Class Syllabi
The below is a partial listing of courses that Dr. Cameron has taught or prepared syllabi. While the primary courses outlined below are in the subjects of:
USA Law
International Law
Intellectual Property
Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality
Philosophy and Jurisprudence
World Religions
Dr. Cameron is available to teach many other specific courses and specialized lectures.
Considering that your students may not be native English speakers, Dr. Cameron is a government trained linguist and experienced English as a Second Language instructor with nearly 15 years of experience teaching/working in multinational environments. He has taught university courses to undergraduates, graduates, law students, lawyers continuing education for the Bar, as well as, for private English as a second language schools, K-12, and as a corporate, legal, government, and executive English teacher.
USA LEGAL SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
Introduction to the study, analysis, scope, and sources of government. Emphasis will be given to the comparative institutions of government, the nature of politics and the manner in which people organize themselves for purposes of governing.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Analysis of the origin, structure, and operations of the national government, with emphasis upon the roles of the legislative, executive, and judicial functions, and the formation and content of public policy. A description and analysis of the structure and operation of American state and local government, federal-state relationships, the political process, and the formation of public policy.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE USA
A USA Supreme Court case based application of the Constitution including issues such as the distribution of and limitations upon governmental, judicial review of legislative and executive action, the powers of Congress and the President, the limitations on state governmental powers resulting from the existence or exercise of congressional power, and judicial protection against the exercise of governmental power in violation of rights, liberties, privileges, or immunities.
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
A study of various aspects of policy making, restraints of trade, anti-trust policies, price discrimination, legalized agreement, restrictions of competition, and general influence of government on business.
BUSINESS LAW
An introduction to the legal system as it applies to commercial transactions and a study of the substantive law of contracts, agency, negotiable instruments, property, and business entities.
CRIMINAL LAW
A study of the history, evolution, principles and contemporary applications of criminal law, including substantive law, classifications of crimes, elements of crimes, and matters of criminal responsibility.
LEGAL ENGLISH
A course designed to prepare non-native speakers to discuss the law in English applying USA , UK, and other legal reasoning and arguing techniques, as well as proper use of legal terminology, pronunciation and style. Students are required to prepare, present, and argue many legal cases for each class room meeting.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – USA
An overview of patent, copyright, trademark and unfair business practices as a matter of USA IP law.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – INTERNATIONAL
Comparative and international laws treaties and cases based on values related to domestic enforcement and international intellectual property rights.
MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS
A basic introduction to U.S. law governing media and to journalistic codes of ethics.
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Overview courses
TRAVEL AND TOURISM LAW AND POLICY COURSE
Overview of the legal issues surrounding the industry of air, hotel, rental car, cruise, travel agent, tour operator and other aspects of the industry.
INTERNATIONAL LAW
A study of sources, schools of thought, major cases and applications of public international law, focusing on the laws of war, diplomacy, the sea, space, and nationality.
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
UN human rights treaties and declarations and the work of the UN Human Rights Council, treaty monitoring bodies and Special Procedures, and also regional and national implementation and other issues.
UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Development of the League of Nations, United Nations and other major international organizations and a study of their legal basis, rules of membership, institutional structure, creation of law, adjudication, enforcement, decision making authority, financing and legal personality.
Advanced courses
AIR LAW
A study of the law that regulates use of air space and operation of air transport and treaties as a matter of public international law, and the international legal regime governing carriage by air as a matter of private international and domestic law. Topics also include consumer rights matters such as fuel surcharges, baggage, air rage by passengers and flight attendants, as well as special topics of the powers and duties of the captain, freedom of the airs, antitrust and other current topics.
MARITIME, ADMIRALTY AND CRUISE LAW
The principles of admiralty and maritime law including that of the United States, its constitutional basis, federal-state issues, jurisdiction, shipping matters, criminal law at sea. Also covered are international matters such as contracts, insurance, carriage of goods, environmental developments, and also maritime torts and piracy. Tourism issues of cruise including rules of the beaches, passengers, gambling, medical care, tour excursion liability, safety of pool and sauna and other current topics are discussed.
HOTEL LAW
Management requirements for hotelier, restaurants, and bars, as well as duty of hotelier, guest and rights of privacy, security, theft, contracts, torts and crimes as relates to the hospitality industry. The course also deals with risk management and crisis management to protect the hotel as well as consumer rights matters.
SPACE LAW
A study of international law and treaties of space including the law-making process relating to space activities and the international institutions that are involved in this process; the legal regime of outer space and celestial bodies including the exploitation of their natural resources; the legal status of spacecraft including their registration; liability for damage caused by space activities; assistance to astronauts and spacecraft in distress, settlement of space-related disputes, common heritage of mankind and other current topics.
SPACE TRAVEL TOURISM AND COMMON HERITAGE
Consideration of laws related to tourism and development of space travel for the private sector, as well as, laws protecting our cultural common heritage and world heritage regarding terrestrial based space tourism.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, LAW, AND THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY
A study of the emerging field of planning for economically and environmentally sustainable communities focusing on traditional government land use and environmental regulations, but also on private sector initiatives to create ecologically sensitive new industries. Course includes lectures and several field trips.
PHILOSOPHY
Overview courses
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW – TOPICS
An investigation into the major subject areas of philosophy of law, the meaning of law and jurisprudence, nature of social, cultural and legal systems, and an overview of the language and linguistics surrounding philosophy of law.
PHILOSOPHY OF USA DEMOCRACY AND DISCONTENTS
The major writers that influenced the creation of the USA government such as Kant, Rousseau, Pain; its development by Jefferson, Burke Rawls, Nozick, Chomsky; and the philosophies that seem counter to USA jurisprudence such as Marx, Hitler, Mao, and Middle Eastern philosophers.
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW – MAJOR WRITERS
A critical analysis of the basic political writings of selected authors important to the development of western civilization including Plato, Aristotle, Locke Kant, Russell and other philosophers.
GLOBALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP, RIGHTS OF STATES, and WORLD GOVERNMENT
Readings on the philosophy behind the citizen as subject on the world scene, her relationship with world governing bodies, and the relationship of states with world governments.
Historical and detailed course program
THE BEGINNINGS OF JURISPRUDENCE
A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Sophocles, Thucydides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and other philosophers.
CLASSICAL NATURAL LAW
A study of the philosophy that true moral beliefs are based on or derived from human nature or the natural world. This is a prescriptive position of the law and how government legislatures, sovereigns, and judges should act. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Cicero, Aquinas, Grotius, Pufendorf, Finnis and other philosophers.
NATURAL RIGHTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY
A study of the philosophy that man has rights which are higher than any government’s realm of intrusion. Later these rights develop to protect man from other men. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Locke, Kant, Paine, Founding Fathers of USA, Rawls and other philosophers and also a study of the historical and philosophical development of human rights and the distinctions among different cultures across time and place.
TWENTIETH CENTURY NATURAL LAW
A study of the philosophy that proper understanding of law as a social institution or social practice and that philosophy should contain specific descriptions of law, not just the good or good government. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Fuller and other philosophers.
LEGAL POSITIVISM
A study of the philosophy that the dominant area of study must be something that can be known by the human mind and there is no necessary connection between law and morality. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Hume, Bentham and other philosophers.
ANALYTICAL POSITIVISM
A study of the philosophy that the proper law in a given society is derived from the sovereign or based on social fact or convention. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Austin, Hart, Kelson, Raz and other philosophers.
LEGAL REALISM
A study of the philosophy that law disputes are often resolved and judgments made based on extralegal considerations (not cases or statues) including sociological and anthropological approaches to the study of law, and that the law should be used as a tool to achieve social purposes and to balance competing societal interests. A critical analysis of the major social, political, legal writings of Maine, Von Jhering, Geny, Holmes, Pound, Frank, Llewellyn and other philosophers.
General introductory courses
PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY
An introduction to the subject, method and history of philosophy.
ETHICS
A study of philosophical ethics with emphasis on current ethical issues.
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC
A study of basic structure in reasoning and of methods for the recognition and use of valid deductive argument forms.
CRITICAL THINKING
A study of reasoning that emphasizes informal critical thinking.
PHILOSOPHY OF TRAVEL
An analysis of leading writings from philosophy, literature and religion that discuss travel. This includes philosophical implications of the development of self and society and its relations and growth with others.
PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
An introduction to philosophy through consideration of its in role of philosophy in culture and influence on social institutions.
BUSINESS ETHICS
A consideration of the major ethical theories that guide human and business behavior. Topics include ethical issues in advertising, product safety, pursuit of profits, employee rights, treatment of workers, effects on the environment, use of natural resources, and multinational operations.
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
An examination of the relevance of ethics for environmental concerns. Attention given to historic ethical traditions about the environment, new and emerging forms of environmental ethics, and the practical application of ethics to current environmental issues.
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
An analysis of the phenomenon of religion from a philosophical perspective including nature and existence of god, afterlife, self and religious meaning of life.
TOPICS IN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
A study of a topic selected from Religion or Philosophy, which may involve field work or study abroad.
RELIGION
General introductory courses
INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION
A study of the characteristic and universal features of religions as expressed in the institutions, rituals, beliefs, and other phenomena of religions of the past and present.
WORLD RELIGIONS
A “history of religions” survey of the world's major religions.
Intermediate courses
ANCIENT EUROPEAN RELIGIONS
A study of pre-Christian religions of Europe including Greece, Rome, Teutonic and Celtic.
NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS
A study of the origins, development, literature, structures, and modes of life and thought of the major living religions that originated in the Near East: Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the modern denominations and sects which derive from them.
ASIAN RELIGIONS
A study of the origins, development, literature, structures, and modes of life and thought of the major living religions that originated in India and Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and current movements which derive from these faiths.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Courses custom designed for particular students and classes.