LAW 7170

East Asian Law and Culture Seminar

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

With many of the world's most dynamic economies now in East Asia, today's law graduates are more likely than ever to be involved with legal issues from that region. At the same time, legal problems in East Asia, from human rights, to judicial and legal education reform, to conflicts over labor, environmental and minority rights, to local debates about medical and scientific regulation and ethics, are invaluable sources of comparative insight about our own legal system. This seminar introduces students to the challenges and opportunities of studying law and culture in East Asia from a sophisticated interdisciplinary perspective. Students will participate in a semester-long colloquium and conference series on law and culture in East Asia in which Cornell faculty and guest speakers from around the world will present new research on current legal issues in the region. Students will be required to read a series of background materials in preparation for each seminar and to write six three- to five-page papers responding to the presentations. Everyone who wishes to take the course for credit must attend the first class.

When Offered Fall.

Forbidden Overlaps Cannot be taken concurrently with LAW 7171.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies the skills or writing requirement, but not both.

Comments With the permission of the instructor, a student will be permitted to take this seminar more than once. Everyone wishing to take course for credit must attend first class.

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