2016-2017 Comparative, International, & Transnational Law Offerings
Current as of March 24, 2016; please check Registrar’s website at http://www.law.uga.edu/class-schedulesregistration for latest updates
Table of Contents Summer 2016: Study Abroad Global Governance Summer School – 1 Summer 2016 Child Endangerment & Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Clinic – 2 Corporate Counsel Externship – 2 Summer Externship – 2
Available Every Semester in 2016-17 Atlanta Semester in Practice – 2 Child Endangerment & Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Clinic – 3 Civil Externship – 3 Corporate Counsel Externship – 4 D.C. Semester in Practice – 4 Supervised Research – 5 Year-Long 2016-17 Courses Business Ethics Seminar – 5
Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic – 6 Fall 2016 Semester Bioethics – 7 Children & International Law – 7 Constitutional Law I – 8 International Business Transactions – 8 International Legal Research – 8 International Trade Laws – 9 Political Leadership & Law – 9 Sustainable Business:Transactions+Strategy–10 Spring 2017 Semester: Study Abroad Oxford Spring Semester – 10 Spring 2017 Semester Banking Regulation – 11 Corporate Responsibility – 11 International Arbitration – 12 Law & Institutions of the European Union – 12 Law & Medicine – 13 Public International Law – 13 Securities Enforcement & Litigation – 14 Sociology of Law – 14
Summer 2016: Study Abroad Global Governance Summer School July 10-30, 2016, Leuven, Belgium 4 credit hours Diane Marie Amann, Harlan Cohen, Kathleen A. Doty, Axel Marx & Jan Wouters Partnering with the prestigious Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Georgia Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center will present a 3-week, 4-credit Global Governance Summer School at the centuries-old University of Leuven at the University of Leuven (ranked th th 15 among universities in Europe, and 35 worldwide), located in a beautiful city a short train ride from Brussels and easily accessible to many European capitals. Through lectures, discussions, and group research projects, students will explore global governance – how state, regional, and international legal regimes, plus individuals, corporations, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, networks, and other nonstate actors, interact. A range of global challenges will be discussed, such as trade and sustainable development, peace and security, trafficking and other crimes, intellectual property, the environment, human rights and the rule of law, and migration. Academic and experiential learning courses will be taught by Georgia Law and Leuven academics: Global Governance Overview by Jan Wouters, Global Human Rights & Security Governance by Diane Marie Amann, Global Economic Governance by Harlan Cohen, and Global Governance Practicum by Kathleen A. Doty and Axel Marx. See https://www.law.uga.edu/ggss and/or e-mail doty@uga.edu.
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Summer 2016 Child Endangerment &Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Clinic See entry at page 3, under “Available Every Semester in 2016-17” Corporate Counsel Externship See entry at page 4, under “Available Every Semester in 2016-17”
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Summer Externship (JURI 5965/5966E) 2-4 credit hours, Alex Scherr The Summer Externship supports students working in governmental, judicial and private non-profit placements [including those with international or transnational components] through a focused program of reading, reflection and professional development. Students gain direct exposure to the skills and methods of legal practice, focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts, and reflective appraisal of their own skills and abilities. Each student engages in an ongoing conversation with the clinic supervisor through journals and interviews; together with readings, this contact expands and deepens the practical and jurisprudential learning gains in the field.
Available Every Semester in 2016-17 Atlanta Semester in Practice Hillel Levin & Alex Scherr Up to 16 credit hours In this full-time experiential offering, students earn a full semester’s worth of credits while living, working, and taking classes in Atlanta. They have opportunities to connect with the
Atlanta legal community, gain practical lawyering skills and experience by working with practicing lawyers, and take traditional classroom courses at Georgia Law’s Atlanta facility in Buckhead. See http://www.law.uga.edu/atlanta-semesterpractice. Externship placements may include: Access to Law, The Carter Center, Federal Trade Commission, Latin American Association, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and corporate legal departments listed in the Corporate Counsel Externship entry below. Child Endangerment &Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) Clinic (JURI 5761/4762S) 3-6 credit hours Emma Hetherington The Wilbanks CEASE Clinic trains students to represent victims of child sexual assault or exploitation in tort suits filed against their abusers. The clinic also meets for a 2-hour seminar each week, during which students will be trained on litigation skills, laws governing child sexual abuse cases [including international child protection laws], and legislation making these lawsuits possible. Civil Externship Alex Scherr This course combines classroom work with placements in various governmental and private organizations [including some with transnational or international components]. E-mail scherr@uga.edu for details.
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Corporate Counsel Externship (JURI 5968/5969E) 4-6 credit hours Carol Morgan Seminar portion meets in Fall 2016 10:3012:20 Tuesday, Room E; in Spring 2017, 9:30-11:20 Tuesday, Room D Prerequisite: JURI 4210 and JURI 4300. This course explores the practice of law from the perspective of an in-house counsel. Students will spend 1-2 days each week in a corporate legal department where they will have work assignments and experience firsthand the inner workings of a legal department. A 2-hour seminar each week will supplement the on-site work with discussions about relevant substantive topics and opportunities to build skills through drafting projects and simulations. In lieu of a final exam, students will prepare an appraisal with critical reflections about their externship and an oral presentation. [Potential externship sites offering work of an international or transnational nature include: Acuity Brands, Brambles Ltd., CARE International, The CocaCola Co., Delta, The Home Depot, Imerys, InterContinental Hotels Group, NCR Corp. D.C. Semester in Practice Jessica Heywood 13 credit hours In this full-time experiential offering, students live and work in the U.S. capital. In addition to gaining important legal and practical skills, they develop subject-matter expertise and make critical professional connections in the Washington and the international legal communities. See http://www.law.uga.edu/dcsemester-practice-program and/or e-mail jheywood@uga.edu. Externship placements
may include: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative; Public & Homeland Security unit, Federal Communications Commission; International Trade Commission; Overseas Private Investment Corps; Office of Chief Counsel for International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce; Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Immigration Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Office of International Affairs, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission; and Office of U.S. Trade Representative. Supervised Research (JURI 5190) 2 credit hours By agreement with requested professor [Research topics may include issues of international, comparative, or transnational law] Supervised Research involves an in-depth written analysis of a legal issue under close faculty tutoring and supervision. It requires significant legal research, original thinking and analysis, and must produce final paper of a kind and quality similar to that found in law review articles.
Year-Long 2016-17 Courses Business Ethics Seminar (JURI 5665) Total of 2 credit hours, over course of 2 semesters Usha Rodrigues & Carol Morgan 2:30-4:20 Tuesday, Sanders Boardroom (meets 7 times each semester) Corporate scandals make the headlines, but businesses face ethical challenges every day,
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even in situations that are legally compliant. This course will examine ethical issues confronted by businesses in a variety of contexts, from legal activities to those on the “slippery slope” to outright corruption. Students will consider different approaches to ethical decision-making and the lawyer’s role in advising business clients. This is a year-long course open to 3L students only. [Course includes case studies on foreign bribery.]
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Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic (JURI 5628/5629) 4 credit hours each semester (2 hours graded, 2 hours pass/fail) Jason Cade The Community Health Law Partnership Clinic will partner will health care professionals to tackle a variety of legal needs that impact patients, including immigration, disability rights, benefits, and family law. Students will have direct responsibility for all aspects of client representation in cases undertaken by the clinic, including the opportunity to interview and advise potential clients, to conduct research and draft legal documents, to advocate in court proceedings and administrative hearings, and to foster inter-professional approaches to holistic problem solving. From time to time, students may also have the opportunity to develop training materials for medical providers, legal advocates, or patients, and engage in related policy work. The weekly seminar component of the clinic provides skills training, substantive instruction, and “case rounds.”
Fall 2016 Semester Bioethics (JURI 5585) 3 credit hours Fazal Khan 3:30-4:45 Monday & Wednesday, Room E Examines legal, ethical, and social problems generated by advances in health, medicine and biotechnology. Some of the issues covered include human cloning and stem cell research, gene-based therapies, death and dying, reproductive technologies, experimentation with human subjects, and societal limits on scientific developments. [Includes comparative analysis of health care systems from other developed nations.] Children & International Law (JURI 4745) 2 credit hours Diane Marie Amann 9:30-11:20 Friday, Room E Many aspects of international law concern issues related to children. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child contains a catalog of ways that countries have pledged to protect children. Other treaties deal with specific topics; for instance, intercountry adoption, cross-border abduction, child labor, trafficking in children, and recruitment and use of child soldiers. The obligations set forth in those treaties are implemented both in national legislation and through global institutions including the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, and the International Criminal Court. This seminar will explore these developments at the intersection of family, labor, criminal justice, and international law. Grading will be based on students' research papers, which can satisfy the Advanced Writing Requirement.
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Constitutional Law I (JURI 4180 – open to upper-division students) 3 credit hours Nathan Chapman 2:30-3:20 Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, Room K This course addresses the meaning and impact of the Constitution of the United States, particularly with regard to the subjects of federalism, separation of powers, the judicial function and due process of law. [Likely to be covered: foreign affairs law, in the context of separation of powers.]
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International Business Transactions (JURI 4675) 3 credit hours Harlan Cohen 3:30-4:45 Tuesday & Thursday, Room I This course will examine the legal regime governing a variety of international business transactions. Topics include international sales, international finance, and anti-corruption legislation. International Legal Research (JURI 5380) 1 credit hour Anne Burnett 8:30-10:20 Wednesday, Room G (course begins August 24 and ends October 5) Researching international and foreign law requires materials and methods different from those employed in researching U.S. law. This short course provides an overview of international law, with an emphasis on the resources and skills used to locate relevant international and foreign resources. Although students and researchers of international and comparative law should find this course particularly useful, non-specialists will also find it
helpful in an increasingly global legal arena. Class discussions will include the differences between public international law, private international law, and municipal (foreign) law, important research tools, UN and other intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); European Union & other regional organizations. Weekly research exercises provide hands-on experience in locating materials. International Trade Laws (JURI 5360) 3 credit hours Harlan Cohen 11:30-12:20 Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, Room H Examines national and international policies and laws relating to international trade and investment. Political Leadership & Law (JURI 5596) 2 credit hours 8:30-10:20 a.m. Monday, Atlanta Campus Saxby Chambliss & Camila Knowles Prerequisite: Constitutional Law How do our federal laws get made and interpreted? This course will examine the intersection of law and politics with a special focus on leadership, and how leadership qualities in the Executive and Legislative branches impact how federal laws ultimately affect the American public. With a special focus on national security, students will utilize current public policy issues and relevant Supreme Court cases to understand legislative process, identify separation of powers tensions, and, ultimately, the resolution of those tensions. Drawing on his 20 years of service in Congress, Senator Chambliss will address the issues of how
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Congress really works, the power of the Executive relative to duly passed legislation, the role of federal courts in resolving those tensions, and the role of Congress in the federal judiciary.
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Sustainable Business: Transactions & Strategy (JURI 5667) 2 credit hours Peter Appel 2:30-4:20 Thursday, Room E Prerequisite: JURI 4210. This course will introduce students to the concept of environmental sustainability, the legal challenges facing businesses in attaining environmental sustainability, the incentives for business to achieve sustainable commerce, and possible means that governments may have to encourage or stimulate environmentally sustainable commerce. [Includes reading on European Union law, and students are welcome to write papers on international or comparative topics.]
Spring 2017 Semester: Study Abroad Oxford Spring Semester, Oxford University, England, 13 credit hours Nathan Chapman & Stefan Enchelmaier This program provides a unique opportunity to live in Oxford, England, and study law – focusing on international or comparative law – at one of the world’s most famous universities. Three courses are taught by members of the Oxford law faculty; the remaining two are taught by a Georgia Law faculty member. The program also includes a series of guest lectures and field trips. The spring 2017 program will offer the following courses: Comparative Constitutional Law and the History of the Common Law, both taught by Nathan Chapman, as well as European Union
Economic Law, taught by Stefan Enchelmaier, and a supervised research tutorial by Oxford academics. For more information, see http://www.law.uga.edu/georgia-law-oxford and/or e-mail Professor Joseph Miller at getmejoe@uga.edu.
Spring 2017 Semester Banking Regulation (JURI 5470) 3 credit hours Mehrsa Baradaran 10:30-11:45 Wednesday & Friday, Room F This course will survey the evolution of banking regulation, as well as recent developments that have intensified scrutiny on banks. The primary focus will be on Federal regulation of banks in regard to both traditional and non-traditional banking activities as well as the potential conflicts between state and Federal law. Desired course outcomes: 1) learn the complex laws under which banks operate and why banks have traditionally been regulated much more heavily than other industries; 2) understand how those regulations are structured, how compliance is monitored, and how to recognize potential regulatory issues that arise in banking environment; 3) appreciate the ethical responsibilities that banks have to customers and the communities that they serve. [Includes about a week on international banking law.] Corporate Responsibility (JURI 4765) 1 credit hour Larry Thompson 5:30-7:50 Tuesday [7 sessions, dates to be announced], Room C The great economist and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman famously stated that a corporation has
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"one and only one social responsibility - to increase its profits." Is this true today? As evidenced by the passage of the landmark Dodd-Frank legislation in 2010, the conduct and performance of several of America's leading corporations in recent years have seriously undermined confidence in U.S. businesses and their leaders. This course will explore contemporary trends in corporate governance and will examine whether a responsible corporation can integrate relevant societal concerns, such as environmental matters, and actually strengthen long-term shareholder value and the sustainability of both the corporation and the society in which it exists. [Note: The course will have international and comparative components.] International Arbitration (JURI 4720) 2 credit hours Elizabeth Silbert 3:30-5:20 Monday, Room F This course will examine the legal regime governing international commercial arbitration. Topics will include the enforcement of arbitration agreements, arbitral procedure and the enforcement of arbitral awards. The course also will consider how to draft arbitral clauses. Law & Institutions of the European Union (JURI 5830) 2 credit hours Michael Wells 2:30-4:20 Tuesday, Room D History of the European Union, law-making and administrative institutions and processes, economic sectoral policies, including competition and state aids, transport and agriculture; internal market, freedoms (movement of goods, workers, capital, services); harmonization of national
laws; external economic trade policy; impact of Single European Act and Treaty on European Union. Law & Medicine (JURI 5623) 3 credit hours Fazal Khan 11:30-12:20 Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, Room I Focuses on the relationship between health care providers and patients. Topics include: the treatment relationship, professional liability, licensing, access to care (including EMTALA), quality of care, privacy and confidentiality (including HIPAA), and informed consent. [Covers topics related to global governance of emerging technologies and health care delivery, including: medical research trials in developing countries; legal and illicit surrogacy and organ markets; medical tourism; and genetic engineering.] Public International Law (JURI 4640 – open to all Georgia Law students) 3 credit hours Harlan Cohen 10:30-11:20, Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, Room A This introductory course will examine the doctrine, theory, and evolution of International Law. Once focused narrowly on relations between nation-states, the field now encompasses myriad legal norms and mechanisms regulating the global activities not only of states, but also of human beings, corporations, and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.
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Securities Enforcement & Litigation (JURI 5430) 3 credit hours Margaret V. Sachs 1:30-2:45 Wednesday & Friday, Room G Prerequisite: JURI 4210. This course examines private, SEC, and criminal enforcement of the federal securities laws. Topics considered include fraud on the market, market manipulation, international reach of the fraud provisions, and securities arbitration, as well as developments under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This course is altogether distinct from, and does not presuppose knowledge of, the course in securities regulation. [Note: Will spend approximately one week on international securities fraud.] Sociology of Law (JURI 4820) 3 credit hours Mark Cooney 5:30-7:50 Tuesday, Room I Characterized by a scientific rather than normative emphasis, legal sociology focuses on empirical patterns of legal behavior, such as initiation and winning of law suits, origins and content of rules, and the development of legal institutions. Most literature has addressed caselevel variation and the course will reflect this. But instead of analyzing cases in terms of the applicable rules and policies, lectures and readings will invoke the social characteristics of participants (e.g., social ties, status, marginality, reputation and organizational affiliations) to predict and explain case outcomes. Sociological techniques by which social differentials in cases (discrimination) might be minimized will also be
studied. Modern American materials will be emphasized. [Course includes a comparative dimension, and the principal text draws extensively on cross-national, cross-cultural and cross-temporal data on the handling of legal cases.]
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