Each spring, the Metro Growth Center sponsors a comparative law course in which distinguished scholars from around the world lead small, focused seminars about land use planning and environmental law in their countries. Typically, the course is taught by three visiting professors.
Students should register for the course called International Perspectives on Urban Law and Policy (LAW 7397). It is offered as a two or three credit hour course. Students seeking to earn 2 credit hours will take an exam after each visiting professor’s seminar, for a total of three exams. Students seeking to earn 3 credit hours will write a short paper in addition to taking the three exams.
This course is not restricted to law students. Students from other graduate departments at Georgia State University and Georgia Tech's School of City and Regional Planning typically participate in the course. There are no pre-requisites.
The next foreign enrichment course will be offered in Spring 2014.
In a comparative law course, students will study the laws and legal systems in foreign countries and compare them to the laws in the United States. Students will deepen their understanding of the world, and the policies and values outside of the United States. Comparative law has become increasingly important in today's global economy.
