THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (2 credits)
Professor Anne Bayefsky, Touro Law Center.
The course will cover the legal bases and structures of some of the major
international legal institutions today, including the United Nations and
regional bodies in Europe, the Americas and Africa. The course will focus on
human rights protection as a comparative theme across these mechanisms, and how
the law impacts on that theme. It will consider theory as well as addressing
broad questions about authority, efficacy and actual implementation. Of
particular interest will be the legal relationship of Israel to such
international institutions and the special challenges faced in an age of
terrorism and significant threats to peace and security.
JEWISH LAW (2 credits)
Professor Shayna Sigman, Touro Law Center.
This course provides an introduction to the history, literature, and process of
Jewish law. It introduces students to the sources, structure, and theories of
Jewish law by working through specific applications of case studies in a wide
array of fields in both civil and ritual law. Subjects to be covered include:
torts, contracts, agency, anti-competitive law, capital punishment and family
law. This course will also provide an overview of the application of Jewish law
within the Israeli legal system and offer a comparative perspective on the
American approach. The course will focus on the role of texts and differing
methods of interpretation as a means for understanding and drawing comparisons
to Jewish law.
JURISPRUDENCE OF THE LAW OF RELIGIOUS CONVICTION (2 credits)
Professor R. Collin Mangrum, Creighton University School of Law.
This course will address three different issues: (1) legal and moral reasoning,
and how they are involved in every case or statutory problem; (2) the leading
free exercise and establishment cases in American jurisprudence (an overview of
First Amendment analysis for American constitutional cases); and (3) an
analysis of similar issues as applied to the law of Israel, using similar
issues: e.g. religious/social/legal definitions of marriage (e.g. Reynolds
case); the role, if any, of religious conviction (and diversity) within the
public forum (e.g. school prayer as treated in the Engle case), religion as an
issue for curriculum (e.g. Epperson); the propriety of or lack of propriety of
religious exemptions from generally applicable laws (e.g. head coverings or
absence thereof in public forums or religious exemptions from
non-discriminatory employment laws) (e.g. Presiding Bishop v. Amos or Smith v.
Oregon); issues of equal protection and religion (Rosenberger v. Virginia). It
will juxtapose these and similar issues with comparable issues within Israel.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (2 credits)
Professor Richard Klein, Touro Law Center.
The emphasis of this course will be on the political, economic and civil rights
provided by documents such as the International Bill of Human Rights. Topics
will include the relationship between civil liberties and religious beliefs in
Muslim countries as well as in Israel, and legal issues raised by the Middle
East conflict. Particular consideration will be given to the status of the Arab
population residing within the state of Israel. Attention will also be devoted
to the economic and political relationship of the Palestinians and the Jewish
settlers residing in the disputed territories.
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW (2 credits)
The Honorable Ron Merkel, Q.C.
Genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, war crimes, terrorism and
aggression are crimes under international law. Many of these crimes are now
within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. This course
critically examines the historical context and the global impact of
international criminal law, including its potential impact on current events.
Consideration will also be given as to how particular events, e.g. in theMiddle
East and Iraq may be viewed under international criminal law and be the subject
of prosecution in the International Criminal Court, international criminal
tribunals or domestic courts.
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