Steinberg
This seminar will consider: (I) Introductory Topics: public international law and its status in U.S. law; constitutional and statutory authorities of Congress and the President on national security matters; U.S. trade and economic measures relating to national security; intelligence gathering; public international law of self-defense, coercive diplomacy, and aggression; (II) Peacetime: military alliances in peacetime; arms control and disarmament; counterproliferation and cooperative threat reduction; dispute settlement; (III) War: laws of war and neutrality; U.N. Charter 1-- intervention against illegitimate states, by invitation, and unilateral humanitarian intervention; U.N. Charter 2-- intervention in internal conflicts; U.N. Charter 3-- collective use of force and peace-keeping; U.N. Charter 4-- response to terrorism; lawyering a military alliance in wartime; (IV) When the Dust Settles: surrender and occupation; military detention, tribunals, and enemy combatants; international criminal tribunals; and (V) Conclusion: theoretical approaches to national security law and world order. Course Requirements: Regular attendance and participation in seminar discussion; term research paper; no final examination. Because enrollment is limited to twelve students and demand to take this course is expected to be high, dropping this course after enrolling in it is prohibited.