Course Information
Course Descriptions
May 28 – June 23, 2012
Italian Language Classes | Faculty Biographies
International Art Law
Professor Herbert Lazerow
Legal and ethical principles regarding the visual arts, from today’s cutting edge works to the cultural artifacts of previous civilizations. The responsibilities of governments toward artworks in time of peace, war and occupation. Government ability to regulate the ownership and export of works. Protections and obligations of the artist, such as copyright, trademark, the rights of publicity and privacy, and moral and re-sale rights. Tax opportunities and obligations of the artist, the collector and the museum. Problems involving the transfer of art, such as assurances of authenticity (fakes, incorrect attribution, works of dubious provenance) and title (stolen works, expropriated works, colonial transfers, repatriation), and relationships between the artist, the collector, and the people who make the art market, such as dealers, brokers, agents, auctioneers, and lenders who take security interests in art works. The course includes litigation problems frequently encountered in art law.
Exam: 6/22 (2 cr.) Class days: MTWThF 9:00 - 10:20 a.m.
International Negotiations
Professor Leonard Fromm
The theory, dynamics, and constraints inherent in the negotiation process, especially in the international and cross cultural context. Special attention will be given to planning, strategic choice, skills development, and post analysis of performance. Different types of international deal making and disputes will be examined, followed by relevant, simulated role playing in a cross cultural context. When do "culture" and being "international" really count and when do they get in the way of being a truly effective negotiator? What is the role and the impact, if any, of emotions in negotiation specifically and then in the international context? What factors trigger culturally based negotiation thinking? In a globally developing world, what can and should we make of cultural scripts? Are they really as valid as they were in the past? The course will be evaluated by a combination of the quality of class engagement, participation in negotiation projects, and reflections on those negotiations.
Exam: 6/22 (2 cr.) Class days: MTWThF 9:00 - 10:20 a.m.
International Intellectual Property
Professor Shubha Ghosh
This course examines the central international treaties dealing with protection of copyright, trademark and patent to understand the rules governing the global intellectual property system and its effect on the intellectual property laws of nation states. Topics covered include legal protection for folklore, traditional knowledge, geographic indicators, famous trademarks, pharmaceutical products, software and video games as well as protection for the rights of users of new communications technologies like peer to peer and social networks, of music and other cultural works, and of novel and innovative processes and inventions. No technological background is needed.
Exam: 6/23 (2 cr.) Class days: MTWThF 10:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Comparative Civil Liberties
Professor Bruce Hay
A comparative study of the rights of the individual against the state in modern society. The
primary focus will be on freedom of expression in the arts, literature, film, and other
communications media: we will investigate the scope and limits of the power of the state to ban
representations it considers immoral, subversive, hateful or demeaning, or inciting crime or
violence. The course will therefore highlight the conflicts between the right of free expression
and competing considerations such as equality, privacy, individual dignity, and social order.
Emphasis will be on the USA and Western Europe, with some attention to other parts
of the world.
Exam: 6/23 (2 cr) Class days: MTWThF 10:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Italian Language Classes
A beginning conversational Italian course is offered from MTWThF 12:40 - 1:30 p.m. for an additional charge. If there is a demand, a more advanced course, for those who have had the equivalent of a year of college Italian, will also be offered at the same time. Italian is open to accompanying persons and is not for college credit.
Faculty Biographies
Leonard Fromm, Associate Dean for Students and Alumni, Indiana U Bloomington. BA Conception, MA Marquette, JD Wisconsin.
Shubha Ghosh, Professor Wisconsin. Former faculty Buffalo, Georgia State, National Law School of India, Oklahoma City, Seton Hall, Siena, SMU, Thamassat U Bangkok. Former law clerk to Hon. John Noonan, 9th Circuit. Fulbright Fellow. Author: Intellectual Property in Business Organizations; Private Rights, the Public Interest and the Regulation of Creative Activity; Global Patent Law; Creativity, Law & Entrepreneurship; Acing Torts; Theater Law. BA Amherst; MA, PhD Michigan; JD Stanford.
Bruce Hay, Professor Harvard. Former law clerk to Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court. Visiting faculty Freiburg & Mainz. Author: Environmental Protection and Social Responsibility of Firms. BA Wisconsin, JD Harvard.
Herbert Lazerow, Professor USD, Co-founder of the Institute & 2012 Florence Institute Director. Former faculty Louisville, Paris X Nanterre. Author: OECD Draft Influence on U.S. Income Tax Treaties. Former editor-in-chief, Int'l Tax Journal. AB Pennsylvania, JD Harvard, LLM George Washington, DESS Paris I.
