HS 416 National Security Law

This course surveys the framework of domestic laws—constitutional, statutory, and regulatory—that variously authorizes and constrains the U.S. government’s pursuit of national security policies, with an emphasis on developments in this area since 9/11. The major aim of this course is to investigate leading topics in national and homeland security law, blending a strong policy-oriented focus with a rich historical approach, combined with the application of basic legal reasoning. This course is taught by an attorney who will use traditional pedagogical techniques in which students will read case law and engage in the Socratic Method. The class, however will devote considerable efforts trying to understand the broader policy, political, and socioeconomic implications of the topics we study.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HS 230 or permission of instructor

Distribution

Social Science

Offered

Fall