Legal Studies 375 - Human Rights & Wrongs

Fall
2019
01
3.00
Jamie Rowen
TU TH 8:30AM 9:45AM
UMass Amherst
29779
Machmer Hall room E-33
jrowen@umass.edu
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. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Legal major.
Open to Senior and Junior Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.