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LAW 481 International Law[1]
Syllabus – Spring Semester AY 04-05
Texts: International
Law, 2d Ed., by Valerie Epps & America and The World: Debating the Shape of International Politics
Supplement: Documentary
Supplement to International Law, 2d Ed.
Course Web Site: http://www.dean.usma.edu/law/lw481.htm
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Lesson & Dates |
Subject |
Reading Assignment |
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I. INTRODUCTION |
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Lesson 1 Dean’s Hour on 11 Jan – Room TH 342 |
Introduction to International Law |
Robert Kagan, Power and Weakness, Foreign Affairs volume pp. 211-244, also online at http://www.policyreview.org/JUN02/kagan.html |
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Lesson 2 Dean’s Hour on 13 Jan – Room TH 342 |
The Foreign Affairs Power: Presidential and Congressional Authority |
Read United States Constitution, Arts I-III, highlight each reference to an aspect of the federal power related to the conduct of international relations Skim Articles of Confederation, Read Article 6 |
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II. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW OF THE UNITED STATES |
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Lesson 3 Dean’s Hour on 18 Jan – Room TH 342 |
Development and
Overview of International Law |
Anthony D’Amato, Is International Law Really Law ? 2 short Federalist Society Debate Papers |
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Lesson 4 19 & 20 Jan |
The Foreign Affairs Process: Case Study of the ABM Treaty |
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (Supp. Pg. 564); Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Opinion |
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III. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW |
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Sources of
International Law |
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Lesson 5 21 & 24 Jan |
Treaties and International Agreements: Formation and General Principles |
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Supp. Pg. 115) Epps, pp. 53-63 Print and Read Glossary of Treaty Terminology, App 6 of Senate Print 106-71 (beginning on page 411) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_senate_print&docid=f:66922.pdf (posted in Blackboard) |
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Lesson 6 25 & 26 Jan |
Treaties and International Agreements: Formation and General Principles Cont’d |
Reread Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Supp. Pg. 115) ASIL Insight, May 1997, International Agreements and U.S. Law |
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Lesson 7 27 & 28
Jan |
Quiz # 1 č Treaties and International Agreements: Reservations and Termination |
White House Letter of Transmittal of the Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties to the U.S. Senate |
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Lesson 8 31 Jan & 1 Feb |
Case Study: Status
of Forces Agreements |
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (Supp. Pg. 139) Skim American Servicemember’s Protection Act Skim U.N. Convention on Privileges and Immunities – READ Article VI |
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Lesson 9 2 & 3 Feb |
Where Does International Law Come From ? |
Epps, pp. 5-23 Skim S.S. Lotus Opinion, found at http://worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/cases/lotuslaw.htm (explained at Epps page 125-6)
Contrast the Lotus Decision with Art. 97 Law of the Sea Treaty, Supp. page 185 |
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Lesson 10 4 & 7 Feb |
Case Study on Treaty Interpretation: Refugees and Asylum |
Refugee Convention (Supp. Pg. 343); Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (Supp. Pg. 357); Supreme Court Opinion in Sale v Haitian Centers Council, Inc., et. al.; Human Rights Watch Report on the Refugee Convention; short comment on terrorism and the Refugee Convention |
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Traditional Subjects of International Law |
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Lesson 11 8 & 9 Feb |
Aspects of Statehood |
Epps, pp. 103-108 & 257-279 |
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Lesson 12 10 & 11 Feb |
Quiz #2 -- Practical Exercise: The Meaning of Statehood |
USEUCOM Memorandum, SUBJECT: The EU and U.S. Sovereign Rights under the NATO SOFA |
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Lesson 13 14 & 15 Feb |
The United Nations System |
United Nations Charter (Supp. Pg. 1) Focus on understanding Articles 1, 2, 7, 9, 10,11, 12, 17, 18, 23 thru 51, 55, 92, 100, 1-2-105 skim the I.C.J. statute found at the end of the Charter, but focus on art 34 Skim Epps, pp. 279-292 |
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Lesson 14 16 & 17 Feb |
Case Study: The Bosnia Conflict |
General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Skim the document but Read the GFAP itself and Annex 1A and its appendices carefully) http://www.nato.int/sfor/basic/gfap.htm |
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Jurisdiction, Immunity, and State Responsibility |
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Lesson 15 22 & 23 Feb |
Principles of International Jurisdiction |
Epps, pp. 113-131 Skim Leila Sadat, Redefining Universal Jurisdiction, Volume 35
New England Law Review |
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Lesson 16 24 & 25 Feb |
Principles of International Jurisdiction (Cont’d) |
Torture Convention, Arts. 1-10 (Supp. page 361, Fourth Geneva Convention, Arts 146 and 147 (Supp. page 507), Genocide Convention, Art 6 (page 295), Rome Statute, Arts 12 & 13 (pages 48-49). Read the blurb on the
following website: http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/jurisdiction-universal.html |
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Lesson 17 28 Feb & 1 Mar |
PE
on Modern Jurisdictional Principles
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Review Class Handout from Lesson # 7 & READ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, arts, 12, 13, 17, & 18 |
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Lesson 18 2 & 3 Mar |
Immunities from Domestic Jurisdiction: Sovereign Immunity and Diplomatic Immunity |
CASE CONCERNING THE ARREST WARRANT OF 11 APRIL 2000 (DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO v. BELGIUM) (known as the Yerodia case (on CD)) (read the case and skim Judge Higgins’ separate opinion found at http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/iCOBE/iCOBEframe.htm ) |
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Lesson 19 4 & 7 Mar |
Treaty Negotiation
Practical Exercise: Article 98 agreements in U.S. Foreign Policy |
Joint Legal Opinion on Bilateral Article 98 Agreements (at http://www.lchr.org/international_justice/Art98_061403.pdf ) Skim "The E. U. Guiding Principles concerning Arrangements between a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the United States Regarding the Conditions to Surrender of Persons to the Court", adopted by the Council of the European Union on September 30, 2002, (Page 9 of the EU conclusions at http://www.asil.org/ilib/ilib0516.htm#l1 |
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Lesson 20 8 & 9 Mar |
WPR |
During Regularly Scheduled Class Time |
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IV. THE INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW |
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The Law of
Human Rights |
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Lesson 21 10 & 21 Mar |
Introduction to Human Rights Law: Principles and Key Documents |
Epps, pp. 295-313. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Supp. page 266); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Supp. page 287); |
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Lesson 22 22 & 23 Mar |
Human Rights: Regional Commissions and the Law of Armed Conflict |
ECHR Bankovic v Belgium and Others Jurisdictional Decision (found at http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/Hudoc2doc2/HEMAY/200112/52207_die.doc (and on CD) Skim Epps, pp. 313-338 |
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Lesson 23 24 & 25 Mar |
Enforcement of
Human Rights Norms |
Kadic v. Karadzic, 2nd Circuit opinion and denial of rehearing http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/2nd/case/949035&exact=1 (case reprinted in Epps, pp. 347-355) http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/2nd/case/949035v2&exact=1 (denial of rehearing case) |
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Lesson 24 28 & 29 Mar |
The Human Rights Dimension of Military Operations |
Journal of Military Ethics Article On Captain Lawrence Rockwood U.S. v. Rockwood, 52 M.J. 98 (1999) |
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Lesson 25 30 & 31 Mar |
Graded Homework # 3 Due -- Substantive Interface Between Human Rights Norms and the Law of Armed Conflict |
Read Class Handouts |
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Lesson 26 1 & 4 April |
DROP |
No Reading Assignment (duh) |
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Lesson 27 Dean’s Hour on 6 Apr – Room TH 342 |
Case Study: U.S. Special Forces at Sheberghan Prison |
Read Class Handouts |
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Lesson 28 7 & 8 April |
Current Issues: Human Rights in Iraq |
No Reading Assignment – Video in Class |
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Peaceful
Settlement of International Disputes |
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Lesson 29 11& 12 April |
The Law of Conflict Management |
Epps, pp. 383 – 416 Joint Resolution 114 (Iraq) Read Class Handouts |
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Lesson 30 13 & 14 April |
The Use of Force in the War on Terror |
Jack Beard, America’s New War on Terror: The Case for Self-Defense Under International Law |
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Lesson 31 15 & 18 Apr |
Case Studies: International Crimes or International Order ? |
Read ICJ Conclusions from the Advisory Opinion on the Israeli West Bank Barrier (http://stopthewall.org/internationallaw/639.shtml) Robert Turner Essay: The War on Terrorism and the Modern Relevance of the Congressional Power to "Declare War" |
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Lesson 32 19 & 20 Apr |
The Crime of Aggression |
Historical Review of Developments Relating to Aggression, UN Doc. PCNICC/2002/WGCA/L.1 (skim the document, Read ¶¶ 54-62 and 166-195 with special attention to 405-450 |
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Lesson 33 21 & 22 Apr |
Debate over the law of Humanitarian Intervention |
Research Materials on Blackboard and on reserve room of USMA library. |
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The Law of
the Sea |
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Lesson 34 25 & 26 Apr |
Sources of Current Oceans Law |
Epps 177-198 |
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Lesson 35 27 & 28 Apr |
Graded Homework # 4 Due -- Navigation
and the High Seas Regime
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Epps 199-220 |
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V. TRENDS IN MODERN INTERNATIONAL LAW |
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International
Criminal Justice |
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Lesson 36 29 Apr & 2 May |
International Tribunals – Theory and Practice |
Op-Ed; David Rivkin and Lee Casey, Crimes Outside the World's
Jurisdiction, New York
Times, July 22, 2003 Skim Princeton
Principles on Universal Jurisdiction (on Blackboard) Read Class Handouts |
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Lesson 37 3 & 4 May |
Debate: The International Criminal Court |
Read Class Handouts |
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Emerging Issues in International Law |
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Lesson 38 5 & 6 May |
Case Study: The European Union |
John Tagliabue, European Union Can’t Reach Deal on Constitution, New York Times, 14 Dec. 03 Anonymous Opinion Paper in Support of the Draft Constitution |
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Lesson 39 9 & 10 May |
The Law of International Terrorism |
Troll around the UN Security Council Counterterrorism Committee Web site at http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1373/ Read Security Council Resolution 1373 Read Class Handouts available at http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1373/ |
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Lesson 40 12 & 13 May |
State Responsibility and International Claims |
ASIL Insight on LaGrand Case Am. J. Int’l Law Agora: Breard Excerpts of ICJ Torres Case in class handouts Skim Epps, pp. 64-80 |
[1] This syllabus is subject to change during the term and some reading content & assignments WILL change..