[1]              Women's lives, from childhood through adolescence, reproductive years, and aging. Economic, social, and human rights factors.

[2]               This course examines American constitutional law in historical and modern context; guarantees of individual rights stemming from the due process, equal protection, and other clauses in the Bill of Rights and post Civil War amendments.

[3]               This is a course about the freedoms of speech and religion under the First Amendment as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.

[4]               This course is a cognate listing (counts toward the major) in CSRE, American Studies, Ethics in Society, Public Policy and History. It is also listed as POLISCI 337R and EDUC 261X

[5]               This course will examine in depth the U.S. Government's development and prosecution of the "war on terror" with a particular emphasis on the implications of new U.S. policies for global adherence to international humanitarian and human rights norms. It begins with an examination of the genesis and structure of international humanitarian law, the principles and rules regulating the conduct of international and other armed conflicts, the protections afforded to combatants and noncombatants by the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, the intersection of humanitarian law and human rights law, and the question of whether "war on terror" mandates the development of a new paradigm.

[6]               This course considers issues raised by litigation related to terrorism and the "war on terrorism" (...). These cases raise fundamental and difficult issues on federal court topics such as extraterritorial application of habeas corpus and various constitutional rights; the Alien Tort Statute, the Torture Act and similar statutes; private enforcement of international human rights law including the Geneva Conventions.

[7]               This course will explore legal and institutional responses to transnational and international crime. It will consider traditional forms of international cooperation to address "transnational" crimes and the concept of universal jurisdiction that provides a basis for treating certain crimes as "international." It will study the range of institutions created to punish international criminals, including the Nuremburg and Tokyo tribunals, ad hoc tribunals such as the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, "mixed" international/domestic tribunals such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Cambodia war crimes tribunal, and the recently-created permanent International Criminal Court. In doing so, it will examine both institutional and substantive law developments. It will also look at alternative institutional arrangements and options for responding to international crimes, such as truth commissions and amnesties. It will also consider enforcement of international criminal law through trials by national courts of countries with no or limited connection to the underlying offenses, such as the Pinochet case.

[8]              Focus is on the ideal of a just society, and the place of liberty and equality in it, in light of contemporary theories of justice and political controversies. Issues of global justice including human rights and global inequality. Same as IPS 208, PHIL 171, PHIL 271, POLISCI 136S, PUBLPOL 207.

[9]               Same as POLISCI 136R. Recent work in political theory on the ethics of international relations. Topics include human rights, global economic justice, and the problem of global poverty.

[10]             "Freedom” and “equality” are commonly appealed to as the fundamental principles of Western liberal societies. Individuals are supposed to be treated as equals and have an equal right to freedom. Specifically, they are entitled to the freedom to carry on their everyday lives and pursue their ambitions without prejudice to race, ethnicity, religion or gender.  Yet the principles of freedom and equality are often contested as soon as we move from the realm of abstract ideals to concrete social practices. People who agree in principle find themselves differing (sometimes violently) about what kinds of freedom and equality are important and essential to a just society. Which freedoms will a just society promote and which must be curtailed for the sake of justice? What particular equalities properly concern government (such as equality of opportunity or well-being)? How can the achievement of equality be reconciled with respect for freedom? What action should social and political institutions take to guarantee freedom and equality?

[11]             Same as FEMST 101.  Feminist theories and practices across topics that intersect with gender inequality such as race, health, socioeconomics, sexual orientation, international perspectives, new media, civil rights, and political change.

[12]             Russian radicals believed that the status of women provided the measure of freedom

                in a society and argued for the extension of rights to women as a basic principle of social progress. The arguments and actions of those who fought for women’s emancipation and the reality of women’s lives under them. How the status of women today reflects on the measure of freedom in post-Communist Russia.

[13]             Social and political context of the roles of physicians and health professionals’ role in social

                change; policy, advocacy, and shaping public attitudes. How physicians have influenced governmental policy on (…) domestic violence; health and human rights; activism through research.

[14]             Topics include: the role of the physician and health care worker; health as a human right; successful interventions; children’s and women’s health.

[15]             Topics include overseas drug trials, human rights and disease eradication, resettlement programs.

[16]             (Same as EDUC 158.) The development of children into citizens. What is the relationship between civic education and the reproduction of social equality or inequality? Do children’s rights differ from those of adults?

[17]             How the legal rights of children and adolescents in America are defined, protected, and enforced

                through the legal process. Topics: origins and definitions of children’s rights; adoption; custody; the juvenile justice system; due process; and privacy and freedom of expression.

[18]             ‘Human rights and rule of law’ is one of the course components

[19]             Comparative context of minority rights in divided Western democracies such as N. Ireland and

                Canada. Topics such as: status of the Arabic language in Israel; right to vote and be elected; allocation of state funds to minority projects and municipalities; representation in decision making institutions; land allocation and land rights.

[20]             The meaning of freedom of public communication in democratic communities, focusing on the tensions between freedom and control, rights and opportunities, individual liberty and political equality.

[21]             How ethnic, gender, and religious groups have employed education to advance group self-determination rights throughout history. How reformers attempted to impose educational prescriptions on these groups.

[22]             Recent work in political theory to address questions about social justice in educational policy and practice, including language rights.

[23]             Focus is on whether minorities and low income citizens suffer disproportionate environmental and health impacts resulting from government and corporate decision making in contexts such as the sitting of industrial facilities and waste dumps, toxic chemical use and distribution, and the enforcement of environmental mandates and policies.

[24]             Class description not available, I will write to the instructors.

[25]             Focus is on issues dealing with rights to land and the past on a global scale including

                conflicts and ethnic purges in the Middle East, the Balkans, Afghanistan, India, Australia, and the Americas. How can tourism be balanced against indigenous rights?

[26]             Topics include archaeology and human rights issues including forensic archaeology.

[27]             Global and sociological perspectives on science and technology expansion, comparing nations and regions. Democratization, human rights, welfare of local populations, and national security.

[28]             (Same as MS&E 197, STS 110.) Ethical issues in science- and technology-related public policy conflicts. Focus is on complex, value-laden policy disputes. Topics: the nature of ethics and morality; rationales for liberty, justice, and human rights; and the use and abuse of these concepts in policy disputes

[29]             The emergence of modern racism and radical anti-Semitism. The Nazi rise to power and the Jews. Anti-Semitic legislation in the 30s. WW II and the beginning of mass killings in the East. Deportations and ghettos. The mass extermination of European Jewry.

[30]             Anthropological approaches to contemporary practices of humanitarian intervention. How social theory can inform the politics of humanitarianism, charity, and philanthropy.

[31]             The relationship between humanitarianism and politics in international responses to recent civil conflicts and forced displacement. Focus is on policy dilemmas and choices, and the consequences of action or inaction. Humanitarian and political perspectives. Case studies include Cambodia, northern Iraq (Kurdistan), Bosnia, Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of Africa, and Kosovo.

[32]             The role of international institutions and organizations in the areas of health, environment,

                security, trade, development, and human rights.

[33]             The involvement of U.S. and the UN in major wars and international interventions since the 1991 Gulf War. The UN Charter's provisions on the use of force, the origins and evolution of peacekeeping, the reasons for the breakthrough to peacemaking and peace enforcement in the 90s, and the ongoing debates over the legality and wisdom of humanitarian intervention. Case studies include Croatia and Bosnia, Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo, East Timor, and Afghanistan.