International Law Research Paper
The research paper must include a clear thesis statement and two to three arguments (this includes an introduction, analysis, and conclusion). In the analysis, must engage with Third World Approaches to International Law.
Paper topics may include:
• What is the role of UN Security in resolving international armed conflict?
• What is the role of UN Security Council in prosecuting international war criminals?
• What is the role of the UN in maintaining world order?
• Can the United Nations (and the UN Security Council) maintain world order?
• Can the history of international law explain our present world order?
• What is the status of Jerusalem in international law?
• Describe and theorize the role of the Third World in the current world order.
Discuss the contested and complicated history of the Sovereignty doctrine and its current significance.
• What is the history of statehood and why is it so contested?
• Critically discuss the sources of international law from a “Third World Approaches to International Law” perspective.