CPOL 535 Law of War
International Law of Armed Conflict investigates the principles of international law regulating the use of force in international society. The course is designed to examine the permissibility of using force and the law governing the conduct of hostilities. The course looks in detail at the right of self-defense and anticipatory self-defense, the role of the UN, humanitarian intervention, self-determination, reprisals and intervention in civil war. Discussions will also include the right to participate in hostilities, the law of weaponry including weapons of mass destruction, the protection of civilians, rules for occupation, classification of those captured on the battlefield, and rules of engagement. Significant attention will be given to developments arising from the Global War on Terrorism and from coalition activities in Afghanistan and Iraq.