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Jan 15, 2025
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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POL 211 - International Law
If murder is illegal, how is it possible that the leaders of states can kill thousands of innocent people with impunity? Can and should torture and war be legally banned? If so, how? What happens to those who violate the rules? International law is a collection of rules that are designed to govern the behavior of states, and these are some of the questions it is designed to address. Despite the rapid expansion of international law during the past 75 years, the international system remains fundamentally different from national polities because there is no world government to make or enforce rules. The governance of states, for all of its development, remains partial and incomplete. In this course we focus on the role of power and politics in international law, the mechanics of how international law is made and enforced, and, finally, the rules of international law in specific issue areas, including rules governing the use of force, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international environmental law, and human rights law.
1 semester 3 credits.
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