Dr. Russell Hittinger was nominated visiting professor to teach an intensive elective course at the prestigious Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan. This was combined with a graduate seminar at the downtown campus. Taking place during a week filled with post-election demonstrations in the country's capital, the timing of the conference underlined the urgency of the theme treated.

The course for undergraduates in the faculty of law consisted of nine 80-minute lectures. While auditing students were permitted, those taking the course for credit were assigned readings and underwent an essay exam. In addition, Dr. Hittinger directed a short seminar for graduate students at a different campus on the subject of civil society and subsidiarity.

Finally, the professor addressed an invited audience for a lecture during which the foundations of natural law and natural rights were examined in the light of a comparison of the United States and proposed European constitutions.