2008 Program Courses
All four courses will be taught by full-time law professors.
All students are expected to enroll in two of the four courses for a maximum of four semester hours of credit.
Comparative Law (2 Credits)
This course provides an introduction to the comparative method as a process and explores various legal traditions and national systems within those traditions. While the focus will be on the history and essential components of the civil law tradition, the course may also explore the history and significant elements of the common law, Islamic, or socialist traditions. Students will study specific national legal systems to learn the primary similarities and differences between different legal traditions, as well as how the differences have evolved or been minimized over time. This course will be taught by Professor Megan Ballard.
Megan Ballard is an Associate Professor at Gonzaga. She received her B.A., from Lewis and Clark College; an M.A. in Ibero-American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School; and an LL.M. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, as a Law and Globalization Fellow. She formerly practiced in litigation with Perkins Coie, Seattle, and estate planning with Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Ballard teaches Property, Wills and Trusts and Comparative Law.
Comparative Law: Governmental Structure & Civil Rights (2 Credits)
This course examines the constitutional experiences of four nations to determine the impact that constitutional framework and governmental structure have on the development of individual civil rights. This examination will follow two central themes: (1) equal protection, particularly as it relates to race; and (2) the traditional civil liberties of freedom of speech and freedom of and from religion. This course will be taught by Professor James Celto Vacheé.
James Celto Vacheé is a professor at Gonzaga. He received his B.A. degree from Washington State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Washington. Professor Vache is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. He teaches Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Comparative Civil Liberties, and Ethical Issues in the Representation of Children. Professor Vacheé served as the dean at Gonzaga for five years beginning in 1986.
International Human Rights (2 Credits)
This course is designed as an introduction to the critical concepts in international human rights law in a concurrent historical and contemporary context. The ideological and practical formation of human rights law up to its current structures and legal decisions will be examined. The specific focus on current topics will be determined on an on-going basis throughout the session. This course will be taught by Professor Mary Pat Treuthart.
Mary Pat Treuthart is a professor of law at Gonzaga. She received her B.A. degree from Douglass College, her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law-Camden and her LL.M. from Columbia Law School. A former legal services program director, she teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Family Law, Human Rights, Mental Health Law, and Women and the Law. Professor Treuthart has taught Comparative Human Rights courses in study-abroad programs in Ireland, Italy, and most recently in Poland, where she was a Fulbright scholar and lecturer. Professor Treuthart has traveled extensively in Europe and is particularly enthusiastic and knowledgeable about Italy.
International Cultural Heritage Law (2 Credits)
This course will examine the legal and moral arguments in favor of various repatriation requests by individuals, groups, and nation states, as well as the legal, moral, and practical arguments commonly raised by those on the receiving end of repatriation requests.
The course will explore the nuances and complexities of these issues and will allow students to form their own conclusions about the appropriate ways to handle various repatriation requests in the context of existing law and policy. Special emphasis will be placed on art repatriation efforts involving Italy and the United States.
This course will be taught by Professor Jennifer A. Kreder from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University.
Jennifer Anglim Kreder is an Associate Professor of Law at Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. She received her B.A. with High Honors in Political Science from the University of Florida and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Kreder teaches Civil Procedure, Remedies, Art Law, and Cultural Property Law. She has written and lectured on art law topics in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to entering academia, Professor Kreder was a Litigation Associate with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP in New York, concentrating on Holocaust era inter-governmental negotiation and litigation issues and art disputes.
