PCE 310 - Survey of International Laws (4 Cr.)

This course is a survey of the main branches of international law. These include public and private international law, human rights, criminal, economic, humanitarian, intellectual property, space, and sea laws. Through the study of legal scholarship, treaties and case law, students will examine questions of sovereignty, jurisdiction, enforcement, and power in the conduct of legal relations between states and between states and non-state actors. Particularly relevant is the work of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Hague Tribunal for Yugoslavia, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization of American States, the African Union, the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. Prerequisites: Junior Standing. Alternate years. Spring semester. Dawit.