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Public International Law


Law 7425 - Fall 2013

Professor: Natsu Taylor Saito Class Times: M, 6:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Syllabus: Syllabus (updated 10/04) login for access | Location: Room 330
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Note: Akilah Kinnison is co-teaching this class

Course Description

Public International Law. This course surveys the basic principles of law governing, primarily, the legal interrelationships of sovereign states within the context of the global legal order. Considered are the origins and sources of public international law; participation in the international legal order; the legal implications of the doctrine of sovereignty over land, sea, and air; jurisdictional aspects of international law; international obligations; the resolution of international disputes; and the law of international cooperation.

Textbooks

Title (ed.) Author / Publisher / ISBN Availability
International Law (4th) Epps / Carolina Academic Press / #9781594605512 GSU Bookstore
Law Library

Course materials

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First Assignment

Updated: August 12, 2013, 1:33 pm

Text:  Valerie Epps, International Law (4th ed., 2009)

Assignment for first class (8/19):

Epps, pp. 3-11, 20-30

and these cases, available on Lexis or Westlaw:

Abdullahi v. Pfizer, 562 F.3d 163 (2d Cir. 2009),cert. denied 130 S.Ct. 3541 (2010).

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 569 U.S. __, 133 S.Ct. 1659 (April 17, 2013) 

 


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