POLS 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Brasidas, Oligarchy, Peloponnesian League
12 Jul 2018
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Lesson 1: justice and law in the international system. International law exists at the intersection of law and politics; in this class, we will be looking at international law as political scientists. Our interest is the functioning of international law in the political environment. In part, what we will be doing is critically examining the relationship of politics and law. In this lesson, we will be reflecting on this issue by examining the definition of international law and considering its political context. Thucydides" peloponnesian war is a classic text that illuminates the problem for us. The problems he addresses are still with us today. This lesson has been designed to maximize learning by following this sequence of activities: read the following pages from the peloponnesian war and study the related. The maps -- figure out where things are! 103-108) maps: the spartan ultimatum and pericles" reply (pp. 414-429: read the lesson notes which follow, complete the to do list.
