1 IICL Syllabus-Fall 2016 1 IICL Syllabus-Fall 2016
Introduction to International & Comparative Law
28 Sessions (14 weeks)
Syllabus
- Making sense of International Law (8/16)
- Discussion about current events dealing with international law
- States as the main pillars of international law (8/18)
- Montevideo Convention
- International norms on the responsibility of state organs
- State recognition: Importance and effects in international law (8/23)
- Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, International Court of Justice, 22 July 2010
- Special assignment: Micronations (8/25)
- http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/03/news/how-to-run-a-micronation/
- Non-state actors: Responsibility for violation of international law (8/30)
- Kiobel et al v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. et al 133 S.Ct. 1659 (2013)
- International organizations: Responsibility and legal personality of the United Nations (9/1)
- Reparation of Injuries Suffered in Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, 1949 International Court of Justice 174 (Apr. 11)
- Treaties I: Negotiation, and conclusion under United States law (9/6)
- Statute of Rome
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- Clinton's signature of Statute of Rome
- Bolton's withdrawal of signature of Treaty of Rome
- Treaties II: International judicial enforcement (9/8)
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Excerpt)
- Mexico v. United States (Avena, and 51 other Mexican nationals) Request for the indication of provisional measures (summary of the order)
- Mexico v. United States (Avena, and 51 other Mexican nationals) Summary of the judgment of 31 March 2004
- Treaties III: Judicial enforcement in the United States (9/13)
- Letter of U.S. Secretary of State to U.N. Secretary General of March 7, 2005
- Memorandum for the Attorney General
- Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491(2008)
- Treaties IV: Termination (9/15)
- Treaty of Lisbon, article 50
- U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 2
- Kucinich v. Bush
- International courts I: the International Court of Justice (9/20)
- Costa Rica v. Nicaragua
- International courts I: the International Court of Justice-cont'd (9/23)
- International courts II: the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (9/27)
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- Dusko Tadic case
- International courts III: the Permanent Court of Arbitration (9/29)
- Philippines v. China
- International courts IV: Investor-State Arbitration (10/4)
- Chevron Corp. and Texaco Petroleum Co. v. the Republic of Ecuador, In the matter of an arbitration under the rules of the UNCITRAL
- Class cancelled-Hurricane Matthew (10/6)
- Hurdles faced by international law in United States courts I: Foreign Sovereign Immunity (10/11)
- Republic of Austria v. Maria V. Altmann
- Special assignment: Hurdles faced by international law in United States courts II: Act of State Doctrine (10/13)
- Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
- Hurdles faced by international law in United States courts II: Act of State Doctrine (10/13) cont'd.
- Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
- Partial review for exam
- International perspectives on gun control (10/20)
- Jonathan Masters, Gun Control Around the World: A Primer, January 12, 2016, The Atlantic.
- Make up class: Hurdles faced by international law in United States courts III: Fraud, money laundering, and the extraterritorial application of United States law (10/21)
- RJR Nabisco v. European Community, 579 US_____(2016)
- The war on terror, Congress and the President
- S.2040 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
- Klinghoffer v. Achille Lauro Lines et al, 937 F.2d 44
- 22 USC Section 5021
- Modern warfare (10/27)
- Israel targeted killings
- Human rights in the Americas (11/1)
- López Mendoza v. Venezuela
- Human rights in Europe (11/3)
- Soering v. United Kingdom
- Enemy combatants and prisoners of war (11/8)
- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
- Special assignment: Piracy (11/10)
- United States of America v. Dire et al 680 F.3d 446 (May 23, 2012)
- Wrap up discussion (11/15)
- Final review (11/17)