PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Professor David D. Caron
Course 261, Spring 2006
Monday & Wednesday, 11:15 to 12:30, Room 115
Materials:
The book for the course is Carter, Trimble and Bradley, International Law (4 th Ed. 2003) along with the documentary supplement. An accessible, yet sophisticated, introduction to the subject is Peter Malanczuk’s revised seventh edition of Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law. A copy will be on reserve in the Library.
Office Hours:
Office hours are by appointment on Wednesday afternoons roughly 1:30 until 4:30. My office is Room 445 (North Addition). Appointments may be made by signing up on a form posted outside my door or with my secretary, Daphne Trowbridge Williams, in Room 428 at extension 642-2029.
Schedule of Classes as of January 8, 2006:
January
9th Introduction to Course, “What is International Law”Please read Text book: pp. 1 to 7. We will discuss in class a handout regarding The Lotus case and the nature of international law
11th “What is International Law” Please read Text book: pp. 7 to 38.
16th Holiday – No Class
18th “States and Other Major International Entities: What is a State?” Please read (1) Text book: pp 431 to 462 and (2) handout of judgment in New York Chinese TV Programs, INC. v. U.E. Enterprises, INC., 954 F.2d 847 (2 nd Cir. 1992 ) . This session of the class will include Professor Kuei-Jung Ni, a graduate of this School and Associate Professor of Law, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
23rd States and Other Major International Entities: The United Nations” Please read (1) Text book: pp 466 to 483 and (2) 2005 UN World Summit Fact Sheet. This session of the class will involve presentations by Professor Yehuda Blum of Hebrew University and the former Ambassador of Israel to the UN on reform of the Security Council and Robert C. O’Brien, a graduate of this School and currently Public Delegate of the United States to the United Nations. Lunch will be provided by the American Constitution Society.
25thStates and Other Major International Entities: The United Nations” --Continued To be assigned
30th “What is International Law – Theory and Methodology” Please read Text book: pp. 38 to 62.
February
1st Class Cancelled
6th “International Law in Action: The U.S. and International Response to the Attacks of September 11, 2001” Please read Text book: pp. 62 to 92.
8th “The Creation of International Norms – Treaties” Please read Text book: pp 93 to 120