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International Environmental Law

LAW 544

A survey of international environmental principles and problems, treaties and conventions. Topics to be covered include biodiversity, global climate change, hazardous substances, vesse-lbased pollution, marine conservation, transboundary air and water pollution (emphasizing Mexico-U.S. issues), and nuclear damage.

International Intellectual Property

LAW 379

International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the global system regulating intellectual property rights. The authors use meticulously selected case decisions from different national, regional, and multilateral courts and dispute settlement bodies to illustrate not only the application of legal principles, but the impact the treatment of intellectual property rights has on a broad range of social and political interests. The outstanding text recognizes that students today need to understand intellectual property concepts in the context of a global economy.

International Law

LAW 530

An examination of statutory and judicial law as it applies to abused, neglected, and delinquent children, juvenile abortion rights special laws regulating sexual behavior, and juvenile rights in school.

International Property Law

LAW 397

This international and comparative course introduces students to Real Property Law principles globally. Coverage comprises analysis of fundamental precepts as well as emerging issues of Real Property Law in the international legal domain. The course explores comparative practice and policy. Case and codified law, agreements, procedures and perspectives are examined, pertaining to the acquisition, transfer, potential usage and use regulation of Real Property internationally. Topics considered include the following: Property Rights & Obligations, Landlord-Tenant Relations, Takings, Land Sale Transactions, Commercial Sales, Human Rights & Property, Property & the Environment and Property, Race & Gender.

International Sports Law

LAW 961

This course will introduce students to the developing field of International Sports Law and the practical application and impact of such laws. The course examines the legal and international dimensions of the modern sports industry. It will also cover the historical development of amateur and professional sports, the structure of sporting organizations, and the international governance of sport. The impacts of law, economics, science, ethics, and politics on international sports will be explored through specific topics such as the impact of intellectual property on sponsorship and promotion of sporting events, the special problems associated with doping in sports, international sports as a basis for advancing social and political agendas, and the increasing commercialization and globalization of sport.

International White Collar Crime

LAW 728

Topics covered in this course may include an overview of substantive crimes, such as international tax, money laundering, transnational organized crime, transnational corruption, and counter-terrorism financial enforcement; relevant procedural doctrines, such as extraterritorial jurisdiction and extradition; and the role of international organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank and INTERPOL, in enforcing the law.

Internet Law

LAW 590

Internet activity is now engaged in by hundreds of millions of individuals and businesses of all sizes requiring 21st century lawyers to have an understanding of the legal issues in the cyber domain. This course will explore a range of legal issues in cyber domain, including cyber security, privacy, network ownership and access, private versus public regulation of cyberspace, speech in cyberspace, content as property and intellectual property in cyberspace, jurisdiction over cyberspace activities, liability of intermediaries, state and local regulation of cyberspace, and the interrelationship between technology and law as mechanisms of regulation. In so doing, the course will be applying numerous rules and doctrines that many law students have already covered (or will soon cover) in their required courses during the first year of law school, such as torts (e.g. trespass to chattels), property (e.g. Takings Clause), constitutional law (e.g. dormant Commerce Clause), and civil procedure (e.g. personal jurisdiction), to name a few. However, students will see that the cyber context often challenges the premises behind the existing rules and doctrines, or at a minimum provide a challenging environment in which to apply those rules and doctrines. At the same time, students will learn some of the highly specialized rules created by statute governing cyber activities.

Int’l Mig. Refugee Law

LAW 944

This course introduces students to the International Migration and Refugee Law Seminar. Topics covered include the definition of refugee status, the 1951 Geneva Convention, the asylum/refugee distinction, the use of statistical analysis, and concepts incorporated into national immigration law. Interviews with actual refugees and role-playing will be used to enhance students' experience.

Introduction to French Law

LAW 923

This introductory course will examine the organization of the French legal system (with some comparison with the English and U.S common law systems). There will be some discussion of the sources and nature of the French civil law system and the structure of the French judicial system and how it differs from the English common law system. This course is open to all students and required for those students who were accepted to do the externship in London.