REGN U6100y Rule of Law Reform and Transitional Justice in War-Torn Societies This course provides students with an introduction to the key challenges the international community faces in its attempts to establish the rule of law and to address transitional justice issues in societies that have been torn by violent conflict. We will investigate different approaches international actors have applied in order to promote justice and the rule of law in such societies. The course will focus on issue areas which present complex challenges to international actors: filling a legal vacuum, constitutional development, and the reform of legal codes; judicial reform; addressing past atrocities through international criminal tribunals, hybrid courts and customary justice mechanisms; police reform; detainee management and prison reform; local ownership of judicial administration; contending with legal pluralism and with customary, informal and/or parallel justice structures; addressing property, land and housing disputes; and fighting serious crimes. These issues will be analyzed by focusing on the international community's approach to such challenges in various war torn societies, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, East Timor, Haiti, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. Students will thus study the nature of the specific challenges mentioned above, the tools, methods, and strategies devised in order to address these challenges, and the shortcomings of the current approaches. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: ICR.

REGN U6120y Crime, Corruption and Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union Organized crime and corruption represent one of the central challenges facing all governments in transition from the planned to the market economy. Over two decades after the fall of Communism, they still form a considerable barrier to economic growth and the consolidation of democratic institutions. Dramatic real-life narrative will enhance the solid theoretical foundations of the course. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6300y The Economics of European Integration 3 pts. A course on the theory and institutions of European economic integration stressing contemporary economic policies and problems of the European Union. The course examines both the intra-EU dimensions of these issues and their consequences for other parts of the international system. Topics covered include: the history and institutional arrangements of the EU; the economics of regionalism and Preferential Trade Agreements; empirical research on the trade and welfare effects of economic integration; the economics of the internal market; the theory of optimum currency areas and its application to European Monetary Union, labour markets and EU macroeconomic policy; the Common Agricultural Policy; regional and budget policy; competition and industrial policy; the economic effects of EU enlargement; and the EU's external economic policy. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Europe.

REGN U6725y Modern Afghanistan: History, Culture, Politics 3 pts. This course will be a weekly seminar, limited to 20 students. It will be a historically-oriented introduction to culture, politics and international relations of Afghanistan; themes to be addressed include state-society relations, ethnic and tribal diversity, modernization and development, nationalism and political identity, the position of women and religion and the state, as well as Afghan relations with outside world. Sources include materials from many disciplines including history, anthropology, political science, literature and film. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Middle East. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Southern Asia.

SIPA U0030x and y (Section 3) Regional Specialization: East Central Europe All SIPA candidates are required to register for one of the specializations in each semester of matriculation at SIPA. The regional specialization registration will be for zero academic credits and will not affect or be affected by fees or financial charges. SIPA: East Central Europe.

LAW L8193y School Desegragation: US & East European Roma (Gypsies) Compared 2 pts.

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