Section Info: POLIT-247-01

Course Title: International Law and Organization
Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Description: This course presents international norms and institutions for regulating conflict, including promoting economic well-being, protecting human rights, exploring and using outer space, and controlling exploitation and pollution of the oceans. The course considers international agreements, problems of lawmaking, interpretation, and compliance; nationality and the status of foreigners and their investments; the principle of self-determination; and interests of postcolonial states as they impinge on the international legal order.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Andy Reiter   413-538-2812   areiter@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   Lecture   Monday and Wednesday   10:00AM - 11:15AM   SKNR - Skinner Hall   210   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
POLIT-INTL   POLIT-INTL: Politics - International subfield   This course has been approved to count towards the International Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses).  
NXLAR0001   NXLAR: Nexus in Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights   This course is approved for the Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights Nexus track.  
IR0001   INTREL: International Relations major   This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major.  
IR0003   INTREL-II: International Institutions   This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major's International Institutions focus.  
IR0006   INTREL-ET: International Ethics   This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major's International Ethics focus.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 18     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.