PSCI 325
International and Transitional Justice
Last Offered Spring 2017
Division II Writing Skills
Cross-listed JLST 402
This course is not offered in the current catalog

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Before the 1990s, the world saw only occasional, discrete war crimes trials after major-power cataclysms. In the last two decades, trials expanded dramatically in number, scope, and philosophy. Separate Ad Hoc Tribunals for crimes in Yugoslavia and those in Rwanda, in Sierra Leone and in Cambodia are giving way to a permanent International Criminal Court, which has begun to hand down indictments and refine its jurisdiction. The UN Security Council, alongside national governments, decides on legitimacy and punishment. At the same time, worries about residual impunity or the effect that punishment might have on societies’ futures has led to the development of national and social courts, as well as national military tribunals, to complement those at the international level. Meanwhile, national activists look to international apologies and reparations for models of what to demand. Examples of internationalized transitional justice abound. This research seminar examines the intent, process, meaning and consequence of these new practices, particularly in terms of national constitutions, international law, and principles of justice.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 14
Expected: 14
Class#: 3671
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: four papers, longer final paper, class participation
Prerequisites: Political Science major or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors concentrating in International Relations
Distributions: Division II Writing Skills
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
JLST 402 Division II PSCI 325 Division II
Attributes: PSCI International Relations Courses
PSCI Research Courses

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