Fall 2012
5370 International Law - PAUST- 12574

Professor(s): Jordan Paust (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: International Law 

Time: 1:00p-2:30p  MWLocation: 3  BLB

Course Outline: The course will address the nature, sources and evidences of international law; incorporation of international law into U.S. legal processes (including direct and indirect incorporation and incorporation by reference for civil and criminal sanctions; limitations on and enhancement of congressional and executive power; international agreements and customary law in U.S. legal processes; litigation of human rights; conflicts with federal statutes; and supremacy); jurisdiction under international law (both prescriptive and enforcement); foreign sovereign immunity, the act of state doctrine, and nonimmunity; and current events implicating international law.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus (pdf)

Course Notes:   

Prerequisites: No  

First Day Assignments:

Final Exam Schedule: 12/14 1-4pm  111 TU2    

This course will have:
Exam: Yes
Paper: No

Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No

Book Requirements:

• (4/9/2012 11:56:01 AM ) Title: Paust, Van Dyke and Malone's International Law and Litigation in the United States, 3d
  Author: Jordan Paust, Jon M. Van Dyke, Linda A. Malone
  Edition: 3rd Year: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-31419-984-3 Publisher: Thomson West
   Hardbound.
• (4/9/2012 11:58:09 AM ) Title: 2008 Documents Supplement to International Law and Litigation in the U.S.
  Author: Jordan Paust, Jon M. Van Dyke, Linda A. Malone
  Edition: 2008 Year: 2008 ISBN: 978-0-31419-890-7 Publisher: Thomson West