U. S. Foreign Relations Law*

This course considers the constitutional and statutory law that regulates the conduct of U.S. foreign relations. Topics include the distribution of foreign relations authority among the three branches, including war powers, the relationship between the federal government and the states in regulating foreign relations, the status of international law in the U.S. courts, issues of extraterritoriality, and foreign sovereign immunity. The grade will be based on a final examination. One or more papers may be substituted for the exam if the class has fewer than 20 people.

*Typically offered every other year.