Course Section | Columbia Law School

Primary Goals

• At the end of the course, students will have acquired an understanding of the law governing the U.S. response to the threat of terrorism in a post-9/11 world.
• At the end of the course, students will have acquired a facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and their application to facts
• At the end of the course, students will have acquired an understanding of the respective roles and institutional competencies of the three branches of government in crafting a response to the threat of terrorism.
• At the end of the course, students will have acquired an understanding of the degree to which the threat of terrorism has placed pressure on traditional legal rules, and the extent to which those rules can and should be adjusted.