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JURI 5200:
International Law Seminar:
Terrorism and International Law
 Professor Bodansky, Spring 2006
University of Georgia School of Law

Instructor: Daniel Bodansky
Office Hours: TBA
Office Location: Rusk Hall 209
 Email: bodansky@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-7052
Fax: (706) 542-7404

Assistant: Shawn Lanphere
Office Location: Rusk Hall 313
Assistant's Email: shawlan@uga.edu
Assistant's Phone: (706) 542-9357

Class Times & Location:
Tuesday, 12:30-2:20 AM
Sanders Boardroom

Class Listserv:
JURI5200@listserv.uga.edu




Overview

9/11 has led some to question whether existing international law is adequate to address the threat of terrorism. For example, do the traditional rules on the law of war apply to the new war on terrorism? To what extent is the use of force justified in responding to terrorism? Do existing human rights norms make sufficient allowance for the need to gather information from suspected terrorists?

This seminar will examine the role of international law in addressing terrorism, and the extent to which the threat of terrorism requires us to fundamentalliy rethink the categories and doctrines of international law. Topics will include:

Reading Materials

The basic textbook, which is available from Amazon, will be: The Duffy textbook will be supplemented by periodic handouts, containing recent articles and documentary materials.

We will also be reading extensive parts of the following two books, which are available from the campus bookstore:

Course Policies and Grading

Prerequisite

Students must have taken JURI 4640, International Law I.

Class Attendance

Students are expected to attend class on a regular basis. If you unable to attend class on a particular day, please let me know in advance.

Paper

Each student will be required to write a research paper of approximately 20-25 pages. The schedule for the papers will be as follows:

Grading

The final grades will be based on the research paper. Class participation can raise or lower your grade by 1 increment (B+ to A-, A- to A, etc.).

Provisional Class Schedule

January 10: The Problem of Terrorism

  • Handout

    • January 17: What Is Terrorism?

  • Duffy ch. 2

    • January 24: Competing Paradigms: Law Enforcement vs. Armed Conflict

  • Readings TBA.

    • January 31: Traditional International Law Approaches

  • Sands (selected chapters)

    • February 7: Skeptical Appraoches

  • Goldsmith and Posner (selected chapters)

    • February 14: Law Enforcement Paradigm I

  • Duffy Ch. 4

    • February 21: Law Enforcement Paradigm II

    February 28: Armed Conflict Paradigm I

  • Duffy Ch. 5

    • March 7: Armed Conflict Paradigm II

    March 21: Rights of suspected terrorists: International Humanitarian Law

  • Duffy Ch. 6

    • March 28: Rights of suspected terrorists: Human Rights Law

  • Duffy Ch. 7

    • April 4: Rights of suspected terrorists: The Problem of Torture

  • Handout

    • April 11, 18: Paper presentations

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