Syllabus Spring 2010

Class One:  Opening Statement (no reading)

Class Two:

Overview of International Law  By pdf

Treaties in Force

Class Three

Sources of International Law - Article 38 of the ICJ

Class Four - CISG overview

CISG - Overview by Web     By pdf

CISG -SA Overview by Web    By pdf

Class Five - CISG

Catapillar v. Usinor - CISG Overview and Application

Class Six - CISG

MCC Marble v. Ceramica Parol Evidence & CISG

What not to ask in Court

Class Seven - CISG

Chicago Prime Packers - CISG/UCC & Warranty

Class Eight - CISG

Delchi Carrier Case:  CISG Breach and Remedy

Class Nine -  CISG

Berry Case:  Exclusionary Clause and Enforceability

Class Ten - UN Overview

Article as to UN

Nafta Myths Page One:  Page Two

Class Eleven

WTO Overview    WTO-1  ...  WTO-2  ...  WTO-3 ... WTO-4

WTO website:   http://www.wto.org/

Class Twelve

Trade and the Environment

For General Topics and Case studies, see http://www.american.edu/TED/class/all.htm

Antarctica Tourism: http://www.american.edu/TED/artarct.htm

                    Davis in Antarctica   Pic with Penguins

Elephant Ivory Trade

                    Elephant Davis

Shark Killing

The Last Great Land Grab

Class Thirteen

The Banana War

Banana's Unsavory Past:  Page One:  Page Two

February 24, 2009:  Pick up Take Home Exam !!!!!!!

Class Fourteen

Work on Exam

Class Fifteen

March 4: Turn in take home exam and enjoy Spring Break

March 9 Spring Break!!

March 7 Spring Break!!

Class Sixteen

Welcome back:   Review of Exam and Discussion
(no reading assignment)

Class Seventeen

Human Rights

Origins of Human Rights:   http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126065/hrhistory.html

Magna Carta:    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/mcarta.html

History of Human Rights Up to WW2    http://www.universalrights.net/main/histof.htm

Last 50 years of Human Rights:   http://www.universalrights.net/main/creation.htm

Class Eighteen

Nuremberg WWII War Crimes

Nuremberg Trials Chronology

Nuremberg legal principles

International Criminal Tribunal For the former Yugoslavia

http://www.un.org/icty/

Milosevic Transfer to International Criminal Tribunal

Milosevic Indictment
Summary or Full Text

Milosevic Death

Class Nineteen

Nuremberg to Guantanamo

Guantanamo Bay           

Hamadan v Rumsfeld

Human Rights & Liability to Business:  Unocal Case:
Article1 & Article 2

Class Twenty 

Letters of Credit Types

Sample Letter of Credit

Case Study for Letter of Credit (read pages 1, 7-8)

Letter of Credit Litigation

China:  Letter of Credit Disputes

Class Twenty One

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Unco Terms 2000 Summary

Class Twenty Two  

Letter of Credit Case

Bill of Lading Case

Class Twenty Three: 

NO Class 4-6-09

Class Twenty Four

        Money and Banking

Legal Aspects of Monetary Sovereignty

Inflation Explained

Hedging Explained

Maintenance of Value Clause

Islamic Accounting and Monetary Differences

Class Twenty Five  -  April 15, 2009

Intellectual Property & International Law  Read:  Article (pdf) or html =  http://www.llrx.com/features/iplaw.htm

Protecting Against Piracy

TRIPS

Anti-Trips Article

Class Twenty Six  -  April 20, 2009

Whether "Might is Right" In International Law

Class Twenty Seven - April 22, 2009

Closing Arguments (combined class):   Lessons on Life and Brick Breaking

Class Twenty Eight - April 27, 2009

Exam Review

Class Twenty Nine - April 29, 2009

Exam