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DISCOVER INDIA
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COURSES
TIBETAN BUDDHIST LAW AND PHILOSOPHY
(1 credit)
Professor Marianne Artusio
This course will explore the philosophy of law underlying the
religious laws of Tibet, comparing the jurisprudence of Tibetan Buddhism to the
jurisprudence of the western legal tradition. Topics include: the Buddhist
world view; the relationship between law and the culture’s dominant
epistemology and metaphysics; Tibetan cosmologies; concepts and sources of law;
Buddhist ethics and their expressions; ancient Tibetan legal systems and the
effort to preserve Tibetan legal and cultural traditions in exile.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
(2 credits)
Professor Eric Blumenson
Emphasis will be on the political, cultural and social rights
enumerated by a variety of international documents including the U.N. Charter
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Topics range from the use of
armed force by the U.N. to accomplish humanitarian goals to the claim of many
Asian countries to have a particular regional and cultural perspective on human
rights. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues relating to human rights
in Tibet.
COMPARATIVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES: GENDER & RACE
(2 credits)
Professor Daniel Subotnik
This course will analyze, from a comparative perspective, legal
issues relating to the law’s treatment of women and ethnic minorities, with an
emphasis on affirmative action. The meaning of the concept of equality in the
two constitutional schemes will be central to our study. An effort will be made
to examine the extent to which laws designed to provide true equality have had
an impact on individuals and communities. The course will emphasize how a
country’s cultural conditions shape a society’s approach to similar struggles.
INDIA’S LEGAL PROFESSION & JUDICIAL PROCESS
IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
(1 credit)
Professor Jayanth K. Krishnan
The course will introduce students to the structure of the Indian
legal profession and to the functioning of India’s judicial system. The course
will examine how lawyers – particularly what have been called “cause lawyers” –
function in India and in other legal systems. Readings and discussion will
explore the structure and operation of the Indian Constitution, judicial
activism, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, Indian personal law,
Indian tort law and the larger role of religion in Indian law and society.
Students will gain an understanding of how the law - and those actors working
within and outside the law - operate in one of the most important, emerging
powers in the world today.
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
Photo by: Judy Allard
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Touro Law Center reserves the right to modify or
cancel the program for reasonable cause, including but not limited to
insufficient enrollment, severe political instability, or any serious
conditions that may threaten the safety of the students. If the program is
cancelled, any money paid by applicants to Touro will be fully refunded except
for room and board and transportation payments utilized prior to the date of
cancellation.
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