International Law (deLisle)
Faculty
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| Jacques deLisle Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for East Asian Studies jdelisle@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
15% Participation,
85% Exam
Exam
Essay,
Take Home,
Open-Book
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TR 3:00PM - 4:20PM
Silverman Hall 240A
Category
First-Year
Credits
3.0
This course provides an overview of the principal doctrines, institutions, and practices of international law. It begins with a brief survey of some of the broad questions that frame the field of international law and its relationships to international politics (which are examined partly from perspectives drawn from international relations theory). We will examine how international law is created, how it operates, and what effects it has on wide-ranging and contentious issues in the world today. The course begins with an introduction to the nature and structure of the international legal system. Topics in the first part of the course include fundamental, structural and procedural issues such as: sources of international law, the roles of states and other actors in the international legal system, the international legal accountability of states and non-state actors, the authority of states to make and enforce law beyond their borders and against non-citizens, and the interactions between domestic and international law. The second part of the course turns to substantive legal issues. Topics include most or all of the following: the use of force and intervention, protection of human rights, law of the sea, territorial disputes and their resolution, international economic relations, and environmental protection. This is a 1L elective course but is also open to 2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs and cross-registrants (space permitting).
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
International Corporate and Trade Law
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Environmental Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of environmental law; Perform legal analysis in the context of environmental law; Communicate effectively on topics related to environmental law; Demonstrate an understanding of how environmental law affects other areas of law.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Textbooks
"International Law" by Damrosch and Murphy |