International and Comparative Law

For students who are interested in a career in international law, completing the international and comparative law concentration will help to distinguish them from other job applicants and will give them a broad knowledge of the subject area. The international and comparative law concentration allows students the flexibility of taking courses either in international trade and business, public international law and human rights, or comparative law. Many students in the concentration choose to go abroad on one of the school’s foreign exchange programs.

Students are required to take Public International Law, Comparative Law, and the Advanced Topics in International Law Seminar and to write a paper of publishable quality on some aspect of international or comparative law. The concentration adviser may waive one of the three required courses for students who are studying abroad, if they have completed an equivalent course.

Advisor:  Associate Dean Joel Paul

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED: 20

A.  Required Courses [8 units]

Comparative Law (3)  

Public International Law (3)

Advanced Topics in International Law

     Seminar (2)

B.  Qualifying Electives [12 units]

Biodiversity Law (3)

China – Business Law & Economic Rights Seminar (2)

China and International Legal Order Seminar (2)

Climate Change: Law, Policy & Business Seminar (2)

Comparative Antitrust Law (2 or 3)

Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar (2)

Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar (2)

Comparative Regulation (3)

Conflict of Laws (3)

European Trademark Law (2)

Immigrants' Rights Clinic (4)

Immigration Law (3) - (first-year statutory and upper level course)

International Business Transactions (3)

International Commercial Arbitration Seminar (2)

International & Comparative Intellectual Property (2)

International & Comparative Perspectives on Health Law (3)

International Criminal Law (3)

International Environmental Law Seminar (2)

International Human Rights (3)

International Negotiations & Dispute Settlement Seminar (2)

International Trade Law & Policy (3)

International War Crimes Prosecution Seminar (2)

Intersection of Human Rights, Economic Development and Intellectual Property Seminar (2)

Introduction to Chinese Law (3)

Introduction to European Union Law Seminar (2)

Introduction to Japanese Legal System Seminar (2)

Islamic Finance and Transactions Seminar (2)

Islamic Law (3)

Issues in Public & Global Health (3)

Law & Business in Japan Seminar (2)

Law & Development Seminar (2)

Law & Social Anthropology Seminar (2)

Law & the Japanese American Internment Seminar (2)

Legal Reform in East Asia (2)

Maritime Law (2 or 3)

Military Law Seminar (2)

National Security and Foreign Relations (2 or 3)

Political Economy of Law Seminar (2)

Prosecuting International Price-Fixing Cartels Seminar (2)

Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (6)

Refugee Law & Policy (3)

Reparation for Injustices Domestic & International Seminar (2)

The United Nations System (3)

Terrorism and the Law Seminar (2)

Transnational Law (3)

U.S. Taxation of Foreign Transactions & Investments (2)

Participation in a foreign exchange program may count for up to 12 credit hours of the elective course requirement, with the approval of the Advisor.