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Institute on World Legal Problems Innsbruck, Austria

Summer School der St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, in Innsbruck

in der Zeit vom 2. Juli bis 3. August 2012

Im Sommer 2012 können wieder acht Innsbrucker Studenten an dem Programm teilnehmen, ohne die ansonsten geforderten tuition fees bezahlen zu müssen. Lediglich die Kursunterlagen sind von den Studenten zu bezahlen. Alle Teilnehmer erhalten eine Bestätigung über den Kursbesuch  (aber keine credits). Kandidaten können sich ab sofort bis einschließlich 20. April 2012 für eine Teilnahme bewerben. Bewerbungunterlagen bitte am Institut für Römisches Recht und Rechtsgeschichte, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Zimmer 2105, abholen.  

Die Kurse entsprechen Lehrveranstaltungen, wie sie für den Lehrbetrieb an einer amerikanischen Universität typisch sind. Abgesehen davon, dass alle Vorlesungen in englischer Sprache gehalten werden, wird von den Studenten auch verlangt, dass sie sich auf jede einzelne Stunde gezielt vorbereiten. Dazu werden im voraus sogenannte reading assignments aufgegeben, also eine bestimmte Anzahl von Fällen oder anderen Texten, die von den Studenten gelesen werden müssen. Potentielle Teilnehmer an einer solchen summer school seien also schon jetzt darauf hingewiesen, dass eine Bewerbung nur dann für sie sinnvoll sein kann, wenn die entsprechende Bereitschaft zu intensivem Arbeiten besteht.

Courses and Faculty

Distinguished Visiting Jurist: Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States

Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States will serve as the Institute on World Legal Problems' Distinguished Visiting Jurist for the fourth time. An experienced and excellent teacher, Justice Scalia will teach eight classes during the first two weeks of the Program. Justice Scalia has served on the Supreme Court for over a quarter-century. Before his confirmation to the Court, Justice Scalia served as a circuit court judge, in several government posts, and as a professor of law. He's the author of A Matter of Interpretation (with Amy Gutman) and Making Your Case (with Bryan A. Garner).

Separation of Powers (1 credit, Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Michael Ariens) discusses the structural elements of the United States Constitution. Particular attention will be drawn to the meaning and content of separation of powers, federalism and judicial review. Structural elements of constitutions adopted in European and Asian nations will also be compared and discussed.

The Constitution and Problems of Crime and Terrorism (1 credit, Professor David Schlueter) will address the Constitutional implications of efforts to control domestic criminal activity and international terrorism. The course will examine the balancing of individual rights against governmental and societal interests in the context of federal and state criminal trials and military commissions, with an emphasis on recent Supreme Court decisions.

International Criminal Justice (1 credits, Professor Gerald S. Reamey ) explores the methods by which those accused of crime are prosecuted and adjudicated in the world's major legal systems. Students will explore the characteristics of adversarial and non-adversarial approaches, as well as the hybrid processes used by international tribunals, including the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court.

International Business Transactions (2 credits,Professor Richard Flint) addresses international trading of goods, financing international transactions, transportation of goods in international commerce, options for foreign direct investment, and dispute resolution in international transactions.

International Human Rights(1 credit, Associate Dean and Professor Victoria Mather) introduces International Human Rights Law concepts and applies those concepts to a variety of problems, including population law and policy.

International Intellectual Property (1 Credit, Professor Robert Hu) examines the dynamics of international protection of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other forms of intellectual property rights by examining major treaties, comparative law developments, including selected European Union developments, and present global issues.

International Mass Tort and Human Rights Litigation (1 credit, Professor Linda Mullenix) addresses the multi-national resolution of aggregative claims through the use of class actions, including worldwide mass torts, human rights, and restitutionary class actions. Case studies will be examined, including the Austrian Ski Fire litigation; the worldwide tainted blood products litigation; the Holocaust Era Fund litigation; and torutre and genocide litigation.

International Problems in Stolen Art and Artifacts (1 Credit, Professor Al Leopold) surveys the common and civil law of lost, found, and abandoned property. Students will study the problems of national sovereignty in cultural property and the law and the various fourms for seeking the return of such property, including international conventions. Additionally, the course will cover the manner in which different nations and supra-national conventions define and interpret the rights of artists and their creations, including investigations of the myriad legal issues concerning the defenses of limitations, laches and bona fide purchasers.

Lawyering Abroad: Basic Concepts of European Legal Systems (1 credit, Professor Bernhard Koch) introduces students to core elements of European legal systems. Emphasis will be placed on major differences between common law and civil law thinking, and particular attention will be given to practical aspects of lawyering, such as finding the law and communicating with foreign counsel.

 Administration:

The Institute is conducted under the co-direction of two members of the St. Mary's faculty:

Professor Bernard Reams is a member of the St. Mary's faculty and a specialist in health law and bioethics. He researches and writes in the field of human subject research. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

Professor Michael Ariens is Professor of Law and Director of Faculty Scholarship. He is a constitutional law and evidence scholar and legal historian. Professor Ariens is the author of American Constitutional Law and History (2012), Lone Star Law (2011), and Law School: Getting In, Getting Out, and Getting On (2009). He has also authored numerous law review articles. Professor Ariens has been a visiting professor at Catholic University and at the University of Innsbruck. He has taught at the Institute and co-taught with Justice Antonin Scalia in 1992, 2002 and 2007 and is a member of the American Law Institute.

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