Cross-Border and Intl Criminal Law (LAW-850-001)
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Meets: 01:30 PM - 03:20 PM (T) - Room 504
Enrolled: 12 / Limit: 14
Notices
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Description
Fueled by the globalization of criminal law enforcement and renaissance of international justice, cross-border and international criminal law are fast-growing fields at the confluence of criminal law, international law, the laws of war, national security law and international relations. The opening sessions of the course center on cross-border criminal law and procedure, addressing criminalization of extraterritorial conduct, such as bribe-giving or child sex tourism abroad; obtaining persons abroad through extradition, trickery and outright abductions; and "extraordinary renditions." The bulk of the course covers substantive international criminal law, including war crimes, terrorism, crimes against the peace, crimes against humanity, and genocide; modes of individual criminal responsibility; how the international community addresses collective criminality; and defenses. These dynamic domains raise questions about norm-pushing, the reach of national morality across borders, war and peace, healing after mass trauma, post-conflict transition, the politics of justice, the psychology of caring about numbingly large numbers of victims, and the aspiration of redressing and deterring atrocities.
Students may choose between an exam or paper option. The paper may be used to satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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Casebook:
• Beth Van Schaack & Ronald C. Slye, International Criminal Law & Its Enforcement (Foundation Press 2007)
Optional excellent concise guide:
• Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law (Oxford University Press 2008).
First Class Readings
A. Criminalizing Extraterritorial Conduct: Justice’s Long Arm or Morality-Pushing?
• Excerpts, part 1, Introduction, posted on Blackboard
• Casebook 82—96 (through Yunis ); 100—112 (through Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium )
• Excerpts, part 2, Sex and Bribes, posted on Blackboard