＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRATIZATION and the RULE OF LAW will be the focus of this student-centered interdisciplinary advanced seminar. This course will explore the role of law and legal systems in the economic, social and human development of countries in transition and developing nations. We will begin with an exploration of sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Later, we will examine different approaches to the rule of law and various regional experiences with developing the rule of law, combating corruption, as well as grappling with revolution and transition to democracy.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
1) acquire a workable knowledge of the concepts and principles of law and development, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2) gain the necessary skills to do research on law and development
3) obtain a better understanding of the role of international institutions in law and development
4) understand different approaches to the rule of law
5) be familiar with various regional rule of law experiences
6) analyze, present and evaluate law and development policies
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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Week 1
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The Importance of the Rule of Law
The Failure of Law and Development?
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
For THIS week (distributed in MS Teams or DUET) - Bingham: Some History (pp.10-33)
Carothers: “The Rule of Law Revival” and “The Problem of Knowledge” by Thomas Carothers (pp.3-30)
For NEXT week - Sachs pp.1-44
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Week 2
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Introduction to Sustainable Development
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.45-70
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Week 3
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An Unequal World
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.101-138
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Week 4
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Why Some Countries Developed While Others Stayed Poor
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.139-180
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Week 5
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Ending Extreme Poverty
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.219-250
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Week 6
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Social Inclusion
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.251-274
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Week 7
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Education
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NEXT week - Sachs pp.275-316
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Week 8
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Health
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NEXT week - Sachs pp.317-354
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Week 9
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Food Security
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.355-392
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Week 10
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Resilient Cities
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.393-480
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Week 11
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Climate Change and Saving BioDiversity
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
NEXT week - Sachs pp.481-512
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Week 12
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Sustainable Development Goals
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Next Week - Carothers: "The Complexity Success in Russia" (pp.217-250)
Diamond: The Post-Communist Divide (pp.190-207)
Diamond: Latin America’s Uneasy Progress (pp.171-189)
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Week 13
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Battling Corruption (Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe) Prospects for Global Democracy (Latin America)
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Next Week - Carothers: “A Trojan Horse in China? By Matthew Stephenson (pp.191-216).
Dam: China as a Test Case (pp.233-277)
Carothers: “Time to Learn, Time to Act in Africa” by Laure-Helene Piron (pp.275-300). Diamond: Africa, Overcoming Personal Rule (pp.238-262)
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Week 14
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Regional Experiences and the Rule of Law I (China)
Regional Experiences and the Rule of Law II (Africa)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Next Week - Carothers: “Middle East Dilemmas” by David Mednicoff (pp.251-274)
Diamond: Can the Middle East Democratize? (pp.263-290)
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Week 15
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Regional Experiences and the Rule of Law II (Middle East)
Case Study: Nigeria and Shariah Law
The Prospects for Global Democracy II, (Middle East) Democracy and the Arab Spring
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
**Portfolio Due**
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Course Requirements and Assignments
Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions, thus regular attendance, and completion of background readings prior to class is important. You will be required to make two group presentations as well as lead discussions that will be assigned to you during the course. There will be short weekly discussion questions/writing assignments throughout. At the end of the course, you are required to submit them as a final portfolio.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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Discussion Portfolio
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30%
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Contributions to class (discussions, short assignments, attendance)
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30%
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Presentations
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40%
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＜テキスト/Textbook＞
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Jeffrey D. Sachs
, The Age of Sustainable Development
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(Columbia University Press , 2015)
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544
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ISBN:978-0231173155
Also available as an ebook -
https://books.apple.com/jp/book/the-age-of-sustainable-development/id957623090?l=en
https://www.vitalsource.com/products/the-age-of-sustainable-development-jeffrey-d-sachs-v9780231539005
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＜参考文献/Reference Book＞
＜備考/Remarks＞
Additional readings TBA.
This syllabus will be subject to changes and/or revisions
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