Colloquium on the Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights

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Overview

Subject area

POL

Catalog Number

420

Course Title

Colloquium on the Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights

Description

This course is intended to provide students with the opportunity to understand the concept of human rights and the role the legal system plays and can play in protecting this revered ideal. "Rule of Law" indicates legal rule making as a set of principles that we are all obliged to obey either nationally or internationally. The idea of rights is indispensable to modern moral discussion, but it is also fraught with danger. Human beings possess "rights" that protects them from the aggression of others, and especially from the power of governments under which they live. The interaction of politics, law, the state and international organizations with regard to the general notion of human rights will be the subject of this course.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

020071

Course Schedule