LAW-6038 INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR
This is an introduction to the broad field of international law by examining: the sources of international law: several of the fora that may address international law questions; the actors that have rights and duties under international law; and questions concerning the efficacy of international law. Many of the international law sources and fora are different from what you may have met thus far in law school, i.e. different from cases and statutes as sources, national courts as fora. I urge you to compare and contrast international legal sources and processes to those national law sources and processes with which you are already familiar. By the end of Chapter 5 - a good place to begin to pull the course together, you should be able to say what international law is, how it differs from national law and (to some degree) why and in what situations international law actually "works". A second goal of the course is to familiarize you , through the materials in the casebook with the various "raw materials" with which lawyers who face international legal issues must work. While pursing these goals, we will learn about many topics that fall under the broad heading "international law". These include foreign investments, human rights, the use of force, international air transportation, diplomatic immunity, the United Nations, extradition and many more issues.
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