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 May 3, 2025

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
10/31/2024 Room(s) changed