S. Genocide
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6459-SEM
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, International and Comparative Law, Law, Humanities, and the Social Sciences, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
- Type
- Seminar
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Section Description
This seminar is an introduction to the study of genocide, this darkest of human phenomena. The course's disciplinary ambit ranges from anthropology to economics, from history to law, and from political science to sociology. On the foundation of diverse disciplinary approaches, the seminar explores major theoretical and empirical aspects of genocidal campaigns in international politics, inter alia, their origins, evolution, and termination; the manner of their perpetration; their impact on the maintenance of international peace and security; their long-run consequences for nation-building; their adjudication in domestic and international courts and tribunals; the limits of reporting; the power of forecasting; and the violence of ecocide. Empirical cases are drawn from across space and time -- from the ancient world to the Anthropocene. They include canonical settings (e.g., Ottoman Empire, Germany, Rwanda), unconventional ones (e.g., Australia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ireland, the United States), and current ones (e.g., China, Russia, Syria). The course will equip students with the analytic tools necessary for making sense of genocide -- its multiple meanings, changing character, and destructive force.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2023
- Location
- WJWH 101
- Schedule
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Class meets on
- Friday
- Points
- 2
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- By the end of the course, students will have acquired the analytic tools necessary for making sense of genocide -- its multiple meanings, changing character, and destructive force.
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in values-based considerations in law-making
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- Secondary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in finding, understanding, using and critiquing secondary legal literature
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None