Legal Studies 375 - Human Rights & Wrongs
Fall
2013
01
3.00
Lauren McCarthy
TU TH 11:15AM 12:30PM
UMass Amherst
37948
Introduction to humanitarian law. Topics include theory and history of international human rights law, growth and nature of human rights organizations, regional human rights schemes, cross-cultural contexts and meanings for human rights, the politics and law of immigration and refugees, international criminal law and other mechanisms for humanitarian intervention. Prerequisite: course in Legal Studies or international politics. Prerequisite: LEGAL 250.
Legal Studies Majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250