Seminar: Law of Nationbuilding (Fall, 2005)
Thursdays 4-6 PM
Room 545
Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
hperritt@kentlaw.edu
(312) 906-5098
Assistant Dean Lydia Lazar
llazar@kentlaw.edu
(312) 906-5012
Topics & final papers
Gerry Bekkerman: The End of the Last Dictatorship in Europe: Four Keys
to a Successful Color Revolution in Belarus
Adam Bridge: Prospects for a Tibetan Insurgency
Sara Dahlquist: Go Kosovo Co.: The Birth of a Business
Lawrence Ershaghi: Political & Legal Developments in Iraq & its
regional implications
Margaret Murphy: The media’s
role in coverage of conflicts:
Journalists’ efforts to get the story in Vietnam, Kosovo and Iraq
Aravind Raghu: How
are Laws from the Nineteenth Century Still Valid Today? A Look into India’s
Secured Transaction System
Jacob Ramer: Hate By Association: Individual Criminal Responsibility
for Persecution Through Participation in a Joint Criminal Enterprise
Laurel Sienkiewicz: The Right to Compensation for Violations of
Property Rights
Elizabeth Sietsema: The Upside of Corruption: Economic Benefits
of Bribery and Economic Growth in China
Schedule:
1 September:
Adam Bridge: Tibet: climate for insurgency
Gerry Bekkerman: Belarus: climate for an Orange Revolution
8 September:
Sara Dahlquist: preliminary business plan for Gokosovo Co.
(tentative) Andrew Strong: comments on business plan and report on work in Kosovo
15 September
Jacob Ramer: Presentation of outline and thesis, and discussion
Laurel Sienkiewicz: Presentation of outline and thesis and discussion
22 September
Read chapter 7 of "Fire for the Colors"
Bekkerman & Bridge: identify needs for fundraising for Belarus and Tibet
Wiesner: present outline and thesis and discuss barriers to fundraising for Belarus and Tibet
Lawrence Ershaghi: Constitutional developments and politics in Iraq
29 September
Raghu: Presentation of outline, thesis and partial draft
Sietsema: Presentation of outline, thesis and partial draft
6 October
Murphy: Presentation of outline, thesis and partial draft
Dahlquist: Presentation on legal issues for Gokosovo Co.
13 October (no class-Yom Kippur)
20 October (no class)
27 October
"readers" report on papers, 10 minutes each
3 November
Further discussion of Iraqi constitution and implications for region
10 November
Prof Bernadette Atuahene makes presention and leads discussion on Hernando deSoto and "land titling"
17 November
Ukraine Orange Revolution discussion, with Ukranian LLM students:
Igor Leonidovich Solodovnik and Anna Yegupova
24 November (no class-Thanksgiving)
1 December discussion of chapter 12 of "Fire for the Colors: The Inside Story of the Kosovo Liberation Army's Fourth Generation War" and social at Dean Lazar's (directions to be provided)
5 December last class: review of conclusions for nationbuilding and American foreign policy
First day assignment:
Good source of good reports on Kosovo, from before the war to now
Possible topics
Building democracy: political parties, the press, and other institutions of civil society
Application of "laws of war" to insurgencies
"Just wars" in the 21st Century
Counterterrorism strategies
Waging an effective "War Against Terrorism"
Economic development strategies for Afghanistan
Economic development strategies for Iraq
Economic development and insurgency
Develop arguments for judicial review of visa denials
History of the Kosova Liberation Army ("KLA")
Privatization and "takings"
Introducing financial services intermediaries in former socialist economies
Dealing with corruption