Imperium

This seminar is a study of domestic and international legal aspects of American hegemony. The course is part federal courts, emphasizing judicial constraint of executive action and the Alien Tort Claims Act; part near-contemporary comparative law (the British and Russian empires; Nazi Germany); part history including legal history (Thucydides, Gibbon, Spengler); part presentiment (Kipling's 'Recessional'; Miller's 'A Canticle for Leibowitz').

Course Schedule

  • Date: Wednesday 6:30-9:15PM
  • Location: HT210

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 663-10
  • Course Type: Seminar
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Closed
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 19/18
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 2/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: TAKE HOME