National Security Law
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First Week Assignments

Spring 2008

Casebook: National Security Law, 2nd Ed. (John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner eds., 2005). Available at the law school bookstore.

Documents: National Security Law Documents, 2nd Ed. (John Norton Moore, Guy B. Roberts, and Robert F. Turner eds., 2006). Available at the law school bookstore.

Charter: Charter of the United Nations. Available at the law school bookstore.

Supplementary Readings: Two volumes of selected readings compiled by Professor Moore for the course. Available at the Copy Center.

January 21

I. Introduction and Context

A. Goal Clarification: What is National Security?

Casebook: 3-14 ( I. Claude, ch. 1)

B. The Causes of War: The State of Human Knowledge

Readings, On Reserve: #1 B.W. Tuchman, The Guns of August 9-11, 17-27 (1962; anniversary ed. 1998)

January 23

C. Traditional Approaches to Preventing War

- Diplomacy

- Balance of Power

- Deterrence

- Collective Security

- Arms Control

- World Federalist

- Functionalism and Other

Casebook: 15-28 (J. Moore, ch. 2)

Supplementary Readings: 1-17 R. J. Rummel, “Power Kills; Absolute Power Kills Absolutely” (October 20, 1991).

Readings, On Reserve: #2 B. Russett, Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World 9-11 (1993)