International Commercial Litigation (2 credits)
An examination of the law and practice of international commercial litigation from the English perspective: jurisdiction and operation of the English Commercial Court; international rules for recognition and enforcement of judgments; interim relief; choice of law in commercial litigation; evidence problems in transnational disputes.

Instructor-Graham Virgo , M.A., Cambridge; B.C.L., Oxford. Fellow of Downing College;Professor, Cambridge Faculty of Law; Barrister of Lincoln's Inn.

International Law (2 credits)
The basic introductory course in the field--the nature, scope, sources and jurisdiction of international law, the law of treaties, the doctrine of state responsibility, international dispute resolution and other topics.

Instructor-John Hopkins , M.A., LL.B., Cambridge. Fellow of DowningCollege; Lecturer, Cambridge Faculty of Law; Barrister and Master of the Bench of the MiddleTemple.

International Security Law (2 credits)
(Terrorism & the Law)
This course is an in-depth analysis of federal and state law as they pertain to the study of terrorism. Topics include search and seizure issues, privacy laws, the Patriot Act, Constitutional issues in reference to terrorism investigation/prevention, and criminal procedure. Text: Wayne McCormack, Legal Responses to Terrorism (2nd ed,. 2008).

Instructor–Ronald J. Rychlak, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Mississippi, School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at Ole Miss, Rychlak practiced law in Chicago, and he served as clerk to Judge Harry Wellford of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prof. Rychlak is on the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, a member of the committee appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court to revise that state's criminal code, an advisor to the Holy See's delegation to the United Nations, and a delegate at the meetings on the International Criminal Court. He is also the author or co-author of six books and has written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston College Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, UCLA Law Review, and several other reviews, magazines, and journals.

Principles of US and International Copyright Law (2 credits)
A course on the basic rules governing the protection of music, motion pictures, literature, art, and other “works of authorship” under U.S. copyright law, including issues relating to copyrightability, ownership, registration, duration of protection, infringement, fair use, and the use and dissemination of copyrighted works on the Internet. The course will also examine the principles governing protection of copyrighted works under international law.

Instructor–Professor Robert Denicola, B.S.E. (magna cum laude, aerospace engineering), Princeton University; J.D., LL.M. (magna cum laude), Harvard University; Margaret Larson Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of Nebraska. Professor Denicola teaches Copyright Law, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, and Contract Law at Nebraska, and he has visited at Cornell University and the University of Alabama. He is the author of a casebook on Copyright Law, and he serves as the Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition, which covers trademark law, trade secret law, false advertising, and the right of publicity.

Tax Policy (2 credits)
This course will study methods and purposes of governmental revenue collection, examining economic and political theory and analyzing various actual and proposed patterns of taxation. The course will consider the income tax, consumption tax, sales tax, and value-added tax, comparing the United States and European models and briefly considering cross-border issues.

Instructor--Don Leatherman is the W. Allen Separk Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He primarily teaches courses on the federal income tax and writes and speaks frequently on tax issues.

US Antitrust Law in International Perspective (2 credits)
This course will focus on the development of the law of restraints of trade, price fixing and other market sharing phenomena, monopolization, with an emphasis on Microsoft, product distribution restrictions and mergers under the federal antitrust laws, along with a comparative analysis to the EU Competition Law. Possible changes in the dynamics of traditional antitrust law resulting from the global crisis in banking and investment markets will also be examined.

Instructor–Phillip Norvell, teaches Antitrust, Property and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville). He practiced law as a federal antitrust prosecutor with of the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission (Washington D.C.) prior to joining the faculty at Arkansas. He has lectured before numerous national and state Mineral Law Institutes on Oil and Gas and Water Law. He has served as a member of the Board of Editors of the Oil & Gas Reporter since 1981.