International and Comparative Law

Work alongside start-up business entrepreneurs located in the United States and England as they introduce an environmentally-friendly “eco-stove” that is great for camping and has sparked interest as an exciting tool to revolutionize development in third world countries. Advise the entrepreneurs on business, legal, and cross-cultural issues as they launch their business and explore global opportunities to supply the eco-stove in diverse regions of the world. In this simulation course, you will counsel, problem solve and negotiate on behalf of the start-up business entrepreneurs and address key issues including: Analyzing global business strategies Comparing opportunities and risks presented by the legal systems of the US and England Structuring business transactions Negotiating hot button provisions Drafting selected cross-border agreements Understanding cross-cultural elements of doing business deals Resolving legal, business and ethical issues

As a religiously, politically, and culturally diverse society, the people of Israel are searching for both traditional and new methods for resolving disputes that arise among individuals and communities. This course will explore traditional dispute resolution methods such as the Beth Din, Christian and Muslim courts, and Palestinian silha; the ways in which the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious traditions have shaped dispute resolution values; some of the major conflicts which face Israeli society today and the ways in which modern dispute resolution methods have been adapted to the cultures within Israel to resolve these conflicts.

Transitional justice – the emergence of a new justice-focused legal order following conflicts and massive underlying changes in political, social, and economic structures – could hardly be more timely or more important. Throughout the world, societies struggle to acknowledge historical truths, make just reparations and, through processes of reconciliation, find a way forward. This course will take our students into the heart of one such society, using Kosovo as a case study, and will examine and explore in depth the role of law in attempting to build a just society following the transition from Communism and the emergence of Kosovo as an independent republic following the Serbian-Kosovar wars of the previous decades. As a point of comparison, it will examine similar processes in the post-communist Czech Republic, post-apartheid South Africa and post-fascist Chile. It will also examine the same issues in post-Soviet Ukraine and discuss the prospects for the use of law as a means of reconciliation following the current war. We hope to use this course as a template for future courses focusing on transitional justice in other societies that have recently emerged from a conflict or period of repression of human rights. This course will have four main components: • The Theory of Transitional Justice • The Practice of Transitional Justice in Kosovo • Comparative Transitional Justice • The Prospects for Transitional Justice in Ukraine This is a HyFlex course that will meet at the listed times. We are planning for a portion of the students to participate in-person and a portion to participate remotely and synchronously.

Surveys the legal aspects of international business transactions, including international sales contracts, international letters of credit, arbitration, regulation of international trade, restrictions on foreign investment, U.S. laws relating to international business regulations, customs and import tax considerations, protection of foreign investments, and related matters. Note from instructor: This is an intensive simulation course in which students are immersed in a complex international business transaction as if they were a mid-level associate at a law firm. No prior knowledge of business or international law is required but students should expect to work collaboratively in teams to gain the substantive knowledge and skills they need to represent their clients.

An introduction to the basic elements of public international law, including the status of public international law as law, sources of international law, the law of treaties, customary international law, the role and status of international law in the United States, the roles of states, international organizations and non-governmental organizations, recognition of states and governments, state succession, and the use of armed force among states.