LAW 606 - SP: P-C Justice & Rule of Law

Special Problems in Post-Conflict Justice and the Rule of Law Seminar Throughout the post-conflict and developing world, Rule of Law teams work on creating and reforming legal systems, drafting new legislation, and introducing and strengthening the Rule of Law. Often they work in isolation and dangerous conditions without the benefit of assistance from law clerks or legal researchers. In this seminar, students will serve as long-distance law clerks to Rule of Law teams in post-conflict and developing . Working in teams of two, students will be assigned a legal problem currently confronting a development team in a post-conflict or developing country. Ideally, students will work in contact with the legal team in their assigned country. The final research memorandum will be turned into the field team for its use. Possible countries from which legal problems will be assigned: Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Kosovo, Libya, Sudan and Zimbabwe.