International Criminal Law
| LAW 385-01 | International Criminal Law | 3 credits |
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| This course examines the emergence of international criminal law during the last century and assesses the desirability and efficacy of international criminal prosecutions as a response to large-scale violence. The course traces the development of international criminal law, focusing primary attention on events taking place since the Nuremburg and Tokyo Tribunals, and concentrating in particular on the work of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and East Timor, as well as the International Criminal Court. The course traces the substantive development of international criminal law through an examination of the core international crimes over which these bodies have jurisdiction: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression. The course will likewise trace the development of international criminal procedure, a unique body of law that blends features of adversarial and non-adversarial criminal justice systems in an effort to meet the challenges of prosecuting large-scale crimes that can span many years, many miles, and feature many thousands of victims. Finally, the course will examine the political context in which the prosecution of international crimes takes place. It will consider the effect of such prosecutions on peace negotiations and the desirability of international prosecutions in comparison with other responses to mass atrocities, including domestic and transnational criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, lustration efforts, and reparations schemes. Completion of Public International Law is desirable though not compulsory. | ||
Foundational:
International Business Transactions
Public International Law
Supporting:
Admiralty
Comparative Constitutional Systems*
Comparative Law*
Cultural Property Law
European Union Law
Human Rights
Immigration Law
International Criminal Law
International Bioethics and Health Care*
International Organizations
International Practice Clinic: Iraqi Tribunal*
International Trade
Islamic Law
Law & Development
Litigation in Civil Law Systems*
Military Law*
National Security Law*
Post-Conflict Justice and the Rule of Law
Selected Problems in International Trade & Economics*
Terrorism*
Transitional Justice*
Transnational Litigation*
*courses not offered every year