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Course Details
Type |
LEC |
Credits Desc. |
3 cr. |
Credits Def. Value |
3 cr. |
Prerequisites |
(none listed) |
Senior Writing? |
(not listed) |
Student Year |
2L/3L |
When Offered |
(not listed) |
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Description:
The seminar will examine a wide range of issues that are dealt with by the international legal regime on the use of force (UOF), focusing on the jus ad bellum. Many of the broader issues will be taken up by using the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as focal points. Among the specific topics to be covered in the seminar are: How relevant and how effective are international legal norms in the context of use of force and what role can they and should they play; "Just War" theory, its history and its relevance in the modern world; Pre-Charter rules on the UOF; The general prohibition on the use of force under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and its scope; Use of force by the UN: collective security and law enforcement actions; individual and collective Self-defense; Humanitarian intervention; Nuclear weapons in international law.
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Sections
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