Week I Introduction (Sept. 1, 3)
Glennon, Why the Security Council Failed
Koh, The Obama Administration and International Law
Weeks II - III Sources of IL: custom (Sept. 8, 10, 15, 17)
Shah, International Law, ch. 3, pp. 69-89
The Paquete Habana
In-class exercise #1 (Thursday, Sept 17): does international customary law prohibit the death penalty?
Week IV Sources of IL: Treaties and Jus Cogens (Sept. 22, 24, 25)
Shaw, International Law, ch. 3, pp. 93-98
Vienna Convention Reservations Handout
Human Rights Council, General Comment No 24
Week V International Legal Personality, Territory (Sept. 29, Oct. 1)
Aust, Handbook on International Law, pp. 15-41; Catalonia case
Week VI Midterm #1 review and exam (Thursday, October 8)
Weeks VII - VIII Jus ad bellum (13, 15, 20, 22)
Aust, Handbook on International Law, pp. 223-232
Iraq War, Bush Doctrine: Robertson, pp. 728-748
Humanitarian Intervention: Robertson, pp. 781-836
Self-Defense (terrorism): Robertson, pp. 670-679
In-class exercise #2 (Thursday, October 22)
Weeks VIII - IX Jus in bello (Oct. 22, 27, 29)
Geneva Conventions
General: Robertson, pp. 292-312; Kennedy, Lawfare and Warfare;
McMahan, Rethinking the Just War
US Occupation of Iraq: Robertson, pp. 756-771
Guantanamo: Robertson, pp. 679-690
Targeting killings: Robertson, pp. 691-707;
Heymann and Blum, ch. 4;
Department of Justice White Paper
Weapons: Robertson, pp. 313-332
Taxi to the Dark Side (film)
Week X Midterm #2 review and exam (Thursday, November 5)
Weeks XI-XII International Criminal Law; jurisdiction and immunity (Nov. 10, 12, 17)
Robertson, chs. 6 – 11
Italian Constitutional Court, Germany v. Italy
Weeks XII- XIII International Law in National Courts (Nov. 19, 24)
de Burca, International Law before the Courts
Week XIV Final Review (Dec. 1, 3)