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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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