Course Offerings by term

DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
15:20
18:15
G-009
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Thursday
16:55
18:15
G-L21

Is it unjust that there are huge economic inequalities between people of different countries? If so, who is responsible for rectifying these injustices? Should individuals enjoy the liberty to move freely across countries? How fair is free trade? The course explores these and other questions of global justice from philosophical and social-scientific perspectives.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
13:45
15:05
G-L21
Friday
13:45
15:05
G-L21
Will investigate the various ways in which gendered norms of identity are defined, constructed, enforced, managed and even adjudicated through the narratives that inform and produce our social and legal realties. Class readings will include works by Judith Butler, Wendy Brown, Drucilla Cornell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Nancy Fraser, Michel Foucault, Angela Harris, Nivedita Menon, and Denise da Silva, among others.
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
13:45
15:05
G-009
Friday
13:45
15:05
G-009

International human rights law established the norms, jurisprudence and legal infrastructure necessary to promote the implementation of international human rights standards. This course introduces key substantive and institutional issues and explores the establishment of standards, international human rights treaties, their implementation mechanisms and the expanding body of jurisprudence that make up this discipline at the crossroads of law and development.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
10:20
Q-A101
Thursday
09:00
10:20
Q-A101

Covers the formal structure of the international legal order; sources, uses and dynamics of law in international relations; use of force, war crimes; the status and functions of states, governments, international organizations, companies, and individuals; law of the sea, environment, jurisdiction, aliens, human rights, the diplomatic process and its protection, and treaties. Discusses theory and future directions of international law. This course is crosslisted with Politics.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
15:20
16:40
C-104
Friday
15:20
16:40
C-104

Briefly examines the great legal families in the world: Common Law, Civil Law, Socialist Law, and Islamic Law. Within the Civil Law family, emphasizes French Contract Law and then explores the law of the European Union. Studies the legal aspects of international business transactions and uses major international and European projects to examine the principles discussed.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
10:20
G-009
Thursday
09:00
10:20
G-009

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.


DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Wednesday
12:10
15:05
C-103