International Law Seminar

Catalog description

This course first examines applicable law for real-world international and transnational problems faced by governments, businesses, human rights and environmental non-governmental organizations, and even individuals by looking at national (including federal and state), international (including treaty and customary international law), and private (e.g. corporate codes of conduct) rules and how such rules are made and how they interact. It next examines methods of resolving transnational disputes both at the national and international levels and how decisions can be enforced at both the national and international levels. Students learn the US domestic legal system rules and international legal system rules for the two major sources of international law: treaties and customary international law, with a focus on treaties given their greater usage in legal practice. Throughout the course at various points, recent decisions of the US Supreme Court touching on international law matters are critically examined.