Course Syllabi and Information
2nd-3rd Year/Constitutional Law/540-3
A study of the United States Constitution including judicial review,
national power, state power, executive and congressional relations,
substantive due process, procedural due process and equal
protection.
Syllabus for Constitutional Law, Section 3
Electives/International Law/760
This course is designed to acquaint students with the
nature and sources of international law; methods of and problems
connected with incorporation of international law into domestic law;
certain United Nations structures; basic principles of jurisdiction
when suits are against a foreign government, instrumentality or
agent (e.g. sovereign immunity and the act of state doctrine);
certain jurisdictional conflicts and approaches to solution; and
international agreements. During the course, current topics problems
are also presented concerning the use of force, the treatment of
aliens, and/or the protection of nationals. Also, the focus on
jurisdiction includes inquiry into the jurisdiction with respect to
land, foreign activities, the high seas and other water areas, the
Antarctic and outer space. Materials include relevant treatises,
other international documents, international and regional cases, and
United States cases and statutes.
Syllabus for International Law
