LAW 683 - China and Its Neighbors

Unit(s): 2

This course will cover aspects of the constitutions and selected laws of China, Bhutan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Myanmar (Burma), The Philippines, Taiwan (Republic of China, considered by China to be a province), and Vietnam, with brief side trips to Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. The course will include a sprinkling of international treaties and comparisons to the United States Constitution and selected laws, including competition and intellectual property laws. The course is a two unit survey course with succinct excursions into the cultures and histories of a mixture of the neighboring countries as necessary to understand generally their laws and constitutions and the relationship of the laws and constitutions to rapidly emerging China and the perceived influence of the United States.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law