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3.00 Credits
This course examines the leading theorists of the radical tradition in political thought and why they continue to exert such lasting influence on politics. It will examine the theoretical foundations of communism, socialism and anarchism through a detailed reading of original texts. Emphasis will be on the two major developments in contemporary political thought-Critical Theory and Postmodernism, with a focus on two major thinkers in each of these schools of thought, Herbert Marcuse and Michael Foucault. The course will consider: the role of the family in political socialization, political psychology, alienation and the political order, the roots of political violence and the "postmodern debate" in political theory. Effort will be made todevelop the skills involved in the study of political theory - critical thinking and political analysis.
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3.00 Credits
In our times wars are fought to an inconclusive end; consequently they tend to go on and on. What are the problems? Should they be allowed to go on without ending in peace? What can be done to bring about peace in a war-torn country? These are some of the questions this seminar will address. Starting with an examination of how a war did come to an end (World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War) the inquiry will take students through various theoretical perspectives (Realist, Liberal and Socialist) on war and peace and apply the insights gained from the study to the current problem areas: Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Korea. ( Spring '08'10)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar looks at the role of law in great literature of the past. Readings will be drawn from novels, poems, essays, and plays from different eras and countries, including some classical literature of the ancient world, British literature including Shakespeare, American literature, classic detective fiction such as Sherlock Holmes, and the literature of other nations. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law. Formerly offered as IDS 3207.
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3.00 Credits
How have past wars changed law and government? After looking at the Presidency and the Constitution today in the war on terror, this seminar turns to antiquity, considering the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the battles of Alexander the Great, Rome's Punic Wars with Carthage, and Rome's wars ofworld conquest. It considers the art of war in the writings of Machiavelli and the theme of war and princely prerogative in Shakespeare. It examines the early modern and modern eras in western Europe and America, including England's Civil War, the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleon, the American Revolution and Civil War, and the world wars and nuclear age. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law concentrators and minors. ( Fall'08) (Spring '09)
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3.00 Credits
This course looks at three great capital cities in history - ancient Athens, ancient Rome, and London - and examines the interplay between law, politics, and culture in those cities at different times in the past. Readings in the history of law, politics, art and architecture, literature, philosophy, and music. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law. (Fall 2007)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar addresses relevant topics in law and business. Issues covered will include such topics as the role of law in creation and financing of corporations and the legal and policy consequences of the U.S. tax code. Satisfies private law requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law. ( Not offered in 2007-08)
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine recent developments in feminist political thought through an analysis of both primary and secondary sources in the feminist theory tradition. Issues to be covered are: the state of the category “woman,” the socialconstruction of gender, the politics of the body and gender, essentialism, identity politics, movement activity, the intersection of race, class and gender, theories of the “self”,nature and the environment.
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3.00 Credits
Modern wars tend to produce catastrophic consequences in terms of the loss of human lives on a massive scale. This underscores the need to regulate the conduct of war through International Humanitarian Law to protect individuals and their basic human rights. This seminar is devoted to a study of IHL, in particular, the Geneva Conventions: its evolution, implementation and enforcement through national legislations and judicial proceedings at the national and international level. We will revisit some of the notorious cases involving war crimes committed during the Vietnam War, the Balkan Wars, the Rwanda massacre and the current "War on Terror," and reviewthe achievements of the International Criminal Courts. ( Fall '07,'09)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar takes an historical look at the American Presidency in relation to the American Constitution and the American system of law. After an introduction on the perils and challenges of the Presidency today, it looks back at the sources of the framers' ideas of executive power - in the writings ofstatecrafters and philosophers like Machiavelli and Locke, and in the experiences the framers had of prerogative power in England and the colonies. It then focuses on the creation of the Presidency in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and moves on to consider the contributions of several of our Presidents - Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, TR, Wilson, FDR Truman, Nixon, and Reagan. Emphasis on presidential personality, war powers, presidential elections. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law concentrators and minors. ( Planned for spring 2008)
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3.00 Credits
(3 cr. divided in two semesters) Students sign up for this course during the fall semester and prepare for participation in the Harvard National Model UN that meets for three days in February of the following year. They will represent a country in various committees, for which they each write a set of two position papers, to be completed before the end of the Fall semester. Legal Studies, Criminal Law, and Political Thought
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