Schedule

Unit 1: Approaching International Law

Topic 1: Introductory

Class 1: Introduction and Overview: What is International Law? (Tues 10 Feb)

  • Epps, Introduction: “International Law.” (2 pp)
  • Epps, Ch 1: “Sources of International Law.” (16 pp)

Class 2: International Law and International Politics (Thurs 12 Feb)

  • Slaughter, Anne-Marie, Andrew S. Tulumello, and Stepan Wood. “International Law and International Relations Theory: A New Generation of Interdisciplinary Scholarship.” American Journal of International Law 92, no. 3 (1998): 367-97. (30 pp)
  • Keohane, R. O. “International Relations and International Law: Two Optics.” Harvard International Law Journal 38, no. 2 (1997): 487-502. (15 pp)

Topic 2: Perspectives on International Law

Class 3: Classic Perspectives on International Law (Tues 17 Feb)

Class 4: Legal Theory: The “Law” Part of “International Law” (Thurs 19 Feb)

Class 5: Political Perspectives I: Modern Realism (Tues 24 Feb)

  • Carr, Edward Hallett. The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan & Co., 1946. Chs 5-6. (31 pp)
  • Morgenthau, Hans Joachim. “Positivism, Functionalism, and International Law.” American Journal of International Law 34, no. 2 (1940): 260-84.
  • Kissinger, Henry A. “The Pitfalls of Universal Jurisdiction.” Foreign Affairs, July-August 2001. Available via: http://www.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/general/2001/07kiss.htm.

Class 6: Political Perspectives II: Modern Liberalism (Thurs 26 Feb)

  • Roth, Kenneth. “The Case for Universal Jurisdiction.” In Karen Mingst and Jack Snyder, eds. Essential Readings in World Politics. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. Available via: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20010901faresponse5577/kenneth-roth/the-case-for-universal-jurisdiction.html.
  • Kenneth Abbott et al., “The Concept of Legalization,” International Organization 54, 3 (Summer 2000), pp. 401-419. (18 pp)
  • Goldstein, Judith, and Lisa L. Martin. “Legalization, Trade Liberalization, and Domestic Politics: A Cautionary Note.” International Organization 54, no. 3 (2000): 603-32.
  • Optional: Simmons, Beth and Daniel Hopkins. 2005. “The Constraining Power of International Treaties.” American Political Science Review 99, no. 4 (November 2005): 623-631.

Unit 2: The Contemporary International Legal System

Topic 3: The Constitution of the International Legal System

Class 7: The Sovereignty Question: Who are the Parties in International Law? (Tues 3 Mar)

  • Ikenberry, G. John. After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Ch 1: “The Problem of Order.” (18 pp)
  • Krasner, Stephen D. Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Ch 1: “Sovereignty and its Discontents.” (40 pp)
  • Recommended: Strange, Susan. “States, Firms and Diplomacy.” In International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth, edited by Jeffry A. Frieden and David A. Lake, 60-68. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2000. Available via: http://biblio.middlebury.edu/record=b1644079~S2

Class 8: Territory & Jurisdiction: Physical and Legal limits to Authority (Thurs 5 Mar)

  • Epps, Ch II: “Title to Territory.” (25 pp)
  • Epps, Ch IV: “Jurisdiction,” pp 97-114, 119-129, 139-151, 158-161. (42 pp)

Topic 4: International Legal Institutions

Class 9: The United Nations and the International Court of Justice (Tues 10 Mar)

—5:30 PM, Wednesday, 11 March: Essay 1 Due—

Class 10: International Criminal Courts (Thurs 12 Mar)

Class 11: Legal Mechanisms in the GATT/WTO (Tues 17 Mar)

Class 12: The European Union (Thurs 19 Mar)

  • Reid, TR. The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy. New York: Penguin, 2004. pp 230-238.
  • Hartley, Trevor C. European Union Law in a Global Context: Text, Cases, and Materials. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. (On ICJ/Nicaragua) pp 92-98.
  • Burley [Slaughter], Anne-Marie. “Europe before the Court: A Political Theory of Legal Integration.” International Organization 47 (1993): 41-76.

—24-26 March: Spring Break—

Unit 3: Areas of International Law

Topic 5: Positive Agreements

Class 13: Treaties (Tues 31 Mar)

  • Epps, Ch III: “The Law of Treaties.” (46 pp)
  • The United Nations. Vienna Convention on Treaties. 1155 U.N.T.S. 331. Drafted 23 May 1969. Skim. (30 pp) Available via: http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf
  • Simmons, Beth A., and Daniel Hopkins. “The Constraining Power of International Treaties.” American Political Science Review 99, no. 4 (2005): 623-31. (8 pp)

Topic 6: Governing the Global Commons

Class 14: The Archetypical Commons: The Sea (Thurs 2 Apr)

Class 15: Protecting the Commons: The Environment (Tues 7 Apr)

—5:30 PM, Wednesday, 8 April: Essay 2 Due—

Topic 7: Jus Cogens: Inviolable Rights

Class 16: Declaring Rights (Thurs 9 Apr)

  • Rakove, Jack N. Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford Books, 1998. Chs 2, 12. (35 pp)
  • National Assembly of France. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Approved August 26, 1789. (3 pp) Available via: http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
  • The United Nations. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December 10, 1948. (10 pp) Available via: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

Class 17: Human Rights in International Law Today (Tues 14 Apr)

  • Epps, Ch VIII: “Human Rights,” pp 279-292, 296-312, 317-319, 326-334. (Focus in particular on the Soering Case and Kadic v. Karadzic. Also look to the discussion questions to guide you.)
  • Pease, Kelly Kate, and David P. Forsythe. “Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and World Politics.” Human Rights Quarterly 15, no. 2 (1993): 290-314. (Just be sure to get the main thesis.) (24 pp)
  • Moravcsik, Andrew. “The Paradox of US Human Rights Policy,” in Michael Ignatieff, ed. American Exceptionalism and Human Rights (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005). (Just read Abstract & Introduction) Available via: http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/publications.html

Unit 4: The Use of Force

Topic 8: The Use of Force in International Disputes

Class 18: The Rules governing Interstate Conflict (Thurs 16 Apr)

  • Epps, Ch X: “The Use of Force Including War,” pp 361-381, 396-423. (47 pp)

Class 19: Intervention (Tues 21 Apr) – Discussion to include Professors Amy Yuen & Sarah Stroup

  • Epps, Ch X: “The Use of Force Including War.” pp 382-396 (14 pp)
  • Rogers, APV. “Humanitarian Intervention and International Law.” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 27 (2004): 725-36. (11 pp)
  • Evans, Gareth, and Mohamed Sahnoun. “The Responsibility to Protect.” Foreign Affairs 81 (2002): 99-110. (11 pp)

Class 20: The Use of Force after September 11th (Thurs 23 Apr)

Unit 5: International Law and the Second World War

Topic 9: Background

Class 21: The Nuremberg Trial (Tues 28 Apr)

Topic 10: Nuremberg Simulation

Class 22: Prosecution: Presentation of Charges and Briefs (Thurs 30 Apr)

  • Written briefs due (via email) by 8:00 PM, Wednesday, 29 April. I will circulate these to the class immediately.
  • Each of the four prosecutorial teams will make a fifteen-minute presentation.

Class 23: Defense: Response Briefs (Tues 5 May)

  • Written briefs due (via email) by 8:00 PM, Monday, 5 May. I will circulate these to the class immediately.
  • Each of the four defense teams will make a fifteen-minute presentation.

Class 24: Judgment: Decisions and Opinions (Thurs 7 May)

  • Written decisions due (via email) by 8:00 PM, Wednesday, 6 May. I will circulate these to the class after the decisions have been rendered.
  • Each of the four judges will present their decisions and opinions.