SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in International Studies, First Year International Master's Program in International Studies, Second Year
Course NameInternational Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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SESSSION SUBJECT
1 Introduction and Overview of Course

Subject Matter Jurisdiction
2 Jurisdiction to Prescribe I
3 Jurisdiction to Prescribe II
4 Personal Jurisdiction: General vs. Specific Jurisdiction
5 Personal Jurisdiction: Specific Jurisdiction I
6 Personal Jurisdiction: Specific Jurisdiction II
7 Act of State and Foreign Sovereign Compulsion
8 Foreign Sovereign Immunity I
9 Foreign Sovereign Immunity II
10 Guest Speaker
11 Forum Non Convenience
12 Forum Selection
13 Service of Foreign Process
14 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements
15 Transnational Discovery I
16 Transnational Discovery II
17 International Arbitration

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

All class meetings are intended to be proceeded in "Socratic Method.”  To that end, 3-5 U.S. court decisions (contingent on topics and progress of class), will be assigned and distributed for each class meeting.  Students are expected to study the assignments before class meetings and to be prepared for class participation.


Requirement/Grading

Grades will be determined by the following factors:



20%: Class participation



20%: Responses to 2 weekly Quiz, in no more than 100 words per quiz



60%: A semester end paper to be limited to 1,000 words


Textbook & Reference

To be distributed after the first class meeting


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