Dear all,
This email is to repeat several points about the final exam that were noted either in class or in the syllabus. I hope this is useful and I'm looking forward to seeing you all one last time on Monday:
1) The exam is scheduled from 5:00 - 6:30 pm on Monday, May 8 in room 301.
2) The exam is open-book. You are allowed to bring and consult notes, readings, or other resources that you bring in hard-copy. You will not be allowed to consult or use any electronic files, typed notes, or online resources. To repeat: you can consult hand-written notes, print-outs of your types notes, and print outs of readings and other materials. You cannot consult any files on your computer.
3) You are allowed - an indeed encouraged - to bring a laptop and type your exam responses. However, you are NOT allowed to pre-type your answers before the exam period nor to go online during the exam period.
- I will be sitting behind you while you take the exam and will be monitoring your screens. If anyone violates these rules and either goes online or accesses a pre-written response, (s)he will receive a failing grade. This applies to trying to access pre-typed notes (remember: you must bring a hard copy).
- Typed responses are to be emailed to me at mccormack.meghan@gmail.com. Any email received with a time-stamp later than 6:31 pm on May 8 will be counted as a late submission and receive a drop of 5% in overall grade for every 5 minutes passed beyond 6:31 pm.
- Any treaties that have bearing on the location of Kyrgyzstan's modern borders and disputes about them;
- The history of the creation of Kyrgyzstan's borders, especially from 1900 onwards (your notes from the second half of class on April 10 should be particularly useful - i.e. information about the different Soviet maps and negotiations. You can also find similarly useful historical information in the Reeves reading);
- Any actions on the part of the states of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (i.e. the governments) that may have bearing on their state claims to effective control (and sovereignty) over border areas.
- Any actions by private citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan that impact border conflict, and whether these actions by private citizens have any bearing under international law norms for border delimitation.
- Your own opinion on where the borders between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan should be and a good, legal argument to support your argument.
5) I expect you to support all of your arguments with references and citations. For example:
"Uti possidetus juris is a widely accepted legal presumption regarding the positioning of postcolonial borders, and has bearing on the delimitation of Central Asia's borders today."
The above might receive 1 point.
"Uti possidetus juris is a widely accepted legal presumption regarding the positioning of postcolonial borders (Western Sahara, Baud, Carter Center, Shaw), and has bearing on the delimitation of Central Asia's borders today (Alma Aty Protocol, Megoran)."
The above might receive 5 points.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Meghan