National Security Law and Policy Seminar*

Description:

This seminar focuses on the relation between law and national security and analyzes the interaction between domestic law and national security policies. It examines how domestic law can guide and constrain national security policymaking, and how national security policies can shape and alter domestic law. Various actors besides the president will be examined including the courts, Congress, individual states in the United States, municipalities, individuals, nation-states, multinational corporations, and regional organizations. Specific topics include the international system; the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; individual liberty versus national security; assassination and torture; slavery, segregation, and the death penalty; the rule of law, democracy, and free markets; and the New World Order and the clash of civilizations.

Students will be evaluated by a well-written scholarly paper for the “A” or “B” writing requirement, class participation and class presentations.

Meets A or B Writing Requirement

The American Bar Association accreditation standards require students to regularly attend the courses in which they are registered. Lewis & Clark expects students to attend classes regularly and to prepare for classes conscientiously. Specific attendance requirements may vary from course to course. Any attendance guidelines for a given class must be provided to students in a syllabus or other written document at the start of the semester. Sanctions (e.g., required withdrawal from the course, grade adjustment, and/or a failing grade) will be imposed for poor attendance.

*Typically offered every other year