International Law

Course Calendar (PLS 537: International Law)

January 1 – January 31
International Law
2:30 – 3:20 MWF in Administration 337
Calendar last updated on April 24
January 2 (Wednesday)
* Nothing for today.
January 4 (Friday)
* Nothing for today.
January 7 (Monday)
* Note: No Classes Today
January 9 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: Introduction to the course
January 11 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Cases, Rules, and Analogies
* Read for today: Burton: Chapters 1 and 2
January 14 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: Analogies and Deductions
* Read for today: Burton: Chapters 3 and 4
January 16 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: Legal Reasons
* Read for today: Burton: Chapters 5 and 6
January 18 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Judging Cases
* Read for today: Burton: Chapters 7 and 8
January 21 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: Legitimacy
* Read for today: Burton: Chapter 10
* Read for today: Press Release (2005/4) of Certain Property, Liechtenstein v. Germany, International Court of Justice
* Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: Sources of International Law
* Discussion Topic: An Example of Reflective Equilibrium
* Major assignment due today:
First Case Brief due
January 25 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Domestic, International, and Intermestic Law
* Discussion Topic: What is International Law?
* Discussion Topic: Is International Law really law? If not, then what is it?
* Read for today: Slomanson: Chapter 1
* Major assignment due today:
Chapter 1 Assignment: Bambi and International Relations
January 28 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: What is the State, and what does it matter?
* Read for today: Slomanson: Chapter 2.1-2.2
January 30 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: Changes in the State and their effects
* Read for today: Slomanson: Chapter 2.3-2.5
* Major assignment due today:
Chapter 2 Assignment: The State of Your State