Legal Studies 375 - Human Rights & Wrongs
Fall
2020
01AA
0.00
F 8:00AM 8:50AM
UMass Amherst
68941
Fully Remote Class
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.