Faculty & Staff
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Paul
J. Magnarella Professor of Anthropology Affiliate Professor of Law Box 115560 / Gainesville, FL 32611-5560 e-mail: Magnarella@law.ufl.edu 352-392-4453, ex. 307 / Fax: 352.392.6929 |
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Courses
- LAW 6260 - International
Law (3 credits)
Introduction to international law as applied by and between the United States and other nations. Focuses on exploring current questions of international law, just what international law is, and whether it can be called law at all. Using current legal, social and political commentary, as well as case law, a number of areas will be explored including creation of norms through treaties and agreements, state and non-state actors in the international arena, foreign sovereign immunity and the act of state doctrine, allocation of legal authority among states, and state responsibility with respect to injury to aliens and international human rights.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6936 - Seminar:
Humanitarian Law (2 credits)
An introduction to the emerging set of universal values and rules dealing with the law of armed conflict and affecting the protection of people and the environment. The seminar involves discussions of humanitarian legal principles, the Nuremberg Charter, the Geneva Conventions, the Genocide Convention as well as the background, statutes, and cases of the UN Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia.
Prerequisites: A course in international law or human rights law.