JLST 401
Senior Seminar: Human Rights in International Politics and Law
Fall 2012
Division II
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
PSCI 420
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
The idea that all humans have rights simply because they are human-independent of anything they might do or achieve-has transformed local and international politics, probably permanently. This concept’s place in international politics, its strengths and limitations, depend on how people use it. Beginning with the 18th-century’s transatlantic movement to abolish slavery, we will examine international movements and institutions that have affected what human rights mean, to whom, and where. Readings draw on philosophy, history, sociology, and international relations, but as a political science class we emphasize politics. Who benefits from the idea of universal human rights? Who loses? How does this idea about individual value liberate and entrap? Does this idea ultimately reinforce American hegemony, or plant the seeds of a non-American order?
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 18
Expected: 18
Class#: 1892
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 18
Expected: 18
Class#: 1892
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
two essays on common topics, a turn as class discussion leader, an independent research paper; active and constructive participation in class
Prerequisites:
Political Science 202, senior standing, permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences:
Political Science majors; seniors
Unit Notes:
formerly PSCI 269
Distributions:
Division II
Writing Skills
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
PSCI 420 Division II JLST 401 Division II
PSCI 420 Division II JLST 401 Division II
Attributes:
JLST Enactment/Applications in Institutions
PSCI International Relations Courses
PSCI Research Courses
PSCI International Relations Courses
PSCI Research Courses
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JLST 401 - 01 (F) LEC Sr Sem:Humn Rghts Intl Politcs
JLST 401 - 01 (F) LEC Sr Sem:Humn Rghts Intl PolitcsDivision II Writing SkillsMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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