International Law Contemporary Developments
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I. What is International Law?

A. The Definition of “International Law”

Restatement Section 101

Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article

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Restatement Section 102

Notes and Questions

B. History of Public International Law and Alternative Perspectives

1. Introduction

I.A. Shearer, Starke's International Law

Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law

John H. Barton & Barry E. Carter, International Law and Institutions for a New Age

2. Developing Countries’ Perspective

Malcolm N. Shaw, International Law

Ram Prakash Anand, International Law and the Developing Countries

C. Is International Law Really Law?

Louis Henkin, How Nations Behave

Questions

J.L. Brierly, The Law of Nations

United States v. La Jeune Eugenie

The Antelope

Notes and Questions

Thomas M. Franck, Legitimacy in the International System

Harold Hongju Koh, Why Do Nations Obey International Law?

Questions

D. International Law Theory and Methodology

1. Overview

Steven R. Ratner & Anne-Marie Slaughter, Appraising the Methods of International Law: A Prospectus for Readers

2. International Relations Theory

Kenneth W. Abbott, International Relations Theory, International Law, and the Regime Governing Atrocities in Internal Conflict

3. Economic Analysis of International Law

Jeffery Dunoff & Joel P. Trachtman, Economic Analysis of International Law

4. Critical Legal Studies

David Kennedy, A New Stream of International Law Scholarship

5. Feminist Jurisprudence

Hilary Charlesworth, Christine Chinkin & Shelley Wright, Feminist Approaches to International Law

Bibliography

E. International Law in Action: The U.S. and International Response

    to the Attacks of September 11, 2001

1. Introduction

2. Historical Background

Bin Laden and Al Qaeda

Peter L. Bergen, Jr., Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden

Bin Laden's Beliefs

Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God

The Taliban

3. Initial Reactions to the September 11 Attacks

United States

President Bush, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions, with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism

NATO

The United Nations

The United Nations: Before September 11

The United Nations: After September 11

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1368

U.N. Security COuncil Resolution 1373

Notes and Questions

4. Building a Coalition

5. The Military Campaign

Notes and Questions

6. Nation Building

The Bonn Compromise

United Nations Peacekeeping

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1386

Transitional Government

Notes and Questions

7. Rights of Detainees

Notes and Questions

8. The Widening War

Bibliography

 

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