Legal Studies 375 - Human Rights & Wrongs
Fall
2023
01
3.00
Jamie Rowen
M 4:00PM 6:30PM
UMass Amherst
79806
Machmer Hall room W-21
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.
This course is open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and LEGAL majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250