MVV03K American National Security Law Course

Faculty of Law
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Michael Paul Seng (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Prof. Michael Paul Seng
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Věra Kalvodová, Dr.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV03K/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Seng
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Syllabus
  • A COURSE IN AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
  • Professor Michael P. Seng
  • Class One
  • Film: The Panama Deception
  • Class Two
  • The Role and Powers of the President under the American Constitution
  • Readings: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
  • United States v. Curtis Wright Export Corp.
  • Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
  • Class Three
  • The Power to Declare War under the American Constitution
  • Readings: The Prize Cases
  • Little v. Barreme
  • Dellums v. Bush
  • The War Powers Resolution
  • Class Four
  • The Domestic Effect of Treaties and Customary International Law
  • Readings: Reid v. Covert
  • Dames & Moore v. Regan
  • Committee of U.S. Citizens in Nicaragua v. Reagan
  • Class Five
  • Investigating National Security Threats
  • Readings: United States v. United States District Court (Keith)
  • The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
  • In re: Sealed Case
  • The Patriot Act
  • Class Six
  • Martial Law, Detentions and Military Trials.
  • Readings: Ex Parte McCardle
  • Doe v. McMillan Ex parte Milligan
  • Ex parte Quirin
  • Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
  • Rasul v. Bush
  • Bissonette v. Haig
  • Class Seven
  • Government Secrecy and Freedom of the Press
  • Readings: Criminal Prosecution of the Press for Publishing Subversive Material Under the Law of the United States
  • Whitney v. California (J. Brandeis, concurring)
  • New York Times Co. v. United States
  • Nation Magazine v. United States Department of Defense
  • United States v. Marchetti Snepp v. United States
Assessment methods (in Czech)
PVP American National Security Law Course
Výukový jazyk : angličtina
Vyučující : prof. Michael Seng, the John Marshall Law School Chicago
Místnost konání : č. 211
Datum a čas konání: Po 26.2. 15.05-18.10 St 28.2. 11.10-15.05 Po 5.3. 16.40-18.10 Po 12.3. 15.05-18.10
Určeno zájemcům všech ročníků Mgr. studia – limit je dán počtem míst v učebně, tj. 35.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2007, recent)
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