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Undergraduate program 2014-2015  Sciences Po College

BDRO1640A : LAWYERING & GOVERNING IN A GLOBAL WORLD

SPRING 2015

Faculty :JeanYves GONTIER (Adj. Prof. of International Law, Academic Manager, International Arbitration Lawyer),[e-mail] ; JeanFrançois COPE (Member of Parliament, Former Minister, Associate Professor at Université Paris 8)[e-mail]

Office Hours :By appointment

Lectures :Fridays from 10:1512:15 Lecture room(………)

Contents and objectives of the course

COURSE OVERVIEW AND OBLIGATIONS

This course serves a double aim. It performs the conventional function of an introduction to International Law and Governance course, laying the foundations for understanding the role of law, public policies and legal institutions in world politics.

Policy makers need to know about International Law in order to understand and act in world politics.They need to know for example how major changes in public policy take place or why some public policy reforms succeed while others fail or decline for decades.

The central goal of the course is thus to familiarize students including those who entertain the idea of a career in international law and politics, research, journalism, international or national civil service with governance and with a broad range of analytical and policy tools to enable them to think critically about the origins and impact of public policies in a global world.

Skills to be developed

Course requirements

Grading

Information retrieval

Argued reading and capacity of legal interpretation

Legal reasoning skills

Debating skills

Capacity of legal analysis and synthesis

Capacity to think “out of the borders”

Students attending this course are expected to attend every class session, to be on time for every class session and to be prepared to discuss all of the materials that they will be required to read for that class session (study packs).

Assignments will be allocated as follows :

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An MCQ test (weighted 1) An oral presentation (weighted 1) Presentation of headlines (weighted 1)

The final grade takes into account the participation and the engagement of the student in the course as well as his regular attendance and his punctuality.

General recalls The students are held to attend the lectures and to be punctual. Any absence must be justified to the Office of Academic Affairs and the to the lecturer. Beyond 2 absences, a student is declared failing for the course. Any plagiarism will be immediately brought to the attention of the Administration. At the end of the semester, the students are brought to assess the teaching delivered, the lectures and courses.  __________________________________________________________________

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Course Syllabus

LAWYERING AND GOVERNING IN A GLOBAL WORLD

JeanYves GONTIER

JeanFrançois COPE

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Introduction to International Law, Governance and World Politics

Presentation, objectives, mode of assessment Selected bibliography Distribution of the work Introduction to the contents of the course Methodology Coordination around the mode of use of online tools

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law and Politics

What’s in the headlines?

1) Is the world Government a myth ?

2)“A Constitution is made of a spirit, institutions, and a practice.”(Charles de Gaulle, Press Conference, Élysée Palace, January 31, 1964).

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Francis Fukuyama,The Origins of Political Order, From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2012 (Part V :Toward a theory of Political Development/ 29.Political Development and Political Decay30.Political Development, Then and Now)

Steven G. Calabresi & Kyle Bady,Is the separation of powers exportable?, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 33, Number 2  Spring 2010, www.harvardjlpp.com

Fri. Feb 13:

Classifying Political Regimes in Today’s World

What’s in the headlines?

1) Head of StatesPrime Minister relations

2) Is political intervention a myth or a reality in 2015 ?

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Brian Z. Tamanaha,On the Rule of Law  History, Politics, Theory,Cambridge University Press, 2005 (p. 91– 113)

Fri. Feb 20:

Judges and Government Issues : Government of Judges

What’s in the headlines?

1) Is national sovereignty restricted by international law courts (international criminal court, European Court of Human Rights?

2) Do judges have too much power ?

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Jeremy Waldron,The core of the case against judicial review–The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 115, N° 6 (Apr., 2006), pp. 13461406

[Fri. Feb 27–spring break]

Fri. Mar 6:

International Law and World Politics

What’s in the headlines?

1) How effective are the UN resolutions ?

2) What issues are raised by NAFTA on domestic law ?

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Milena Sterio,The Evolution of International Law, 31 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 213 (2008)

Fri. Mar 13 :

Fri. Mar 20 :

Contemporary Issues in Governance and Public Policy

What’s in the headlines?

1) Measuring performance in Politics : how can you explain that Germany meets achievement and France difficulties with such a common trajectory ?

2) Has the G20 improved the conduct of world affairs ?

Becoming a Leader : the Making of Political Leaders

What’s in the headlines?

Debating with a visiting guest

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Two practical cases : Obama v. Merkel / Xi Jinping v. Poutine

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Bennis, Warren.On Becoming a Leader.Basic Books; 4th Revised edition (2009)

Covey, Stephen R.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.Simon & Schuster Ltd (2013)

Fri. Mar 27 :

World medias

What’s in the headlines?

1) Is CNN the sixth member of the UN security council ?

2) How is the Internet changing politics ?

Group discussion

Recommended reading:

Laura DeNardis,The Global War for Internet Governance,Yale University Press (2015)

Fri. Apr 3 :

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Fri. Apr 17 :

Building Peace in the Minds of Men and Women : the UNESCO project

What’sin the headlines ?

1) Has UNESCO achieved its goals ?

2) How can international education policy programs improve girls education in least developed countries ?

International Dispute Settlements

What’s in the headlines?

1) What is international arbitration ? What is it for ?

2) The role of mediation in international relations.

Contemporary Governance and Political issues in Africa

What’s in the headlines?

Fri. Apr 24 :

Debating with a visiting guest

Facing New Challenges : Climate Change, Terrorism, Health, Outerspace, debt crisis…

What’s in the headlines?

1) Is fighting terror a global responsability ?

2) How States can deal with Religions to solve international conflicts ?

Group discussion

Multiple Choice Questions

Recommended reading:

Harold J. Berman,Comparative Law and religion, (in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, Edited by Mathias Reimann and Reinhard Zimmermann, Chapter 22), Oxford University Press, 2008