{"id":11053,"date":"2010-07-26T08:11:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=11053"},"modified":"2010-07-27T12:31:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:31:18","slug":"teaching-international-criminal-law-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2010\/07\/teaching-international-criminal-law-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching International Criminal Law in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today marks the start of the second week of the Summer Session in International and Comparative Law<\/a> in Giessen Germany.\u00a0 Pictured at the top of this post is the \u201ccastle,\u201d the building where my class in International Criminal Law meets.\u00a0 Inside this charming old exterior are some of the modern and fully equipped classrooms of Justus Liebig University<\/a>, although the Justus Liebig Law School itself is physically located elsewhere.<\/p>\n

My International Criminal Law class has 34 students.\u00a0 There are 15 students from Marquette University Law School, 4 students from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and 4 students from other U.S. law schools. \u00a0The remaining 11 students come from law schools around the world, including Germany, Ethiopia, Turkey, Luxembourg, South Africa, Norway, Greece and Brazil.<\/p>\n

Giessen is a college town.\u00a0 It is dominated by University buildings spread throughout the town, much like Madison, Wisconsin. \u00a0There are numerous outdoor beer gardens and cafes, and the local population seems to spend much of their time sitting outside and drinking either coffee or beer. \u00a0It seems appropriate that the word \u201cGiessen\u201d translates into english as \u201cpouring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The course offerings for the Summer Session are quite substantive, and the assigned readings reflect that fact. \u00a0For example, my class this morning dealt with head of state immunity and problems of allocating responsibility to government leaders for war crimes and genocidal acts committed by soldiers.\u00a0 Two of the major developments in International Law over the last decade have been the erosion of immunity for heads of state (even sitting heads of state) and the expansion of conspiracy-based theories of criminal responsibility for international crimes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The fact that the\u00a0students in my class come from around the world can lead to some interesting debates.\u00a0 Last week we discussed the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, and it was interesting to hear the different perspectives on whether the United States should join the ICC or not.\u00a0 Even though the American students are in the majority, I fear\u00a0that we were\u00a0on the defensive on that topic.<\/p>\n

Despite the hard work and the serious subject matter, it seems to me that our class is off to a good start. \u00a0Students in the other classes seem to be having a positive experience as well.\u00a0 The faculty and staff at Justus Liebig University are incredibly welcoming, and a joy to work with. \u00a0And, to top it off, we managed to avoid the great Milwaukee flood of 2010. \u00a0This will definitely be a summer to remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the start of the second week of the Summer Session in International and Comparative Law in Giessen Germany.\u00a0 Pictured at the top of this post is the \u201ccastle,\u201d the building where my class in International Criminal Law meets.\u00a0 Inside this charming old exterior are some of the modern and fully equipped classrooms of 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