Bibliographic Essay

Produce a literature review on the topic the universality of human rights protection

in international law.

There are two sections for this assessment the bibliography section and the essay

section.

In the bibliography section, students must review the English language literature on the

topic. This will involve searching for academic journals, monographs, edited collections etc. Students should keep an accurate record of all the sources that they read and compile a comprehensive bibliography on the topic based on those sources. There is no word limit for the bibliography section, but it must be a properly referenced bibliography consistent with the OSCOLA referencing style. The bibliography should include at least 30 sources.

The essay section is limited to 3,000 words. The objective of the essay is for students to

identify the most important and influential literature on this subject, whether that be academic journal articles, monographs, book chapters etc. Students should aim to identify between 5-10 sources. Students must provide an informative discussion of the sources, which includes a short introduction and one or two concluding summary paragraphs. The introduction should briefly describe the topic and the current state of scholarly literature surrounding it. It should also explain how the essay is structured and the reasons for it. Rather than listing and describing the sources, students should evaluate the contribution that each source makes to the body of literature and provide a justification for the inclusion of each source.