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Specialized Legal Research in Foreign and Int’l Law Spring 2014 _______________________________________________ Course Contact: Ryan Harrington, Head of Reference; Specialist in Foreign and International Law 203-432-7371 [email protected] Texts: Selected readings will be posted on the course website and are listed below. Grading and Course Requirements: This course will be composed of lectures and in-class assignments; credit/no credit will be based on attendance and participation. Meetings Fridays, 12:10-2:00PM; RM 108 CLASS 1: January 24, 2014: Beginning your research in Foreign or International Law: Sources of International Law. I. Substantive introduction to course and introduction to International law and Article 38(1) Statute of the International Court of Justice II. Treaty making process III. Finding treaties and negotiating documents (travaux préparatoires) Read: Thomas Buergenthal, Sean D. Murphy, Public International Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed. (2007). Ch.1 & 2 Marci Hoffman, Robert Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell, 1st Ed., 2008. Ch.1: Introduction and Basic Concepts; Ch.2: Some Basics as You Begin; Chapter 4: Treaties and International Agreements Douglas M. Johnston, The Historical Foundations of World Order (2008). Ch.2 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969). GlobalLex Research Guides - À la Recherche des Travaux Préparatoires: http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Travaux_Preparatoires1.htm CLASS 2: January 31, 2014: International Organizations. I. Introduction to IGOs, especially the United Nations II. Finding UN documents 1 Read: Marci Hoffman and Robert Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell, 1st ed. 2008. Ch.8: United Nations CLASS 3: February 7, 2014: United Nations. Guest visitor from the United Nations CLASS 4: February 14, 2014: International Law and the United States. I. Treaties and U.S. Law (incorporation, implementing legislation, executive agreements, finding aids and official documents) II. Customary law research (records of diplomatic correspondence, digests and news) and general principles of law Read: Mark W. Janis, An Introduction to International Law, New York: Aspen Publishers, 2003. Chapter 3: Custom and Other Sources of International law Marci Hoffman and Robert Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell, 1st ed. 2008. Ch.5: Customary International Law and General Principles of Law Steps in Treaty Making from Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the United States Senate (A study prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress) 2001 http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b861790~S1a%22 (no need to review the entire document, just the flowchart uploaded to the course site) Medellin v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008) (discussion of self-executing and non-self-executing treaties). CLASS 5: February 21, 2014. International Judicial Decisions and “Teachings of the Most Highly Qualified Publicists” I. Finding case law from international judicial Bodies II. Secondary Sources Read: Yuval Shany, The Competing Jurisdictions of International Courts and Tribunals (2003). Introduction: International Law at a Time of Transformation: The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals. ebook: http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1034626~S1 The Project on International Courts and Tribunals: The International Judiciary in Context (August 2001): http://www.pict-pcti.org/publications/synoptic_chart/synoptic_chart2.pdf (the information is a bit outdated but still a nice overview of the international courts and tribunals) Marci Hoffman and Robert Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell, 1st ed. 2008. Ch.6: International Case Law 2 CLASS 6: February 28, 2014: Foreign & Comparative Law. Instructor: Evelyn Ma I. Conducting Foreign Law Research – primary and secondary sources a. Using examples from various countries b. Integrating comparative legal research Read: Marci Hoffman and Robert Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell, 1st ed. 2008. Ch.3: Foreign and Comparative Law James P. Apple & Robert P. Deyling (1994), A Primer on the Civil Law System CLASS 7: March 7, 2014: The Intersection of Public and Private International Law. I. Private International Law II. Dispute Resolution in International Law a. International Arbitration b. Permanent Court of Arbitration (for disputes involving states) III. Other Subjects as Determined 3