Barbara Welling Hall
Associate Professor of Politics
Drawer E-63 Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
E-mail: wellingh@earlham.edu

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENTS OF THIS CLASS,

Prompted by the desire to better understand the role of international law in establishing norms and rules for international behavior and evolving world order,

Noting that the parameters of political behavior in international affairs are defined by the scope and boundaries of law,

Conscious that the primary concerns of world order today include (but are not limited to) social justice and ecological balance as well as the limitation of violence,

Recognizing that "international law and world order" is an immense topic and in a fifteen-week semester some issues will be given short shrift,

Bearing in mind that these problems are best understood by students of junior or senior standing with prior background in the study of politics,

Desiring by this Syllabus to develop goals, objectives, and procedures that will guide the Class in its exploration of various issues involving international organizations and international law,

Affirming that matters not regulated by this Syllabus continue to be governed by the rules and principles of "meeting for learning",

Have agreed as follows:

1) Burns Weston, Richard Falk, and Anthony D'Amato. 1990. International Law and World Order. 2d Edition. West Publishing Co.

2) Weston, Falk, and D'Amato. 1990. Basic Documents in International Law and World Order. 2d Edition. West Publishing Co.

Final grades for this 4-credit course will be based on a "midterm" and final, an oral presentation, and three separate writing assignments that will add up to about 15 pages total. Specifically, these are an hour test on Part I of the Coursebook, two 4-6 page legal briefs, a group oral presentation, a 5-page current events paper, a final exam, and class participation. These assignments are distributed fairly evenly throughout the semester.

The HOUR TEST on Part I of the Coursebook will cover terms and concepts on course handouts as well as special issues reviewed in class.

For the legal briefs, each student will pick TWO of the following SIX writing options. You may write on only one option within a given section. If you have a counterproposal for a writing option that you believe would embrace the spirit of the assignment, feel free to discuss it with me.

Socio-political Section:

1. From the perspective of Petrino's Minister of Justice explain why you will or will not extradite Maria Garibaldi. 4-6 pages.

2. From the perspective of the European Commission of Human Rights, explain why Maria Garibaldi's human rights have or have not been violated by Lutheria. 4-6 pages.

3. From the perspective of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, explain why Lutherian minority rights have or have not been violated. 4-6 pages.

War Section:

1. From the perspective of an independent legal expert advising the UN Security Council, determine whether US intervention in Kilimanjaro was lawful or unlawful. 4-6 pages.

2. From the perspective of an independent legal expert advising the UN Security Council, determine whether UN intervention in Kilimanjaro would be lawful or unlawful. 4-6 pages.

Economic Section:

1. As a member of the international commission of investigation and conciliation, explain what additional or alternative legal norms, procedures, and/or institutions are needed to address and/or solve the dispute between Hindustan and Zuiderex and Zuiderland. 4-6 pages.

CURRENT EVENTS ASSIGNMENT:

At the end of the semester each student will participate in a group presentation that relates a current problem in international law to our class reading and discussion. Your team will select an event or problem or mutual interest. It will have an entire class period in which to make its presentation. Your goal is to detail how the legal issues we have been discussing apply to the current event your team selects. Your team will prepare handouts for the class that make this relationship as vital and as intriguing as possible. In addition to the group oral presentation, each student will prepare an individual 5 page term paper on some aspect of this problem. Students will receive an individual grade for the paper and a team grade for the oral presentation.

PARTICIPATION GRADES will be based on these criteria:

A. Familiarity with the text assignment(s) for the day.

B. The ability to hear and understand what others say.

C. The ability to express oneself clearly in spoken English.

D. The ability to remember what has already been said.

E. The ability to synthesize the thoughts of one or more people by bringing together what has been said to form a new insight, conclusion, or question.

F. The ability to disagree constructively.

G. Regularity of attendance.

H. Sharing of materials (library materials, newspaper and journal articles, current events, etc.) relevant to this seminar.

The FINAL EXAM will be based on lectures and readings with questions drawn directly from handouts distributed during the course of the term.