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INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS

Political Science 44. The Principles of International Law.—12:15;
P. H. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Rogers.

After a rapid survey of the nature, sources, and development of
international law, this course will consider the rules of international
law with particular reference to the problems growing out of the
present war; the sanctity of treaty obligations; the violation of neutral
territory; laws of war on land; contraband, blockades, submarine
warfare, rights and duties of neutrals, etc.

Political Science 45. The Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.—10:30;
P. H. 2 hours (one session-hour). Mr. Rogers.

This course will be concerned with peace projects in the light of
the epochal conflicts provoking them; the growth of international
arbitration; international congresses and the arbitral machinery they
provided (Hague Court); present plans to preserve peace; Pan-Americanism,
the Monroe Doctrine, and the relation of the United
States to the Great War and the future of the world.

B and C credit, for 44 and 45, the amount to be determined by consultation
with the instructor.

In addition to the regular lectures in International Law and Politics,
Dr. Rogers will give six special lectures on President Wilson's
Foreign Policy, 1913-17, as follows:

1. Introductory: the meaning and importance of foreign policy;
democracy and diplomacy; the foreign policy of the United States;
President Wilson's programme.

2. Pan-Americanism: rapprochement through conferences, treaties,
and protectorates; the Mexican imbroglio; Haiti, Nicaragua, Colombia;
the Monroe Doctrine; the American Institute of International
Law and its proposals.

3. The Great War: the nature of neutrality; the invasion of Belgium

and the disregard of the Hague Conventions; President Wilson's
"silent neutrality;" the duty and the propriety of protests;
American interests.

4. The Great War: interferences with American rights by Great
Britain; the Declaration of London; American trade with Germany
and neutrals; the "blockade;" the inviolability of the mails; the
prosecution by President Wilson of America's case against the Allies.

5. The Great War: interference with American rights by Germany;
the submarine warfare; the Lusitania and other outrages; the
German pledges; the breaking of diplomatic relations and its consequences;
the prosecution of America's case against Germany.

6. The United States and the Future Peace of the World: American
isolation; entangling alliances; an entente cordiale with Great
Britain; President Wilson's peace proposals; a League to Enforce
Peace; the abandonment of a policy of isolation.

These lectures will be given Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning
June 26th, at 4:30 in the Auditorium of Peabody Hall.