This course is a seminar on the role of law in the management of international environmental problems. The course will begin with a brief introduction to public international law as it relates to the environment and a discussion of what international environmental law means. Participants in the course will study a range of environmental issues, legal sources, and institutions.
Kronos Quartet Symposium: A Meditation on War
2-5pm at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
An exploration of the themes of The Kronos Quartet's April 6 concert, created as a response to the centennial anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Historian and journalist Mark Danner will offer thoughts on the historical impact of The Great War and the human costs of warfare in the following century; followed by a roundtable discussion moderated by Francesco Spagnolo of the Magnes Collection with artistic collaborators, Kronos Quartet's David Harrington; composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, documentary filmmaker Bill Morrison; and Combat Paper Project creator and Iraq War veteran Drew Cameron. Free and open to the public.
Please note that the Kronos Quartet will not be performing at this symposium.
The Kronos Quartet's concert is Sunday, April 6 at 7 p.m. at Hertz Hall
PACS 164B: Introduction to Nonviolence - Spring 2007. An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.