Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
Semester: Fall 2009
Course ID: 132C
Credit Hours: 1
Unique: 28495
Course Information
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
Professional Skills: Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Registration Information
Upperclass-only elective
Meeting Times
Day
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MON
3:30 - 5:20 pm
JON 5.221
Evaluation Method
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Description
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation.
The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam.
This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester.
Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Pratter, Jonathan