seminar on international courts
required course materials
Cesare Romano, Karen J. Alter, & Yuval Shany, eds. The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Available ($96.86 to $178.78 paper/$136.49 Kindle from Amazon.com and $181.48 paper/$176.49 Nook from Barnes & Noble, last time I checked). It is also available on Reserve in the Law Library (KZ 6250.O946 2014).
Shany, Yuval. The Competing Jurisdictions of International Courts and Tribunals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
You could also go and buy this in paperback ($29.15 from Amazon.com and $67.49 from Barnes & Noble, last time I checked), it is available to you as an online book for free (the law library has a subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online, of which this book is a part). Free is good, although some folks still prefer to read from paper. It's up to you.
recommended course materials
Merrills, J.G. International Dispute Resolution, 5th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
This book is a great overview of all the different international dispute resolution mechanisms. It is available on Reserve in the Law Library (JZ 6010 .M47 2011), or you can buy it online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Schabas, William A. An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
This is a great book for delving into the International Criminal Court in more depth than other readings. It is available on Reserve in the Law Library (KZ 6310 .S33 2011), or you can buy it online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Shany, Yuval. Assessing the Effectiveness of International Courts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Available ($108.59 paper/$77.99 Kindle from Amazon.com and $113.76 paper/$100.99 Nook from Barnes & Noble, last time I checked). It is also available on Reserve in the Law Library (KZ 6250 .S538 2014).
Volokh, Eugene. Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review, 4th ed. New York: Foundation Press, 2010.
If you are unsure of how to write an advanced seminar paper, this book gives invaluable tips. We highly recommend it. It is available on Reserve in the Law Library (KF 250 .V65 2010), or you can buy it online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Brown, Chester. A Common Law of International Adjudication. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Now you could go and buy this in paperback ($58.41 from Amazon.com and $67.49 from Barnes & Noble, last time I checked), it is available to you as an online book for free (the law library has a subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online, of which this book is a part). Free is good, although some folks still prefer to read from paper. It's up to you.
