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Shingne, Marie Carmen, "Mechanisms of Denial: What is Water In/Security in the United States." Committee:Jennifer Carrera (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Steve Gold and Laura Reese (Urban and Regional Planning/Political Science)

Mirzoyan, Inna, "The Diaspora Evolves: Young Armenians Forging Identities in Yerevan and Glendale." Committee: Steve Gold (chair), stef shuster, Xuefei Ren, Andrea Louie (Anthropology) and Ani Sarkissian (Political Science).

Wenhau Zoey Lai, ""Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental and Cognitive Health Among Older Adults: The Roles of Stress Exposure and Social Relationships." Committee: Ning Hsieh (Chair), Hui Liu, Zhenmei Zhang, Isabel Ayala  and Richard Lucas (Psychology Department).

  Angélica Ruvalcaba, "Systemic Issues Can’t Be Fixed Overnight: How Latina Undergraduate Students Engage in Activism and Critical Hope." Committee: Isabel Ayala (chair), Steve Gold, Some Chaudhuri and Leslie Gonzales (Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Learning)

Nathan Poirier , “Analysis of Social Actions in the Space of In Vitro Meat and Alternative Animal Products.” Committee: Tom Dietz (chair), Linda Kalof, Wynne Wright, Phil Howard (Community Sustainability)

Anna Wilcoxson , “Coping in Crisis: Restaurant Workers’ Attempts at Dignity Maintenance Amid COVID-19 Layoffs." Committee: Isabel Ayala (chair), Brendan Mullan, Ray Jussaume, and Maite Tapia.

Mark Suchyta “Social and Environmental Influences on Subjective Well-being” Committee: Tom Dietz (Chair), Linda Kalof, Aaron McCright and Richard Lucas (PSY).

  Brittany Tucker: “Sociological Due Process: Exploring Systemic Biases in the Michigan Family Juvenile Court” Committe: Brendan Mullan (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Steven Gold, Melanie Jacobs (MSU College of Law; Dean).

Kayleigh Ward: " Assessing Disaster Management Effects on Recovery Outcomes in Rural Post-disaster Japan." Committee: Raymound Jussaume (chair), Aaron McCright, Stephen Gasteyer, Lucero Radonic, Robert Richardson.

Jihan Mohammed: " Sectarian Discrimination in Post-2003 Iraq: An Empirical Study on Iraqui Arab Sunnies and Iraqi Arab Shiites." Committee:Clifford Broman (chair), Steven Gold, Hui Liu, Nazita Lajevardi (Department of Political Science).

Jennifer Lai. “Power and the Environment in Type 2 Diabetes Science.” Committee: Sandra Marquart-Pyatt (co-chair), stef shuster (co-chair), Hui Liu, Sean Valles.

Yan Zhang. "Parenthood and Parents' Cognitive Health in the United States." Committee: Hui Liu (chair), Zhenmei Zhang, Ning Hsieh, William Chopik (Psychology).

Christian Ramirez . "¡PALENQUE!: Cross Cultural Exchange Among Indigenous and African Peoples in 17th Century Veracruz, Mexico." Committee: Brendan Mullan (chair), Isabel M. Ayala, Steven Gold, Eric Juenke (Political Science/Chicano/Latino Studies).

Nicole Lehpamer. "Relationships That Matter: Marriage and the Role of Non-Marital Network Ties in Providing Health Benefiting Support Among Those in Old Age." Committee: Daniel Menchik (chair), Hui Liu, Zhenmei Zhang, Ken Frank, Clifford Broman.

Jessica Rizzolo . "Stigma and Commodification in Wildlife Consumption and Crime." Committee:

Hui Qian. "Race, Ethnicity, and Traditional Food Markets: Toward a Multidimensional Food Security." Committee: Sandy Marquart-Pyatt (chair), Steven Gold, Stephanie Nawyn and Philip Howard (CSUS).

Melissa Wright . "Mentorship Matters: The Role of Mentorship in Social Capital Building and Student Achievement Outcomes."

Kelly Maginot. "Paperless Citizens: Perceptions and Practices of Citizenship among Salvadoran Retomados."

Stephen Vrla. "Including Nonhumans in Deliberative Democracy Through Multispecies Communicative Democracy and Democratic Education."

Samuel Mindes. "Emigrant America: Estimating and Envisaging Expatriation to Canada and Mexico."

Seung-Won Choi. "Grandparenting and Health in Later Life: Evidence from the United States, South Korea, and China."

Shika Bista. "Perceived discrimination and psychological distress: The moderating and mediating role of social context among Asian Americans." Committee: Clifford Broman (chair), Isabel Ayala, Steven Gold, Isis Settles.

Matthew Houser. "Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in the Context of the Midwestern Corn Agro-Ecological System: An Environmental Sociological Analysis." Committee: Sandy Marquart-Pyatt (chair), Aaron McCright, Diana Stuart (Northern Arizona University), Scott Swinton, Wynne Wright.

Riva Denny. "A Cross Scale Examination of How Knowledge and Physical Environment Influence the Use of Best Management Practices in US Commudity Agriculture." Committee: Sandy Marquart-Pyatt (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Aaron McCright, Philip Robertson, Diana Stuart (Northern Arizona University).

Shannon Shen. "Make a Little Love? Chronic Disease and Sexuality among Older Adults." Committee: Hui Liu (chair), Clifford Broman, Daniel Menchik, Zhenmei Zhang.

Summer Allen. "Morals, Values, and Environmental Behavior." Committee: Aaron McCright (chair), Thomas Dietz, Sandy Marquart-Pyatt, Kelly Millenbah.

Cameron Herman. "A Safe Haven or a Revolving Door?: Exploring Urban Youths' Perceptions of a Municipal Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia." Committee: Carl Taylor (chair), Terry Flennaugh, Stephen Gasteyer, Xuefei Ren.

Jasmine Cooper. "Post-Trump Intersections and "Post-Racial" Reflections: Black Women, Racism, Sexism, and Classism in the U.S." Committee: Steven Gold (chair), Rashida Harrison, Ruben Martinez, Xuefei Ren.

Erica Giorda. "Local Food in Perspective: Place, Time, Authenticity, and the Relocalization of the Food System." Committee: Craig Harris (chair), Lawrence Busch, Stephen Gasteyer, Philip Howard.

I-Chien Chen. "Gender Inequality in College Enrollment and STEM major in U.S. 1980-2013: A Family Resource Perspective." Committee: Barbara Schneider (chair), Kenneth Frank, Steven Gold, Hui Liu.

Jennifer Elizabeth Wray. "Governance, Commodification, and Urban Development: Metropolitan Detroit Residential Associations as a Vehicle for Governance Commodification." Committee: Brendan Mullan (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Ray Jussaume, Igor Vojnovic.

Cameron Whitley. "Unintentional Sentinels: Humans, Animals and Energy Development." Committee: Thomas Dietz (chair), Lida Kalof, Aaron McCright, Adam Zwickle.

Katherine Dentzman. "Exploring the Relationship between Farmers' Place Attachment, Frames, and Ideology: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Herbicide Resistant Weed Management." Committee: Ray Jussaume (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Karen Renner, Wynne Wright.

Crystal Eddins. "African Diaspora Collective Action: Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution." Committee: Aaron McCright (chair), Anthony Chambers, Steven Gold, Brendan Mullan.

Jason Palmer. "The Workforce Development System and Individuals with Barriers to Employment: Toward a Strategy for Successful Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in West Michigan." Committee: Brendan Mullan (chair), Steven Gold, Ray Jussaume, Mey Keykendall.

Jeffrey Oliver. "Politics, Capitalism and Immigrant Threat Narrative in Online Media." Committee: Steven Gold (chair), Ruben Martinez, Xuefei Ren, Lindon Robison.

Svetla Dimitrova. "Neoliberalism and International Development Volunteering in a Post-Socialist Context: The Contradictory Utopia of Peace Corps/Bulgaria (1991-2013)." Committee: Brendan Mullan (chair), Lawrence Busch, Norman Graham, Xuefei Ren.

Yan-Liang Yu. "Marital Biography and Chronic Disease Progression in Mid-and Late Life." Committee: Zhenmei Zhang (chair), Clifford Broman, Siddharth Chandra, Hui Liu.

Dana Chalupa. "Exploring the Racial and Ethnic Identities and assimilation of South Americans." Committee: Isabel Ayala (chair), Sheila Contreras, Steven Gold, Hui Liu

Kimberly Underwood. "Marginalization at the Margins of Life: Perceptions of "Unhealthy" Children Before Birth." Committee: Ray Jussaume (chair), Linda Hunt, Hui Liu, April Williams.

Angela Nurse. "Race and Dress: How Racial Identity and Stratification Impact Body Modification and Supplementation Among Collegiate Women." Committee: Clifford Broman (chair), Steven Gold, Carl Taylor, Theresa Winge.

Rachel Butts. "Structural Determinants of Biracial Identification." Committee: Clifford Broman (chair), Stephen Gasteyer, Hui Liu, Zhenmei Zhang.

Moushumi Roy. "Immigrants' Assimilation and Outcomes of Health: A Multidimensional Analysis of Self-Assessed Health Among Asians and Paramedics of Asian Indian Origin in the U.S." Committee: Clifford Broman (chair), Isabel Ayala, Ann Reese, A Ten.

Bette Avila. "Importance of Motherhood and/or Social Stigma of Infertility: What's driving Infertility-Related Outcomes?" Committee: Stephanie Nawyn (chair), Rita Gallin, Hui Liu, I Bresnahan, Isabel Ayala.

John Girdwood. "The hand to mouth experience of homelessness in Michigan." Committee: Steven Gold (chair), Julia Miller, Carl Taylor, A Ten.

Cynthia Manns. "Minority Access to Healthcare The Social Contruction of Healthcare Disparities: Giving Voice to the Experiences of Women of Color." Committee: Clifford Broman (chair), Hamilton Dulebohn, Steven Gold, April Williams.

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Master of Laws (LLM)

Master of laws (llm): constitutional and human rights law, introduction, 1.1 academic regulations for postgraduate degree programmes..

1.2. The Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Constitutional and Human Rights Law is a three semester programme offered on a block-release basis. The programme is aimed at professionals who possess an LLB qualifcation seeking specialized knowledge in the areas of constitutional and human rights law.

2. OBJECTIVES

2.1 The programme provides an academic opportunity for students intending to deepen their understanding and knowledge of constitutional and human rights law. The degree invites students to explore and appreciate the convergence of constitutional and human rights law in a constitutional democracy and the importance of such convergence to a legal system.

2.2 The development of constitutional and human rights law in the public interest litigation context is critical in the development of the country’s legal system. In light of Zimbabwe’s new constitutional dispensation, the programme provides options to candidates who wish to enhance their litigation skills in constitutional

Career Pospects

3.  career prospects.

The LLM programme enhances career prospects in various areas for a target group that includes, but is not limited to law graduates, practising attorneys, academics, civil society   and human rights law.  practitioners, members of the judiciary, and law offcers in government departments.

4. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Applicants shall possess a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB). Applicants are required to have at least a 2.2 (Lower Second) degree class, or the equivalent thereof. 4.2 Other factors such as relevant professional experience will also be taken into consideration in assessing applications.

5. GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.1 The Master of Laws in Constitutional and Human Rights Law is studied through taught modules with continuous assessment and examinations offered at the end of each semester. 5.2 The programme is completed over a period of three semesters. The degree programme shall be by block release. The method of learning will be through lectures and seminars. Contact shall be a minimum of 60 hours per semester for each module. Each semester has three (3), two week blocks.

6. ASSESSMENT

6.1 Overall assessment shall be based on continuous assessment and formal examinations. Each candidate is required to earn twenty (20) credits in the taught modules and sixteen (16) credits in the research component. 6.2 Examinations shall be written at the end of each semester. Each module will be examined by a paper which is, four (4) hours long. In determining the fnal marks for modules, weighting will be as follows:

PROGRESSION

7. 7.1 For a candidate to proceed to the next level of the programme, the candidate must have passed at least two modules per level. 7.2 If a candidate fails all modules at the end of the frst semester, he or she shall retake the failed modules.

8 EXAMINATIONS

8.1 Two external Examiners shall be appointed by Senate on the recommendation of the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee to examine written modules in respect of the LLM programme. 8.2 Candidates who have neither fnished nor submitted their dissertations in the third semester shall be required to re-register for their work to be assessed and/or submitted for examination. 8.3 Upon failure in a particular module(s), candidates can retake the failed modules in the following semester.

9. DEGREE CLASSIFICATION

Programme structure, 10. programme structure.

The Master of Laws (LLM): Constitutional and Human Rights Law shall be a taught programme with a dissertation which commences in the second semester and submitted in the fnal (third) semester. The degree programme will run for three semesters and is structured as follows:

MODULE SYNOPSES

LM601 Advanced Constitutional Law The module seeks to provide a focused and deeper appreciation of the jurisprudential and theoretical basis for constitutionalism, aspects of constitution making process, constitutions and constitutionalism in Zimbabwe. It is further aimed at extending knowledge of constitutional principles, concepts and constitutional rights, and constitutional interpretation. Issues to be canvassed further include democratic governance through commissions and related institutions, the convergence of constitutional law and human rights in Zimbabwe, electoral systems and participatory democracy, the rule of law and judicial matters. It should be emphasized that the module is rooted in constitutional law and practice throughout Zimbabwe’s constitutional history. To this extent, the module canvasses all post independence constitutional developments and constitutional processes that characterize Zimbabwe’s constitutional history and its constitutional jurisprudence. Topics under this module include: • Jurisprudential and Theoretical Basis for Constitutionalism • Constitutionalism and the constitution making process • Constitutional rights in the Zimbabwean Constitution and constitutional interpretation • Democratic Governance under the Constitution • The Constitution and Institutional Guarantees for Democracy • Electoral Systems and Participatory Democracy • The Legislature: Structures, Competencies and Functions • The Constitution and Judicial Function • Judicial Review • Constitutional rights and Human rights in Zimbabwe

LM602 Advanced Human Rights Law The Advanced Human Rights Module is one of the core-components of the LLM Programme in  Human Rights and Constitutional Law. The focus is on multidisciplinary issues and underpinnings pertaining to human rights and how it should be understood as an important tool to an end – the general wellbeing of Zimbabweans and other people of the world. The primary objectives of the module are thus as follows: • Build an understanding of the conceptual, philosophical and ideological nature of human rights in light of their origin; • Explore the national understanding, application, attitudes, and perceptions of human rights. • Study in detail the normative content of human rights as provided for in the Bill of Rights as complemented by international and regional human rights treaties. • Explore the opportunities for promotion and protection of human rights by utilizing both judicial, quasi-judicial and non-judicial procedures and institutions. • Make a case for the necessity of international human rights protection mechanisms as secondary in nature. • Familiarize candidates with promotion and protection options at international level including treaties, institutions, and procedures and prevailing jurisprudence in the area. • Critique and assess the strengths and weaknesses of international protection. The module will be in four parts as. The frst part will examine the conceptualization, origins and philosophical foundations of human rights. This part of the module will focus on: • Defnitions, origins, and history of human rights in light of leading scholarship. • The universality, relativity, interrelatedness, interdependency of human rights • Human rights and culture/religion • Categories of human rights (thematic, ‘generations’, groups protected. • The nature of the mandate of independent constitutional commissions The second part of the module will focus on the national protection of human rights particularly: • Normative content (interpretation) of each right and freedom in the Constitution. • Limitation of rights in terms of Section 86, 87 and 113 of the Constitution. • Concept of non-limitation of rights. • Constitutional jurisdiction of courts, standing and remedial powers. • Human rights litigation through impact litigation. • Skills specifc to human rights/constitutional litigation. • The new advent of constitutional interpretation consequent to 2013 Constitution The third part of the module will look at international protection of human rights particularly the following; • The United Nations – UN Charter-based and treaty-based protection of human rights. • The UN Human Rights Council, special procedures, Universal Periodic Review and special mechanisms – critique and analysis. • The UN treaties and oversight of implementation by treaty-bodies. • The treaty-body system of human rights oversight. • State reporting procedure (purpose and procedure). • Individual communications procedure (legal basis, standing, exhaustion of local remedies, legal reasoning in decisions, compliance with decisions, effectiveness). • Effectiveness of the international protection in comparison to national. The last part of the module will look at regional protection of human rights; • Membership and geographical dynamics of these supra-national institutions • Respective human rights systems paying attention to treaties, institutions, jurisprudence, effectiveness and enforcement of judgments of their courts. • Relationship, if any between these regional systems and the global protection matrix. • Litigating before regional human rights systems (pay attention to the international criminal jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights) the new relevance of international criminal law. • The place of sub-regional (SADC, ECOWAS, EAS, MAGHREB) economic blocs to the protection of human rights at that level LM603 Research Methodology This module is meant to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research, to critically evaluate published research and to explore different ways of translating research questions in quantitative or qualitative studies. The module will focus on the following aspects: • Understanding the range of paradigms and data-gathering techniques available to the legal researcher • Distinguishing the purpose and product of qualitative research from that of quantitative research. • Research methods, including the application and conceptualization of theory, research design, • Sampling, strategies for framing research and interview questions, • Use of GPS to demarcate area of research where feld work is involved • Data coding and analysis. • Ethical responsibilities of qualitative researchers, who have closer contact with “subjects” and “informants” than do their more quantitative counterparts

LM604 International Criminal Law International criminal law deals with the prosecution of international crimes. It serves as an important mechanism that provides remedies to victims of human rights violations. Provision of remedies to victims is a very important area of international human rights law. The main objective of the module is to highlight to students that without accountability and provision of remedies to victims, international human rights law is nothing but the proverbial brutum fulmen – a harmless thunderbolt. Through the lens of international criminal law, students will appreciate that the purpose of human rights law is not only to set standards for governments, non-state actors and their agents, it is to prescribe the consequences of a failure to meet those standards – through criminal sanction for example. Not only will the module discuss criminal accountability of natural persons but also corporations. In recent years, some multi-national companies have been involved in the grave violations of human rights especially on the African continent. There is a growing jurisprudence that such corporations must not only face civil liability but criminal liability also. Although the focus will be on international criminal law accountability, there will also be a discussion on other alternatives to accountability such as those espoused in transitional justice. The aim is to make students aware of the potential clashes and opportunities between international criminal law and some elements of transitional justice – a situation that currently characterize many African countries. Further, inasmuch as the module focuses on international criminal law as an enforcement tool of human rights, there is an underlying theme that it is the State that has the primary obligation to investigate human rights violations and prosecute those responsible within its domestic courts. The international community through international criminal law and international criminal courts should only complement domestic efforts – coming in only when the concerned state is unable or unwilling to investigate and prosecute. The following are the themes that will be explored: • Conceptualization of international criminal law • History of international criminal law and the human rights paradigm • Ad Hoc Tribunals, the International Criminal Court, the proposed African Criminal Court • The correlation between human rights protection and international criminal law • Victims of human rights violations’ right to a remedy • Investigation and prosecution as an essential tool of remedy • Domestic versus regional and international criminal accountability • State’s primary obligation to investigate and prosecute human rights violations • Complementarity between domestic and international criminal jurisdiction over rights violations • Universal criminal jurisdiction over gross violations of human rights constituting international crime • Criminal liability of corporations for human rights violations • Advantages, disadvantages, challenges and opportunities in holding corporations criminally liable for human rights violations. • Transitional justice as a complement or an alternative to international criminal law and justice? LM605 Environmental Law In light of the inclusion of environmental rights in the Zimbabwean Constitution, the module will explore the importance of, and role played by, these rights in regulatory efforts. Particular attention will be drawn to the exercise and enforcement of these rights as part of an overarching approach to regulating environmental protection. In addition to the environmental regulatory framework, the module will focus on the international environmental regulatory framework, and how it relates to, enhances, and influences the domestic regulatory framework. As such, the course will cover aspects such as, • Justifying environmental regulation • The constitutional content, scope and nature of environmental rights • The international environmental legal regulatory framework • Human rights approaches to environmental protection • substantive rights • procedural rights • Public interest environmental law: Public Participation • Access to information • Access to justice • The role and object of environmental rights in Command and Control Regulation • Enforcement of environmental rights as constitutional rights in Command and Control Regulation • Specifc environmental rights issues • Waste Management Law • Contaminated land • Mining and environmental law • Environmental Justice and the Constitution

LM606 Women’s Rights The main focus of the module is on the concept of women’s rights within equality and non discrimination framework and specifc issues of concern to women within the context of feminist legal theories. This module further examines how gender shapes and informs the law and how legal doctrine affects our understanding of women’s rights. The module will examine the relationship between sex and gender as reflected in and influenced by law; cultural images of women and men that both shape and are shaped by the law; and institutional and social structures and practices that perpetuate inequality or subordination. The module is in three main parts. The frst part examines feminist legal theories and their impact on feminist jurisprudence as well as their applicability or shortcomings within the local and broader non-western context. This part of the module will focus on: • Introduction to feminist terms: sex, gender, oppression of women, subordination of women, deprivation, feminism, emancipation • Feminist theories and feminist jurisprudence with in an African setting • Law in a patriarchal society The second part of the module looks at Constitutional and International human rights instruments and analyses the factors that militate against the adequate protection of women’s rights. It examines more fully the principles of equality and non discrimination in the Constitution of Zimbabwe as well as international and regional instruments impacting on women’s rights. Focus will be on • Introduction to human rights instruments impacting on women’s rights • Strengths and limitations of various category of rights ie frst, second and third generation rights • Why women’s human rights • Human Rights Principles on family laws and protection of the family • Human Rights Principles on reproductive and sexual rights • Violence against women as a human rights violation • Sexual harassment The third part of the module gives detailed attention to specifc topics affecting women which include: • women and culture • women in politics and decision making, • The concept of women’s empowerment and the action strategies for the furtherance of women’s rights.

LM607 Refugee Law The module aims at inculcating in candidates an appreciation of the national and international legal framework for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers and the attendant state practice using Zimbabwe as the main case study. The key objectives of the module are thus as follows; • To build a full appreciation in candidates regarding the prevailing national legal framework for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers in Zimbabwe. • Acquaint candidates with specifc knowledge on the extent to which the Refugees Act [Chapter 4:03] has domesticated international instruments in that discipline. • To equip candidates with practical knowledge on the determination of refugee status in Zimbabwe in terms of domestic law and procedure. • Assist candidates transposing national processes into the domain of international refugee law by linking the national and international legal frameworks for the protection of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The module will be in in four parts. The frst part examines the introduction to refugee and will focus on the following; • Defnitions and descriptions of refugees • Defnitions of asylum seekers • Zimbabwe as sending, transit and destination of refugees • Constitutional and general legal framework on refugee law • Aspects of traffcking in persons The second part will examine international refugee law and will focus on the following; • United Nations approach to refugee defnition • Regional approach to refugee defnition • Refugees for the purpose of general international law • Determination of refugee status • Determination by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees • Determination by States – Zimbabwe case study The third part examines asylum and will focus on the following: • Concept of asylum • Principle of non-refoulement • Asylum in international law and practice • Asylum in national law and state practice • Standards of treatment vis-à-vis refugees The fourth part examines protection and issues and will focus on the following; • General protection issues • Internally displaced persons • Solutions to refugee problems • International co-operation • Treaty standards and implementation in national law

LM608 Child Rights Child Rights is a unique and multi-layered area of law which explores the international, regional and national legal spectrums. The module intersects with different domestic areas of civil, criminal and administrative law, as well as public international law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international labour law. A special feature concerns the interplay between children’s rights and private international law, in particular, with the instruments developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It also examines the scope of children’s rights as protected by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013) and the Zimbabwean legislation that seek to protect children’s rights. Additionally, this module seeks to scrutinize the ideas and attitudes towards children on one hand and family dynamics, educational practices, socio-economic structures as well as cultural and social differences on the other hand. In ensuring that the rights of children are respected, regardless of their status in the society a variety of theories and assumptions will also be considered. The module canvasses the following topics: • The historical background of children’s rights and child rights theories • Conceptions of childhood and the evolving capacities of the child • International law and the monitoring structures • Domestication of children’s rights in Zimbabwe • The administration of juvenile justice • HIV/AIDS and children’s rights • Combating child poverty and exploitation • The African customary law and children’s rights • Child victims of armed conflict • The rights of children with disabilities • Refugee children under the African Human Rights System • Inter-country adoption and child abduction

LM609 Disability Rights Law Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are a historically disadvantaged group. Prejudice, exclusion and discrimination remain common experiences for PWDs. In many jurisdictions, Zimbabwe included, the nexus between disability and exclusion is well established and maintained. Thus PWDs continue to be sidelined in national developmental agendas and in community life. In this module, the focus is on disability as a legal category with implications for the rights of PWDs. Students will be taught various concepts and theories of disability rights with the aim of showing how the law constructs and regulates the lives of PWDs. In essence, historical approaches and contemporary arguments pertaining to disability are discussed within the context of national laws, policies and institutions addressing disability rights. Further, regional and international laws directly and indirectly addressing disability are explored and unpacked. Emphasis will be placed on state obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the major law that addresses PWDs at the international level. Overall, the module seeks to provide learners with a legal, conceptual and practical understanding of the rights of PWDs. The module will cover the following topics: • Conceptualization of disability rights • Protection of disability rights under the global framework: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant global treaties • State reporting, UN special procedures and the functions of the UN Committee on the rights of PWDs • Protection of disability rights under regional human rights frameworks: The African, European and Inter-American Regional Human Rights Systems • The Zimbabwean legal, policy and institutional framework for the realisation of the rights of PWDs (and a historical trajectory of the development of the laws, policies and institutions). • Comparative perspectives (African, Arabic, European, Inter-American jurisdictions) • Vulnerabilities and Inter-sectionalities • PWDs and legal capacity • Contemporary arguments in disability rights law, policy and reform LM610 Comparative Constitutional Law This module introduces students to the study of constitutional law through the lens of comparative law. Students are introduced to the theoretical foundations of comparative constitutional law, and to the rich diversity of constitutional law in the world today, aiming at a better understanding of the working of constitutions and of the work constitutions do in different political, socio-economic settings and historical periods. This is important particularly in the Zimbabwean context in light of the recent constitutional developments. The module provides a foundation for a structural approach to constitution making and constitution interpretation. By using a comparative approach, students will examine the possibilities and limits of modern constitutions. The theoretical, methodological, and case study dimensions of the module are concerned with the ways in which ‘similar’ topics of constitutional law are understood, negotiated, and produced differently by different actors in and around different constitutional systems. The topics to be covered in this module include the following: • Introduction to comparative constitutional law Constitutions and constitutionalism • Comparative constitutional law methodologies • Comparative analyses of the constitutions of the world • Pluralism and constitutional guarantees of democracy • Human rights in world constitutions • The constitutional regulation of the separation of powers in world constitutions • The executive, legislative and judicial structures in constitutional systems of the world • Judicial review models in world constitutions

LM611 Constitutional and Human Rights Litigation This Module focuses on the central ways in which constitutional claims are actually litigated in Zimbabwe. The bulk of the course looks at constitutional litigation, procedures, institutions, jurisprudence, and the interface with human rights law. It further develops a framework for the appreciation of the convergence of constitutional law and its application and enforcement of human rights protection in Zimbabwe. Focus is also on enforcing rights in Africa after exhausting internal remedies. This module examines Constitutional and Human Rights litigation inclusive of the following topics:- • Review of human rights legislation in Zimbabwe, and African human rights system. • Government liability for the acts of individual offcials. • Examination and analysis of human rights remedies (remedies for constitutional violations). • Prospects for further developments in remedies. • Constitutional and human rights litigation procedures and claims. • Pleading aspects in human rights matters. • Preparing and proving human rights claims. • Enforcing mechanisms of human rights. • Procedural aspects of human rights with focus on the international and regional human rights systems.

LM612 Constitutional Property Law The module is rooted on the convergence between constitutional law and property rights law. It enables students to appreciate mainstream debates emerging from the conflict between private property rights and governmental interests in land reform, land tenure reform and land redistribution in the public interest. It further provides an opportunity for students to understand the rights discourse in constitutional property law within a domestic regional and international context. Topics to be covered include: • The evolution and history of constitutional property law in Zimbabwe • Constitutional property and the legal system • The scope, meaning and nature of constitutional property law in Zimbabwe • The constitutional land rights clause • Expropriation, compulsory acquisition and compulsory deprivation • Property Rights and the Constitutional Limitation Clause • Land Reform legal framework- Land Acquisition, Land Redistribution/Resettlement Land Tenure Reform • Judicial interpretation of constitutional property in Zimbabwe • Regional and International Perspectives

LM613 Advanced International Humanitarian Law The relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law has been a subject of discussion in recent years. This is mainly because of three important factors: frst, many of contemporary conflicts straddle across both the law enforcement and armed conflict paradigms, second, human rights law continues to apply in armed conflict wherein international humanitarian law is the lex specialis and third, some of the military weapons that are being developed end up being used in law enforcement situations to which international human rights law is applicable. The focus of this module is on contemporary international humanitarian law issues that have human rights implications and how such issues can be understood from a humanist perspective which considers the concept of humanity as the foundational basis of both international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The following are the main topics that will be covered under this module: • The social, religious and philosophical underpinnings of humanitarian law and human rights law • The concept of humanity and dictates of public conscience as the foundational basis of humanitarian law and human rights law • Contemporary conflicts and challenges • The challenge of qualifying contemporary armed conflicts e.g the global war on terror – an armed conflict or rhetoric? A law enforcement situation? How to choose the applicable regime, targeting of suspected terrorists – a possible violation of due process rights • The impact of contemporary conflicts on social and economic rights • Means and methods of warfare – implications of sophisticated weapons on human rights • Advent of new sophisticated weapons – the role of human rights law in the review of new weapons in terms of Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. • Unmanned weapon systems, drones, autonomous weapon systems and their implications on the right to life and dignity. Is it in line with the right to dignity when an autonomous weapon system or a robot makes a decision as to who dies and who lives? • Nano-technology, cyber warfare and their ramifcations on human rights • The dangers of the new military technologies being used in law enforcement situations – human rights implications on the use of force and the need for human judgment. • Post armed conflict and human rights • Women, peace and security – women’s rights in the peace building process after conflict – participation – why should they and how they should. • Accountability of international humanitarian law violations as a human rights issue – the victim’s right to remedy and the obligation of the responsible state.

LM614 Dissertation Students are required to produce and submit dissertation (thesis) of between 20 000 and 25 000 words at the end of the third (fnal) semester for examination. The dissertation shall be done over a period of two semesters. Topics for dissertation shall be carefully chosen and students are required to defend, justify, and explain their topics in vivas before a panel composed of Faculty members. Research proposals shall be submitted and students are expected to proceed with the dissertation once approval to do so is granted. With regards to dissertation examination, at least one internal and one external examiner shall be nominated by the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee to evaluate the dissertation

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Lansing — Bob LaBrant, the former general counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, has asked Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office to rule on whether the system lobbyists have used to secretly provide event tickets to lawmakers is legal.

LaBrant's request on Tuesday came a day after The Detroit News released the findings of an investigation into personal financial disclosures filed by lawmakers and the flow of sports and concert tickets from lobbyists to state officeholders . Michigan law bars registered lobbyists from providing legislators with gifts valued at more than $76, but lobbyists have found ways around the prohibition.

One of their main strategies, detailed by The News, has been securing tickets to marquee events for lawmakers and then asking the lawmakers, through private letters later, to reimburse the price of the tickets over $76, according to more than 10 sources with direct knowledge of the arrangements. Despite the letters, it's unclear how often reimbursements to lobbying firms and interest groups are made.

In LaBrant's request for a ruling, he argued the reimbursement system didn't comply with Michigan law.

"The department in responding to this question needs to make it abundantly clear that reimbursement plays no role whether a gift is a gift," LaBrant wrote. "$76 means $76.

"It seems that the political reforms enacted post-Watergate, campaign finance reform and lobby reform are evaded, ignored and are on the verge of becoming dead letters. The reimbursement theory cannot be allowed to subvert the gifts limits of the Michigan lobby law."

LaBrant said past court decisions determined that reimbursements didn't cure violations of Michigan's campaign finance law.

Rep. Samantha Steckloff, D-Farmington Hills, acknowledged last week that, in the past, lobbyists helped her get tickets to Detroit Lions games, but she personally paid for any cost over the gift threshold.

In response to LaBrant's request, Benson's office could issue a binding declaratory ruling or an informal interpretive statement. Angela Benander, spokeswoman for Benson, who is Democrat and who has campaigned on increasing ethics standards in Lansing , said the Secretary of State's office had received LaBrant's filing and had begun the process of considering it.

Eric Doster, another Michigan campaign finance expert, told The News recently the reimbursement system for tickets is perfectly legal to avoid violations of the gift ban.

Likewise, Steve Linder, a longtime political consultant who has advised lawmakers in Lansing, said people have been using the reimbursement strategy for tickets for decades.

"The law was silent on that," Linder said.

It was lawyers, including LaBrant, who previously said reimbursing the cost of a ticket over the gift limit made the arrangement legal, Linder contended.

LaBrant denied that he had previously said reimbursements made ticket exchanges legal. He mentioned a 2006 determination on a similar subject by then-Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a Republican who found lobbyists specifically could not share the cost of a round of golf for an officeholder to circumvent the gift limit .

Saying reimbursements made the tickets legal was similar to robbing a bank, later taking money back and saying "no harm, no foul," LaBrant said.

"How could somebody think this is legal?" LaBrant asked.

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