Foreign Relations Law

Course Information

Registration Information

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
TUE, THU 2:30 - 3:45 pm TNH 2.124

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam (administered by Exam4 in Closed mode) May 3, 2025 8:30 am A-Z in 2.123

Description

This course will examine the constitutional, statutory, and jurisprudential principles applicable to the foreign relations of the United States.  Topics include the constitutional allocation of foreign-affairs powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; the power to make and unmake treaties and other international agreements; foreign relations in the federal courts; interbranch disputes over the conduct of foreign relations; the role of the states in foreign relations; the power to declare war and direct military forces in the field; and the status of international law in the American constitutional order.  Students will be evaluated based on class participation (20%) and an open-book final exam (80%).

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Foreign Relations Law : Cases and Materials [Connected EBook] *
Bradley, Curtis A., Deeks, Ashley, and Goldsmith, Jack L.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. , edition: 8
ISBN: 979888614882-4

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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
03/12/2025 Exam information updated
10/31/2024 Room(s) changed