UT Law School Classes
- Fall 2009
National Security Law
Instructor:
Chesney, R
Credits:
4
Course ID:
471N
Unique #28713
| Day |
Time |
Location |
| Monday |
3:30 pm - 4:37 pm
|
TNH 2.139 |
| Tuesday |
3:30 pm - 4:37 pm
|
TNH 2.139 |
| Wednesday |
3:30 pm - 4:37 pm
|
TNH 2.139 |
| Exam Type |
Test Date |
Time |
Name Range |
Regular Room |
Extegrity Room |
| Final |
Thursday, December 17
|
8:30 am -
|
A-Z
|
2.139
|
2.139
|
Registration Information
This course is restricted to upper division students only.
Description
This survey course examines a host of legal and policy issues associated with the U.S. government's national security activities and organizations, with a particular emphasis on legal issues associated with counterterrorism. In significant part, the course will follow a quasi-chronological approach incorporating the following topics: the legal regulation of investigations (including criminal investigative rules and guidelines, national security investigations, and intelligence collection generally); substantive criminal law relating to terrorism; jus ad bellum rules governing the resort to military force and domestic Constitutional rules governing that issue; jus in bello rules governing the use of lethal military force; international and domestic laws relating to military detention; military commissions and other vehicles for the prosecution of war crimes; the current debate regarding national security courts; and the legal regulation of interrogation.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN PROF. SIEVERT'S U.S. LAW & NATL SECURITY COURSE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THIS COURSE; BOTH HAVE OVERLAPPING CONTENT AND MAY NOT BOTH BE COUNTED FOR CREDIT.
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