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Jul 20, 2025
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2011-2012 School of Law Bulletin [Archived Catalog]
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LAWS 817 - International Criminal LawCredits: 3
This course focuses on individual criminal responsibility for aggression (crimes against peace), offenses against the law of war (humanitarian law), and grave human rights abuses (genocide and crimes against humanity) in the modern era. The course explores the development of extra-territorial and international jurisdiction over criminal suspects of non-consenting states in the post World War II era. We will examine the work of the Nuremburg Tribunal and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, ad hoc United Nations tribunals including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, and prosecutions in the national systems of various states including the U.S. We will pay close attention to enforcement of the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions. The course will also explore cutting edge contemporary issues such as resistance to I.C.C. authority, the legality of forceful humanitarian intervention absent Security Council authorization, detention and interrogation of combatants, and (time permitting) problems associated with new methods of warfare, including the use of unmanned drones and suicide bombers. The course is designed to help students develop a sophisticated appreciation of criminal theory and the structure of criminal law.
Prerequisites:
Criminal Law. (Transnational Law is helpful, but is not required, and students without a prior background in international law have frequently earned top grades in this course).
Note: This course satisfies the perspective course requirement.
Basis of Grade: Examination
Form of Grade: Letter
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