McCracken_International

~CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW

September-October 2008

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sept. 22 1. "Once upon a time..." Stories of international law through out history; 2. Read and Analyze the Charter of the UN for principles of international law. 3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Read the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties as it applies to formulating international law. 4. Hard vs Soft Treaties:	23 1. Hard vs Soft Treaties 2. Powerpoint: International Courts TAKE NOTES! International Court of Justice aka the World Court European Court of Justice National Court systems Nuremberg Trials and Legacy Tokyo Trials ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals Int' Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Int' Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Special Court for Sierra Leone International Criminal Court	24 QUIZ - Sources of International Law ~ ~ ~ Powerpoint: International Courts continued! International Court of Justice aka the World Court European Court of Justice National Court systems Nuremberg Trials and Legacy Tokyo Trials ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals Int' Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Int' Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Special Court for Sierra Leone International Criminal Court 3. International Humanitarian Law vs Human Rights Law (packet)	25 1. COLLECT HOMEWORK ON President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade Discuss policy choices. 1. International Humanitarian Law vs Human Rights Law (packet) continued; 2. Research project on Int'l Law Click link: DIRECTIONS HERE	26 The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
HOMEWORK: Read pages 263- 266 on the sources of international law..	HOMEWORK: Review pages 266-271 on the enforcement of international law and diplomacy.	HOMEWORK: Read page 267. Consider the "Policy Perspectives - President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade". Complete Choose your policy. This will be collected tomorrow!!!	HOMEWORK: Read pages 271-277 on war crimes, just war doctrine, and human rights to prepare for class tomorrow. Start your assigned activity using the following: DIRECTIONS HERE a. Jurist: Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) b. Jurist: China and Human Rights c. Jurist: Abu Gharib d. Jurist: Myamar Monk protest	HOMEWORK: Complete your portion of assigned activity using the following: DIRECTIONS HERE a. Jurist: Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) b. Jurist: China and Human Rights c. Jurist: Abu Gharib d. Jurist: Myamar Monk protest
29 International Humanitarian Law vs Human Rights Law (packet) continued; 30 minutes to work with partners on reports A-D- DIRECTIONS HERE a. Jurist: Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) b. Jurist: China and Human Rights c. Jurist: Abu Gharib d. Jurist: Myamar Monk protest	30 No School! Review for TEST!	Oct 1 Report Presentations from A-D ( 5-6 minute max.) A. GITMO B. Tiamenamin Square massacre C. Abu Gharib D) 2007 Burma's crackdown on monks TAKE NOTES ON ALL THESE ISSUES!!!!	2 Report Presentations from A-D ( 5-6 minute max.) A. GITMO B. Tiamenamin Square massacre C. Abu Gharib D. 2007 Burma's crackdown on monks TAKE NOTES ON ALL THESE ISSUES!!!!	3 Quiz on Human Rights Law vs Humanitarina Law Case Study: Pinochet of Chile
HOMEWORK: None! Prep and do as you wish! Take practice tests online! Carve your own pumpkin!	HOMEWORK: Prep as you need.	HOMEWORK: Read pages 277-283. Take practice tests online!	HOMEWORK: Review!!!	HOMEWORK: Test Wednesday, October 15th.

Yale Law School's Avalon Project - International Law
Search Engine - Economic and Legal Treaties
Yale Law School's Avalon Project- International Law: Authority & Sanctions
Professor Eric Brahm - "International Law"
Customary International and Humanitarian Law
The Geneva Conventions
The Antarctic Treaty
Nuremberg Trials
Charter of the United Nations
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
The Pinochet Precedent by Human Rights Watch
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Jurist: Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)
Jurist: Tiananmen Square
Jurist: Abu Gharib
HBO: Ghosts of Abu Gharib

Case Study II: US vs. Iran(see video on the beginning of the crisis)
Video Link: End of the Iranian Hostage Crisis
Begin reading on Democratization and Ukraine
OSCE-DIHR Election Observers' Handbook - pages 11-22

Unit 1 Test Intro: September 19, 2008
Unit 2 Test Internat'l Law: October 15 2008
Unit 3 Test Economics : October 30, 2008
Unit 4 Test Conflict Avoidance: November 14, 2008
Unit 5: Test Military Intervention: December 8, 2008
Unit 6 Test Conflict Resolution: January 7, 2009
Unit 7 Test Terrorism: January 16, 2009
Final Examination CIR: TBA

Study Guide Downloads

Unit 2 Study Guide (Int'l Law)