COURSES

Spring 2012: Advanced International Law (LAW-LW.11860.001)

Course Description

This is a general course on international law which includes more advanced discussions of theory and doctrine. It is designed for two groups. One is students who have already taken an introductory international law course at NYU (such as the JD course for 1Ls) or elsewhere. The other is students seriously interested in international and global issues who have done other substantial academic work e.g. in human rights or international economic law but have not taken international law already - basics of international law will be covered, but this will be more challenging than a survey course. This course is not suitable for those seeking merely a first acquaintance with the area. It develops imaginative conceptual and practical analysis of aspects of the substance and dynamics of international law and global governance, with considerable attention to international and national institutions, treaties, responsibility, remedies, jurisdiction, immunities, and the tensions between traditional international law and contemporary governance.

Meeting Time and Place

The class meets on the Tuesday and Wednesday on a slightly irregular schedule : on Jan 24-25; Jan 31-Feb 1; Feb 7-8; Feb 28-29; Mar 20-21; Apr 3-4; Apr 17-18 (April 24-25 may be used as reserve dates, or for review sessions).

On these dates, meeting times and places are:

Tues 12-1.50pm, Furman Hall 216
Weds 9-10.50am, Pollack Colloquium Room (Furman Hall, 9th floor)

Professor Kingsbury's Office Hours

To be announced.

TA's Office Hours

Megan Donaldson (megan.donaldson@nyu.edu)
Thurs 10-11am (starting 2 February), other times by appointment.
Wilf Hall, Room 310

Exam

The assessment for this course will be a 4 hour in-class exam, held Tues May 8, 2012.

Past Exams

Sample exam
Fall 2002 exam
Fall 2003 exam
Spring 2006 exam
Fall 2006 exam

(Note that the format of exams in this subject in the past may differ from the 4 hour in-class format used in 2012.)