NARRATIVE COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will be co-taught by a KSU faculty member and a Visiting P rofessor from the USA. Students from various nations in Southern Europe will enjoy this unique opportunity to interact with their professors--and one another. There will be inclass debates of significant legal problems and cases of contemporary concern to the community of nations. Rather than merely lecture, the professors will work with the students in ways which will enhance their ability to participate in modern legal working environments. The professors will also incorporate the Internet to introduce the students to its rich vein of legal resources.
TOPICS: Unit One: What is International Law? Unit Two: International Legal Personality--States, Organizations, Individuals/Corporations Unit Three: International Relations--Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Range of Sovereignty, ....................Diplomatic Relations, Treaty System, Arbitration and Adjudication, Use of Force Unit Four: Human Rights, Environment, Economic Relations
PURPOSE: Students who are accepted to participate in this course will learn the basics of Public International Law. They will also enjoy the opportunity to work directly one another, and with their professors, in a common venture which will expose them to new teaching methods by experienced legal professionals. Much of the course will focus on contemporary problems involving student debate of assigned problems, which are designed to help them apply the course materials in a new and interesting academic environment. For further details, see (1) the general course description on the professors' web page at: <http://home.att.net/~slomansonb/kosovo.html>; and (2) the professors' Course Web Page at: <http://home.att.net/~slomansonb/txtcsesite.html>.
MOTIVATION: The professors have set up courses for foreign students--for whom English is their second language-- in several locations including Mexico, Kosovo, and the United States. They are dedicated to co-teaching this experimental class with their students, in a way which will provide students with a succinct presentation of the highlights of International Law, based on contemporary problems facing the community of nations. Graduates of this class will also receive a sound introduction to the vast resources of the Internet and how to extract them. This will be a rich academic setting dedicated to students learning by doing, rather than being "lectured to." Students will engage in lively debates which are designed to apply the assigned reading, in a collaborative learning environment.
Anyone considering a career in diplomacy (states or international organizations), the judicial or legislative branches of government, military service, international transactions, journalism, or teaching should take the basic course in Public International Law.
Course Web Page (for textbook): click here .Prof. Slomanson's Home Page: click here .Last rev: 06/08/06