Given the rapidly evolving landscape of international security issues and the challenges and opportunities presented by new and emerging technologies, Indian lawyers and policymakers need to acquire the capacity to engage effectively with national security law and policy. However, curricula in Indian law schools do not engage adequately with issues of national security. National security threats, balance of power, issues of secrecy and political accountability, terrorism and surveillance laws tend to be discussed in a piece-meal manner within various courses or electives.
To fill this knowledge gap within the legal community, the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi (CCG-NLU) offered this seminar course to fourth and fifth-year students of the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Programme during in February-June 2020..
The course explores interdisciplinary approaches in the study of national security law and policy, with a particular focus on issues in cybersecurity and cyberwarfare. Through this course curriculum, we aim to (1) recognize and develop National Security Law as a discrete discipline of legal studies, and (2) impart basic levels of cybersecurity awareness and inculcate good information security practices among tomorrow’s lawyers.
The curriculum is split into six modules taught over a period of 12 weeks:
- Module I: Unpacking ‘National Security’
- Module II: Introduction to Strategic Thinking – Linking Law and Policy
- Module III: National Security in the Domestic Sphere
- Module IV: War and National Security in International Law
- Module V: Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare and International Law
- Module VI: Cybersecurity in India
The course outline and reading list can be accessed here:
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