chains,Presentation of the challenges in this area from a Rule of Law perspective. Rule of Law principles such as access to remedies and legal certainty will be recurring themes. The session will also illustrate some “myth-busting” examples regarding assumptions about the Rule of Law's universality.

2 horas para concluir

7 vídeos (Total 22 mín.), 1 leitura, 1 teste

7 videos

Introduction1min

Recent Legal Developments3min

An Abridged History of Business and Human Rights3min

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights2min

Questions of Regulation and the Internet Sector5min

Challenges and developing practices in global supply chains4min

Well Done!2min

1 leituras

Essential reading on Business and Human Rights1h 10min

1 exercício prático

Week 6 Quiz40min

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Quando você adquire o Certificado, ganha acesso a todo o material do curso, incluindo avaliações com nota atribuída. Após concluir o curso, seu Certificado eletrônico será adicionado à sua página de Participações e você poderá imprimi-lo ou adicioná-lo ao seu perfil no LinkedIn. Se quiser apenas ler e assistir o conteúdo do curso, você poderá frequentá-lo como ouvinte sem custo.
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Where can I find out more about the organisations involved in delivering the course?
The Bingham Centre’s website is located at binghamcentre.biicl.org.
The British Institute of International Law website can be found at biicl.org.
What is the Bingham Centre set up to achieve?
The Bingham Centre works to make the Rule of Law a practical and tangible entitlement of all across the world.

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