VI. READING ASSIGNMENTS International Law (Laws ) Fall 2008

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1 VI. READING ASSIGNMENTS International Law (Laws ) Fall 2008 Date Lecture Topic Reading Assignments 1. Tuesday, Aug. 26 Overview of Course and International Law: Historical evolution of International Law ( IL ); the evolving definition of IL 2. Thursday, Aug. 28 Subjects of IL I: States determination and recognition of States and governments; the law of State succession 3. Tuesday, Sep. 2 Subjects of IL II: International organizations the UN 4. Thursday, Sep. 4 Sources of International Law I: An introduction to sources of IL; treaties Casebook, pp Murphy, pp Case study: Darfur, Sudan, see TWEN website: Course Materials Casebook, pp (up to beginning of note); Case study: Kosovo and the former Yugoslavia, see TWEN website: Course Materials Murphy, pp UN Charter, Chaps. I-V; IX-X; XIV-XVI; see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 1 International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) Advisory Opinion on Reparations for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, 1949 I.C.J. 174 (Apr. 11), pp , see Casebook, pp (before point 6); 107 (beginning with point 4)- 112; Art. 38, Statute of the International Court of Justice, see Casebook Supplement, p. 36 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Arts. 1-33; 39-41, see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 2 1

2 5. Tuesday, Sep. 9 Sources of International Law II: Customary international law and jus cogens norms 6. Thursday, Sep. 11 International Law in Action: Sept. 11, Tuesday, Sep. 16 Sources of IL III: Other sources: general principles; subsidiary sources; law-making by organizations; and soft law Casebook, pp ; ICJ Judgment: Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicar. v. U.S.), 1986 I.C.J. 14 (June 27), paras ; , see Summary of 1986 ICJ Judgment Nicar. v. U.S., sections VII, VIII, (read this summary of the factual findings of the ICJ prior to reading paras of the judgment itself) see Casebook, pp Materials on Sept. 11, 2001, see Casebook Supplement, pp Casebook, pp Murphy, pp Thursday, Sep. 18 International Dispute Resolution I: Non-adjudicatory procedures: negotiation; mediation; conciliation; and international arbitration (intro.) 9. Tuesday, Sep. 23 International Dispute Resolution II: International arbitration (con.) Casebook, pp (before section B); Casebook, pp (up to end of point 6) N.Y. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards; see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 4 2

3 10. Thursday, Sep. 25 International Dispute Resolution III: International Court of Justice Casebook, pp Skim ICJ Statute, Arts. 1-38, see Casebook Supplement, Chap Tuesday, Sep. 30 International Law in the U.S. I: U.S. Const. Art. II treaties 12. Thursday, Oct. 2 International Law in the U.S. II: Art. II treaties (con.) Casebook, pp Casebook, pp Medellin v. Texas, 522 U.S. (2008) (Slip Opinion), read Majority Opinion at pp. 1-27, see Tuesday, Oct. 7 International Law in the U.S. III: Customary international law 14. Thursday, Oct. 9 International Law in the U.S. IV: Separation of powers and foreign affairs powers under the U.S. Constitution; executive agreements Casebook, pp Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act, see Casebook Supplement, pp Casebook, pp Tuesday, Oct. 14 International Law in the U.S. V: Presidential powers, detention of enemy combatants and the Global War on Terror Casebook, pp Boumediene et al. v. Bush et al., Nos & , 553 U.S., 2008 WL (June 12, 2008), read Syllabus, see Kent, Andrew, Supreme Court Holds that Noncitizens Detained at Guantanamo Have a Constitutional Right to Habeas Corpus Review by Federal Civilian Courts, ASIL Insight, June 20, 2008, Vol. 12, 3

4 Issue 13,see Thursday, Oct. 16 International Law in the U.S. VI: Bases for assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction 17. Tuesday, Oct. 21 International Law in the U.S. VII: Bases for assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction Casebook, pp (first three lines) Casebook, pp Thursday, Oct. 23 International Law in the U.S. VIII: Foreign Sovereign Immunity Casebook, pp , Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 1330, , see Casebook Supplement, Chap Tuesday, Oct. 28 International Law in the U.S. IX: Foreign Sovereign Immunity Casebook, pp (up to point 9); 603 (starting with point 11) Thursday, Oct. 30 International Law in the U.S. X: Views of the 08 Presidential candidates 21. Tuesday, Nov. 4 International Law in the U.S. XI: Act of State Doctrine International Law 2008, American Society of International Law ( ASIL ), read Collection of Candidates Policy Statements and Speeches and response to ASIL survey, see Casebook, pp Thursday, Nov. 6 The Law of State Responsibility Casebook, pp (Notes 1-5) (read after reading Murphy and ILC Draft Articles) Murphy, pp

5 ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility, see Casebook Supplement, pp ICJ Judgment: Case Concerning The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), Feb. 26, 2007, paras , see Tuesday, Nov. 11 International Human Rights Law I Casebook, pp Universal Declaration of Human Rights, see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 8 Skim International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) and First Option Protocol to the ICCPR, see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 8 Skim International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, see Casebook Supplement, Chap Thursday, Nov. 13 International Human Rights Law II: The U.S. and IHRL Casebook, pp Tuesday, Nov. 18 Use of Force I: Jus Ad Bellum Casebook, pp ; 989 (beginning with Notes)-1015 (before section d.) U.N. Definition of Aggression Resolution, see Casebook Supplement, Chap Thursday, Nov. 20 Use of Force II: Jus Ad Bellum Casebook, pp (beginning with point e. )-1032; ; U.N. Charter, Chaps. VI-VIII, XVII; see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 1 U.N. Uniting for Peace Resolution, see Casebook Supplement, Chap U.N. Participation Act, see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 11 5

6 27. Nov. 25, 27 NO CLASS Fall Break & Thanksgiving holiday 28. Tuesday, Dec. 2 Use of Force III: Jus Ad Bellum (con.) and Jus In Bello (international humanitarian law) Casebook, pp (starting with section E)-1104 U.S. War Powers Resolution, see Casebook Supplement, Chap. 11 Case Study: Iraq and the Second Gulf War, see Casebook, pp Casebook, pp Thursday, Dec. 4 Conclusion: International Law Compliance and Enforcement--is International Law Really Law? Casebook, pp (end before notes); 35 (starting with the Lotus decision)-44 (before Koh article) Case Study: Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, see Murphy, pp (end before nuclear weapons ); Casebook, pp