NEW INTERCESSION COURSE ON TRANSNATIONAL LAW INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM
Professor Kristen Boon initiates a course that engages students in real-world legal debates taking place on a global scale
Why has there been a resurgence in piracy, one of the oldest crimes in international law? If states are no longer the primary authors of international law, what role do individuals, non-governmental organizations, and corporations play? When should corporations be bound by human rights law? What does the Convention Against Torture say about recent developments in Iraq and Afghanistan?
These are just a few of the issues students are tackling this week in Seton Hall Law's new Intersession Transnational Law course. The intensive one-week course is designed to provide students with real-world insight into international law by focusing on contemporary legal debates. Professor Kristen Boon will co-teach the course with Professor Stephen Tierney, from the Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh. A number of guest speakers from the international diplomatic community will add real-world perspectives to the course.
"We wanted to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the international legal system, its institutional building blocks, and the participants, intermediaries and representative transactions that characterize it," explains Professor Kristen Boon, who initiated the course. "This course is designed to provide that foundation by focusing on current problems and challenges in the arena of international law."