Military Law

LAW 503-01 Military Law Seminar 3 credits
A comprehensive study of military criminal law using as its initial focus an examination of the power of the armed forces to regulate military life through criminal and related sanctions. The seminar addresses application of the Bill of Rights to the armed forces, personnel policies, substantive and procedural criminal law, and the role of military lawyers and judges. A comparative law approach will be used where desirable. Satisfies the Writing Requirement. This seminar will meet in the evenings at total of 14 times over the course of both semesters. Credit will be applied to the Spring semester.

Satisfies the writing requirement.

 

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