Course Offerings in International, Comparative, and Foreign Law
The depth and breadth of choices at Michigan are enormous, with opportunities in large classes, small seminars, clinics, and workshops. Although it is difficult to neatly divide our course offerings, one might think of them in terms of two broad categories: (1) international law courses, and (2) foreign and comparative law courses. The list below includes those courses taught in the last five years; in any given year, the Law School will offer about 25 to 30 courses in these areas. Courses are listed under only one heading even though many overlap, so please consult the entire list.
Once students complete Transnational Law (the required introductory course on the international dimensions of law), they may go in a variety of directions. Some students prefer to take a range of courses in both of the areas below, while others choose to concentrate on more defined areas, such as refugee law or European Union law. Of course, students should take full advantage of the rest of our very rich curriculum, too.
* Indicates a seminar
International Law Offerings
These courses and seminars generally address law made between states to govern a wide variety of subjects. In the last five years, the Law School has offered the following courses:
Terrorism and International Law *
International Humanitarian Law
Men, Women, and Conflict *
Law of Armed Conflict *
Law of International Peace and Security
International Law of War
International TradeInternational TaxInternational Investment LawInternational Project Finance *
International FinanceInternational Commercial ArbitrationIncome Tax Treaties *
International Taxpayer ClinicTax, Trade, Investment, and FinanceInternational Intellectual PropertyInternational Transactions ClinicInternational Arbitration *
International Corporate GovernanceTaxation of Cross-Border Financial TransactionsCross-Border Transactions, Deal Making, and NegotiationCross-Border Contracts
Protection of Human Rights in International LawEvolution of Gender Crimes *
Impact of Human Rights on International Law *
International Criminal LawComparative Human Rights LawAffirmative Action: International, Comparative, and Empirical Dimensions *
Law and Inequalities *
Women’s Human Rights *
Land Disputes Between States and Indigenous Minorities *
International Environmental Law and Policy
U.S.-Canadian Transnational Environmental Law *
Water Wars: Law and Policy to Save the Great Lakes
Ethics, Justice, and International Law *
Uncensored History of International Law *
Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
Foreign Affairs Law
International Organizations
International Law Workshop *
International Dispute Resolution *
International Courts and Tribunals
Advanced Transnational Law
Public International Law
Leading Cases in International Law
International Refugee LawHuman Trafficking ClinicImmigration and NationalityBoundaries of CitizenshipComparative Asylum Law U.S. Asylum Workshop *
Refugee Rights Workshop *
Colloquium on International Refugee Law
Foreign law examines the legal systems of other nations and, in the case of the European Union, one supranational authority. Comparative law compares these legal systems with each other as well as with the United States. Among our recent offerings in these areas are:
Chinese Legal History
Chinese Law and Legal Institutions
Chinese Corporation*
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Human Rights Law
Comparative and EU Taxation
Corporate Governance and Stock Market Development *
European Union Legal Systems in Comparison with the United States
Constitutional and Fundamental Rights from a Comparative Perspective
Global Constitutionalism *
European Legal OrderGovernance of the European Union *
EU Competition LawEU Legal Systems in Comparison with the United States
Japanese Law
Reading Japanese Law
Law and Development in India *
Law and Development in Cambodia *
English Legal History
Constitutionalism in South Africa
Islamic Law *
Jewish Law
Introduction to Talmudic Law
Bloodfeuds
Israel Land Regimes
Roman Law *