Taught in English.
Examine American jurisprudence, comparing it with the decisions of European and international courts. Proceeding by theme, students analyze courts’ approaches to issues such as free speech, terrorism, war crimes, environmental rights, child custody, abortion, human rights, and the balance of powers. Supplementing these thematic analyses, the course explores how international law shapes the US Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, and vice versa.
Similarly embedded in the course is an examination of theories of constitutional interpretation as applied by the Supreme Court and other courts. Finally, the course concludes with classroom discussions with the professor and practitioners about potential careers in international public and private law.
Department: Political Science
Location: Strasbourg
Semester: Fall
Credits: 3