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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
A critical appraisal of various theories of law: the theory of natural law, legal positivism, legal realism, and the recent critical legal studies movement. An investigation of the limits of the authority of society over the individual, including the issues of paternalism and privacy. A study of different theories of punishment and the scope of responsibility for criminal behavior. Offered in alternate years. Same as: PHIL 130.
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4.00 Credits
A study of topics in political theory, varying from semester to semester as the department may direct. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined.
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4.00 Credits
A comparative study of the political process in East Asia, exploring the political foundations of the contemporary Chinese, Japanese, and North and South Korean systems, the social dynamics of change in those countries, and the relationship between the state and the private sector in East Asia. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of current relations between the United States and Latin American states, as well as the history, doctrines, institutions, objectives, and interests that shape these relations. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the relationship between international politics and international economics with emphasis on the impact of market phenomena on the politics of an increasingly complex and interdependent state system. An examination of the ways that states use economic means to achieve international political ends. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
A semester-long simulation of the United States National Security Council. Real security problems facing the United States are addressed in real time with students assuming actual positions on the NSC. By invitation only. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the problems of the contemporary European region. Areas of study include security, economics, and foreign policy as well as the institutions, such as EU and NATO, that manage these areas. Focuses on problems within the region as well as relations with the rest of the world. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of international techniques for the mitigation of interstate and intrastate conflict. A research seminar that analyzes and evaluates contemporary cases of peacekeeping; military, economic, and/or diplomatic sanctions; humanitarian intervention; etc. Prerequisite: PSCI 4 or equivalent; junior or senior standing. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of international human rights norms in national and international contexts. Topics are selected from the following list: universalism and cultural relativism, the correlation of rights and duties, civil and political rights, economic and social rights, intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions, universal and regional regimes, human rights and foreign policy, democratization, women's rights, individual criminal responsibility, development, and the transformed conceptions of statehood and sovereignty. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An in-depth study of one or several of these problems in the philosophy of human rights: human rights and rationality, human rights and religion(s), human rights and the problem of implementation, social and economic human rights, human rights and education, human rights and moral development, human rights and the rights of peoples, human rights and cultural relativism. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered annually.
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