Legal Studies 375 - Human Rights & Wrongs
Fall
2020
01
3.00
Jamie Rowen
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
62623
Fully Remote Class
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
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.