Current Courses

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International Human Rights Law (Law 311A)
International Law Lecture Series Presented by the University of Miami School of Law Office of International Graduate Law Programs
Lunch is provided.
Where: Reading Room (Law Library D201)
When:  Tuesdays at 12:30-1:50 p.m. on the following dates:
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2009: Professor Bernard Oxman reflects on his service on the International Court of Justice.
  • October 13, 2009: Professor Keith Rosenn and Eduardo Apio (Brazilian Federal Judge), Judicial Activism and Health Rights in Brazil
  • October 27, 2009: Current Issues Facing the World Trade Organization
  • November 10, 2009: Professors Perlmutter and Schnably, “International Law and the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida and Beyond”
Course Description: This course will examine international human rights agreements, international and regional human rights courts and tribunals, and international human rights organizations and bodies, both governmental and non-governmental. It will also cover issues relating to the nature of human rights (e.g., civil and political rights, economic and social rights, individual and collective rights). In addition, it will examine the role of international human rights law in domestic law.
Semester: Fall 2009
Credits: 3
Meeting Times: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Meeting Room: A265
Casebook and Other Materials: Casebook: FORREST MARTIN ET AL., INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (2006).

Other Materials:

  • Current Assignment Sheet (No. 5).
  • Supplementary Readings
    • Part I (pp. 1-291): available at the Copy Center
    • Part II (pp. 292-315): available here
    • War Crimes Act-Related Statutes (related to reading at SR 296).
    • Part III (pp. 316-408): available here. Note: If you prefer you may pick up a copy for free at the Copy Center instead of printing it out.
  • Documentary Supplement
    • pp. 1-669: available at Copy Center
    • Corrected pages 565-574 for the Documentary Supplement here (handed out in class).

Office Hours: Please see the Office Hours page.
Ground Rules: Mandatory: You must read the Ground Rules before the first day of class, and observe them at all times.
Current Assignments:

  • Tuesday, November 10: Please read the material in III.B.4 and III.B.5 of the new Current Assignment Sheet (No. 5).

  • Thursday, November 12: Please read the material in IV.A. of the new Current Assignment Sheet (No. 5) Note: You will need to print out Part III of the Supplementary Readings for this reading. Note: If you prefer you may pick up a copy for free at the Copy Center instead of printing it out. There will be no more supplementary readings; there may be one more addition to the Assignment Sheet, depending on how quickly we get through the material.

Past Assignments Click here for prior assignments.
Class E-mail List: I post all announcements on this web page, but I do also use the class e-mail list. This list, which is automatically generated, uses your law school e-mail address. If you don’t regularly check that account, then you should use the Law School e-mail forwarding page to have e-mail that is sent to you law school e-mail forwarded to whatever account you use. NOTE: The Law School e-mail forwarding page is not the same thing as the forwarding on MyUM. Entering a preferred e-mail address on MyUM will not cause e-mail that is sent to your law school account to be forwarded to your preferred account.
Current Topics
(optional)		 Links to topical articles and blog posts.
Exam and Class Participation There will be an exam at the end of the course (open-book). Class participation may raise your grade by a half a grade, but not lower it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Property (H) (Law 014H)
Course Description: Property focuses on basic principles governing private and public control over tangible and intangible resources, especially land. The course addresses concepts and policies concerning property and special concepts concerning real estate, such as estates in land, future interests, and the rule against perpetuities. the course also studies real estate transactions, recording methods of title assurance, easements, covenants, and land use controls.
Semester: Fall 2009
Credits: 4
Meeting Times: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Meeting Room: Room F402.
Ground Rules: Mandatory: You must read the Ground Rules before the first day of class, and observe them at all times.
Dean’s Fellow Nicole Messamore.
Casebook and Other Materials: Mandatory:
  1. Jesse Dukeminer, James E. Krier, et al., Property (6th ed. 2006)
  2. Robert Laurence & Pamela Minzner, A Student’s Guide to Estates in Land and Future Interests (2d ed. 1993)
  3. Supplementary Materials (with Assignment Sheet) from the Distribution Center (available now).
Optional (only if you want to read more; at the reserve desk in the library): William B. Stoebuck & Dale A. Whitman, The Law of Property (2000)

Other materials:

You may pick up an Exam Packet with Past Exams available at the Copy Center (Law Lib. B207).

Office Hours: Please see the Office Hours page.
Current Assignments:
Past Assignments: Click here for a list of past assignments.
Practice Exam: You may pick up my comments on your mid-term practice exam from my assistant, Shannon Maharajh. If you did not take my practice exam, but wrote an answer on your own, you may want to print out my General Comments (and Model Answer).
Exam and Class Participation: There will be an exam at the end of the course (closed-book). You may pick up an Exam Packet with Past Exams available at the Copy Center (Law Lib. B207). Class participation may raise your grade by a half a grade, but not lower it. I may also lower your grade by half a grade for excessive absences. See the Ground Rules for details.

 

 

 

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