LAW 7845 - International Criminal Law

Basics of the transnational issues likely to arise in both US criminal cases and international efforts to impose criminal responsibility on the perpetrators of serious offenses. Specifically, the course introduces general principles of both domestic and international law governing efforts to apply U.S. criminal law to foreign crimes and foreign criminals; application of those principles to specific offenses such as terrorism and torture; extraterritorial application of US law; and the prosecution of international crimes such as crimes against humanity and war crimes.