The basic course in International Law uses problem exercises
and simulations to demystify public international law. A companion course in
Foreign Relations Law of the U.S. treats the Constitutional dimensions of treaty
power, war power, and operation of international law as the law of the U.S.
International Legal Research responds to the increasingly wide array of research
opportunities in this area. Courses in International Environmental Law and National
Security Law, taken as advanced courses in international law or as a free-standing
treatment of these specialized subject matter areas, round out the basic public
international law curriculum.
Students may study private transnational business activity in the International
Business Transactions course. International Trade Law focuses on the public
international law of inter-state economic relations, emphasizing the role of
the World Trade Organization in shaping global policy. Specialized courses in
Globalization and International Aspects of U.S. Income Taxation are taught by
full-time faculty. BC Law also offers specialized courses on international transactions
taught by highly respected practitioners, many of whom are alumni. Recently
these areas have included International Arbitration, Transnational Mergers,
International Project Finance, and International Banking and Finance.
BC Law has focused particular efforts and resources in the area of human rights.
The Human Rights course explores various conceptions of the human rights ideal
and closely examines the institutions that monitor and enforce human rights
law, while offering students compelling opportunities to work on real cases.
Basic and advanced courses in U.S. Immigration Law and a year-long Immigration
and Asylum Clinic are vehicles for translating international principles of human
rights into domestic action. The course on the Law of War, War Crimes and Genocide,
taught by a former U.S. Department of Justice official, explores the model of
international criminal prosecution for war crimes against humanity.
Whether for business planning, law reform, or the international harmonization
of commercial law, the comparative approach to legal analysis has much to teach
U.S. lawyers as we interact with foreign law and policy in the globalized world.
The cornerstone of the field, the basic course in Comparative Law, introduces
students to the civil law system, its institutions and doctrines, and the unique
problems which arise from transplanting legal systems into developing countries.
Insights into both foreign law and our own legal system are provided by comparative
study of European Union law, a supranational organization that sometimes acts
like an international organization and at others like an emerging federal state.
The course in English Legal History draws on faculty interest and expertise
in this area. Courses in comparative Constitutional Law, African Law and Development,
and advanced topics in European Union Law round out the curriculum in this important
field.
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