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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will examine contemporary challenges faced by racial groups and indigenous peoples in the United States and internationally. It will begin by exploring the socio-political meaning of race and factors which influence group formation and group identity. It will also focus on indigenous peoples rights in the United Nations system and the regional human rights systems in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Instructor: Jones
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
As governments, international institutions, and the financial industry react to the calamity of the Global Financial Crisis, a new regime of global bank regulation is beginning to emerge. It is recognized by many that international and domestic systems need the protection of more effective and coordinated international efforts to preserve the safety and stability of the globalized world of banking and int'l finance. The course will review the characteristics of the international financial system & the causes of the GFC. The reconfiguration of the traditional international regulatory mechanisms will be examined with particular focus on the important new roles of the G-20, Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee, and the way in which these institutions interact with domestic regulators in leading countries. The course will examine some of the high profile bank failures in the United States and Europe and look at the challenges faced in the United States, Europe and Asia. Department consent is required. Instructor: Baxter
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will explore the problem of global climate change and potential legal responses. The course will also analyze, among other topics, the science and impacts of climate change (including expected impacts and potential catastrophic risks); policy response options; engaging major emerging powers such as China; sectoral approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation; advanced energy technologies; carbon capture and storage; forestry and reducing emissions from deforestation; and human rights law. The goal of the course is to give law students a comprehensive understanding of the legal mechanisms that may be used to tackle climate change at diverse scales including international, regional, national and sub-national legal orders. Department consent required. Instructor: Wiener
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2.00 Credits
This course provides a general understanding of the fundamental issues of international maritime law and other legal issues pertinent to maritime global commerce. It will also focus on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the busiest and most important sea lane in the world. Instructors: Beckman and Pejovic
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on how to establish and enforce the rule of law to enable capital markets to operate effectively and how legal and regulatory requirements may interact with non-legal norms and standards of best practices. The course will examine the organization and governance of mutual funds. It will also focus on policy issues surrounding the development of market mechanisms in Korea in comparison to other Asian countries. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will focus on media law, regulation, and policy in Asia with emphasis on the impact of International media operating in the region. Students will spend time studying theater, montion pictures, television, the record industry, music publishing, and digital distribution. Instructor: Staff
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3.00 Credits
A study of legal and policy issues relating to the family, including marriage and divorce. Topics include requirements to marriage, unmarried cohabitation, divorce, spousal support, child custody and support. Instructor: K. Bradley
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will examine why a problem that begain in a specific asset class could have had such a profound global impact. It will provide an intro to the law relating to banking and will consider the policy issues raised by the global financial crisis. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
The first term of this course will examine the international legal regime applicable to international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Topics will include the basic private international law mechanisms which enable NGOs to act outside of their jurisdiction or origin, the consultative status they enjoy with the UN and other international organizations, and their standing with international courts and tribunals (or lack thereof). In the second term of the course, the regulatory apparatus applying to NGOs- both purely domestic and international- in the United States will be examined. Included will be discussions of the process of achieving recognition of tax exempt status, and establishing eligibility to special tax benefits such as deductible charitable contributions, local property tax exemptions, and the like. Department consent is required. Instructor: Schmalbeck
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course examines the legal and institutional frameworks created to address the most challenging environmental issues we and our children will face in the years ahead. The course will begin with the examination of the drivers of international environmental harts, them move to an introduction to international law and institutes. The course will examine how societies have responded to specific regional and global-scale environmental challenges, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, ozone depletion, and the loss of living marine resources. The course will examine how the law has developed over the last three decades, and its current status, and how it must evolve to be effective. Instructor: Staff
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