Course Offerings
REQUIRED COURSE
Course: The Law of Humanity and the Law of Nations (2 credits)
Professor: Mortimer Sellers, Regents Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
This course will consider the foundations of international law and of global justice, with special emphasis on the sources and evidence of law, and when and why international standards should limit or control the national law and policies of independent governments or states.
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Course: Comparative Refugee and Asylum Law (2 credits)
Professor: Lauris Wren, Clinical Professor of Law, Hofstra University
Throughout this century, millions of refugees have been forced to flee their homes to escape persecution, war, and other threats, and the world has been forced to respond to these crises. This course will look at the international development of modern refugee law. The primary text will be Refugee Law and Policy, A Comparative and International Approach, by Musalo, Moore, & Boswell (Carolina Academic Press). We will examine the treaties and instruments that have attempted to address the problems facing refugees and displaced people, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status, and the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. We will review how refugees have been defined and treated in the United States, and we will compare United States asylum law to the laws of various other countries. If time allows, we will discuss the treatment of specific types of asylum/refugee claims, including claims based on gender, sexual orientation, and religion.
Course: Introduction to the Economic Law of the European Union for non EU-lawyers (2 credits)
Professor: Dr. Flora Goudappel, Associate Professor of European Union Law, Erasmus School of Law
This course examines the most important aspects of European Union (EU) economic law which are relevant for non-EU lawyers, as well as for non-EU companies and nationals. After a general introduction to the institutional structure and legal principles governing the EU, details of the free movement of goods, persons, services, capital (together making up the so-called internal market of the EU) are discussed. Moreover, the EU's own legal regime on competition and state aid is highlighted, an area of EU law that is also highly relevant for US companies. Attention is also paid to the common commercial policy of the EU and in particular the role of the EU in setting international trade standards. Finally, the EU immigration rules are discussed which are relevant for any non-EU national who wants to move to the EU.