Textbook readings and lecture presentations/notesĪfter reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.ĭiscussions are collaborative learning experiences. It is important for the student to take this course so that he/she can become an informed policy maker, decision maker, and leader able to impact the most controversial topics such as massacres, killing of innocents, destruction of protected targets, the targeting of certain groups based on their religious or ethnic base, and the use of modern tactics (such as drones) in either a tactical or a strategic function. The purpose of this course is to examine selected legal and moral doctrines related to international law of armed conflict, to include the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as well as other treaties and customary rules. students must meet additional legal brief component as described in course syllabus.įor information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog. The course focuses on the norms of customary international law and the positive law norms, such as the Geneva Conventions and Protocols on the law of war. This course is a study of the historical origins and development of norms regarding the law of armed conflicts.
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