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| LAW 6000 | Civil Procedure (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course covers the procedures courts use in deciding lawsuits that do not involve criminal misconduct. Much of it is concerned with the process of litigation in trial courts, from the initial documents called pleadings, through the pre-trial process, especially the process of discovery in which parties obtain information from one another, to trial itself. |
| LAW 6001 | Constitutional Law (4.00) |
| This course is an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines. Judicial review, federalism, congressional powers and limits, the commerce clause, and the 10th Amendment are covered, as are the equal protection and due process clauses. | |
| LAW 6002 | Contracts (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines the legal obligations that attach to promises made in a business contract or otherwise, including the remedies that may be available for promises that are not kept. The course examines the legal requirements for enforceable contracts, including consideration, consent and conditions, and the effect of fraud, mistake, unconscionability, and impossibility. |
| LAW 6003 | Criminal Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course explores the basic principles of Anglo-American criminal law, including the constituent elements of criminal offenses, the necessary predicates for criminal liability, the major concepts of justification and excuse, and the conditions under which offenders can be liable for attempt. Major emphasis is placed on the structure and interpretation of modern penal codes. |
| LAW 6004 | Legal Research and Writing (YR) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of the yearlong basic skills course in the first-year curriculum covering fundamental legal research techniques, two styles of legal writing, and oral advocacy. In this first semester, students complete various research and citation exercises and write three office memoranda of increasing length and complexity. |
| LAW 6005 | Legal Research and Writing (YR) (1.00) |
| This is the second semester of the yearlong basic skills course in the first-year curriculum covering fundamental legal research techniques, two styles of legal writing, and oral advocacy. In this second semester, students write an appellate brief and present an appellate oral argument before a panel of alumni, faculty, and Dillard Fellows (upperclass teaching assistants). | |
| LAW 6006 | Property (4.00) |
| The course is a general introduction to property concepts and different types of property interests, particularly real property. The course surveys present and future estates in land, ownership and concurrent ownership. Leasehold interests, gifts and bequests, covenants and servitudes, conveyancing, various land use restrictions, eminent domain, and intellectual and personal property issues are also considered. | |
| LAW 6007 | Torts (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course examines liability for civil wrongs that do not arise out of contract. It explores three standards of conduct: liability for intentional wrongdoing, negligence, and liability without fault, or strict liability, and other issues associated with civil liability, such as causation, damages, and defenses. Battery, medical malpractice, products liability, and tort reform will also be covered. |
| LAW 6100 | Accounting: Understanding and Analyzing Financial Statements (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the first half of the combined four-credit Accounting/Corporate Finance course. This course provides an understanding of the concepts of financial accounting and published financial statements. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6101 | Corporate Finance (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the second half of the combined four-credit Accounting/Corporate Finance course. The central theme is understanding the sources of value for the firm from the perspective of the manager who must make financing choices (sources of funds) and investment choices (uses of funds) to maximize the value of the firm. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6102 | Administrative Law (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course covers the role of agencies in the constitutional structure and their operations. Topics include the nondelegation doctrine, executive appointment and removal power, the legislative veto as well as the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and other sources of law that regulate and structure the authority of agencies to determine the rights and responsibilities of the public. Prerequisite: LAW 6001-Constitutional Law Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6103 | Corporations (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course considers the formation and operation of corporations and compares corporations to other business forms. It examines the roles and duties of those who control businesses and the power of investors to influence and litigate against those in control. The course also addresses the special problems of closely held corporations and issues arising out of mergers and attempts to acquire firms. The course uses both new tools derived from the corporate finance and related literature and traditional tools to explore a wide range of phenomena and transactions associated with the modern business enterprise. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6104 | Evidence (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course will cover questions of relevance, hearsay, privilege, and expert testimony, among others, and it will focus largely on problems arising in concrete factual settings, as opposed to traditional case analysis. Major emphasis will be placed on the Federal Rules of Evidence, which now apply in the courts of roughly 40 states as well as the federal system. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6105 | Federal Courts (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is about the federal judicial system and its relationship to various other decision-makers, including Congress and the state courts. We will examine the jurisdiction of the federal courts; the elements of a justiciable case or controversy; the role of state law and so-called "federal common law" in federal courts; implied causes of action; and state sovereign immunity. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6106 | Federal Income Tax (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will concentrate on the provisions that apply to all taxpayers, with particular concern for the taxation of individuals. The course is intended to provide grounding in such fundamental areas as the concept of income, income exclusions and exemptions, non-business deductions, deductions for business expenses, basic tax accounting, assignment of income, and capital gains and losses. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6107 | International Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the introductory course in public (government-to-government) international law. Topics include the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, recognition and statehood, diplomatic immunity, sovereign immunity, the law of the sea, torture, the Geneva and Hague Conventions, treaties, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 6109 | Corporations (Law & Business) (4.00) |
| This course considers the formation and operation of corporations and will compare corporations to other business forms. It will examine the roles and duties of those who control businesses and the power of investors to influence and litigate against those in control. The course will also address the special problems of closely held corporations and issues arising out of mergers and attempts to acquire firms. | |
| LAW 6112 | Environmental Law (3.00) |
| In Environmental Law, we address pollution control under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts as well as natural resource protection under the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act. Although the primary focus will be on federal law, we will also explore some local, state and international dimensions. | |
| LAW 7000 | Admiralty (3.00) |
| This course examines the basic substantive and procedural doctrines in federal admiralty law and compares them to analogous doctrines in other areas of law. Topics include: jurisdiction in admiralty, carriage of goods by sea, salvage, general average, collision, maritime torts for personal injury and death and environmental law on navigable waters. | |
| LAW 7001 | Advanced Topics in the Law of War (JAG) (2.00) |
| The course studies the law of war by considering and comparing U.S. and international perspectives on the law of war, including views of U.S. allies, the United Nations, the ICRC and NGOs. Topics include sources of contemporary law of war, the principles of the law of war and targeting, battlefield status, regulation of internal armed conflicts, human rights law, and enforcement mechanisms. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7002 | Agency and Partnership (3.00) |
| This course deals with the agency relationship and its consequences, focusing on such topics as contractual authority, vicarious liability, and fiduciary obligation. Using litigated cases, students will learn how to help clients structure their affairs in a manner consistent with their business goals, including minimizing unwanted liability. | |
| LAW 7003 | Alternative Dispute Resolution (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course covers dispute resolution processes alternative to litigation, including negotiation, mediation, mini-trial, and others. Particular emphasis will be given to arbitration, its theoretical and statutory foundations, and its procedures. |
| LAW 7004 | Analysis of the Military Criminal Legal System (JAG) (2.00) |
| This course provides an in-depth critical examination of the military criminal legal system. A comparative and historical approach is used to explore the military justice system's divided loyalty between constitutional safeguards and the military mission. Discussion of possible changes that might improve the system is encouraged. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7005 | Antitrust (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This class studies American efforts to prevent the private subversion of free competition. In addition to analysis of the statutes and case law, students consider the history of antitrust regulation and the economic assumptions that drive much of its application. |
| LAW 7006 | Alternative Dispute Resolution: Negotiation and Mediation (2.00) |
| This course will explore a broad range of concepts in the study of alternatives to the litigation model of dispute resolution, with a strong emphasis on negotiation and mediation. The objective is for students to develop effective dispute resolution skills. Topics will include styles of handling conflict, ethics, influence of personality differences, and strategies for non-adversarial problem solving. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 7007 | Bankruptcy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will explore in detail some of the legal, theoretical, and practical issues raised by a debtor's financial distress. Principal emphasis will be on how the Federal Bankruptcy Code uses or displaces otherwise applicable law as the provider of rules that govern the relationships among debtors, creditors and others. |
| LAW 7008 | Bioethics and the Law (3.00) |
| This course explores the intersection among medicine, technology and the law. Topics may include human reproduction and birth, human genetics and the privacy and ownership of genetic information, death and dying, research involving human subjects, organ transplantation, and public health and bioterrorism. | |
| LAW 7009 | Criminal Procedure Survey (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this course, we will explore the constitutional rules that constrain executive actors when they investigate crime and prosecute criminal defendants. Specifically, we study the degree to which the Fourth and Fifth Amendment limit police investigations and the ways in which constitutional guarantees of due process, equal protection, and trial by jury affect criminal prosecutions. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7018 and LAW 7019. |
| LAW 7010 | Communications Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course surveys the field of electronic communications. Major themes of the course include how to manage a "scarce" resource, the conflict between firms and between media, the conflict between competition and monopoly, the conflict between free speech and regulation, the conflict between self governance and regulation, and, the conflict between different regulators. |
| LAW 7011 | Comparative Constitutional Law (3.00) |
| The seminar will explore the issues entailed in the drafting and uses of a constitution. To what extent do constitutions reflect universal values (such as human rights), and to what extent are they grounded in the culture and values of a particular people? How much borrowing goes on in the writing of a constitution? | |
| LAW 7012 | Comparative Democratic Constitutionalism (3.00) |
| This course examines the constitutions and constitutional jurisprudence of the United States, Germany, Canada and South Africa. Students in this course will engage in comparative constitutional analysis, through study of relevant provisions of each nation's constitution, as well as selected cases and secondary materials. | |
| LAW 7013 | Complex Civil Litigation (3.00) |
| This course addresses the dramatic expansion of civil litigation in our society in recent years, and the accompanying development of new and often innovative procedural mechanisms for coping with that expansion. The class action will be given primary attention; other topics will include discovery, judicial control of complex cases, trial, and preclusion. | |
| LAW 7014 | Conflict of Laws (2.00 - 3.00) |
| This course examines the rules and principles that govern the resolution of multi-jurisdictional conflicts of laws in the United States. The central issue throughout the course is, simply, what law governs a multi-jurisdictional dispute? It considers various theoretical bases for choice of law principles, as well as the principal constitutional limitations on choice of law. | |
| LAW 7015 | Constitutional History I: American Revolution to 1865 (3.00) |
| This course traces the history of American constitutional law development from the Articles of Confederation through the Civil War. Topics include the framing and ratification of the Constitution, the Alien and Sedition Acts, the landmark decisions of the Marshall Court, the constitutional ramifications of slavery, and various constitutional issues raised by the Civil War. | |
| LAW 7016 | Constitutional History II: The Twentieth Century (3.00) |
| This course examines, from a historical perspective, constitutional developments from the enactment of the Civil War amendments to the Brown decision involving school desegregation. | |
| LAW 7017 | Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines the two clauses in the Bill of Rights which define and safeguard religious freedom - the one barring laws "respecting an establishment of religion" and the other protecting the "free exercise of religion." Prerequisite: LAW 6001 - Constitutional Law |
| LAW 7018 | Criminal Adjudication (3.00) |
| This course looks at the way the judicial system operates once criminal charges are filed. Topics include bail and preventive detention, the right to the effective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining, the right to trial by jury, appeals from criminal convictions, and habeas corpus review. | |
| LAW 7019 | Criminal Investigation (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines the constitutional jurisprudence that regulates the government's investigation of crime and apprehension of criminal suspects. In particular, the course will focus on the doctrines by which the judiciary polices the police, including the primary remedy (suppression of evidence) for police misconduct. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 7020 | Disputes and Remedies I & II (JAG) (4.00) |
| This course focuses on contract litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, using an actual Army Contract Appeals Division case file as the basis for all graded and ungraded exercises. Course topics include jurisdiction, pleadings and motions, written discovery, depositions, hearings, brief writing, ADR and settlement agreements, and post-hearing procedures and appeals. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7021 | Duty to Obey (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines debates concerning our (alleged) moral duty to obey the law, and, more generally, our "political obligations." It explores the justifications that have been offered for the various kinds of legal disobedience. Readings are from contemporary sources in political philosophy and legal theory. Course was offered Fall 2010 |
| LAW 7022 | Employment Discrimination (3.00) |
| This course focuses upon the principal federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race or sex, especially Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also examines the federal constitutional law of racial and sexual discrimination, primarily as it affects judicial interpretation of the preceding statutes. | |
| LAW 7023 | Employment Law: Contracts, Torts, and Statutes (3.00) |
| In contrast to the traditional labor law course, this course is an introduction to the diverse body of law that governs the individual employment relationship. The course examines a selection of the important issues that employment lawyers face in practice. | |
| LAW 7024 | Banking and Financial Institutions (3.00) |
| This course will examine the regulation of financial institutions, with an emphasis on federal regulation of banking. | |
| LAW 7025 | Employment Law: Health and Safety (3.00) |
| This course examines legal responses to work-related health and safety issues. The worker's compensation system and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) are studied in some detail. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7026 | Entertainment Law (3.00) |
| This course offers an introduction to legal, business, and creative issues in film, television, and music production and distribution, and the role of the entertainment lawyer. This course will provide an overview of "standard" contract clauses in film, television, and music contracts and some of the leading cases and legal issues related to those businesses. | |
| LAW 7027 | Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste (2.00) |
| In this course we explore the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or Superfund, which assigns liability for the cleanup of contaminated sites and accounts for the bulk of federal environmental litigation, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which establishes "cradle-to-grave" regulation of hazardous waste. We will also explore the regulation of toxic substances. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7028 | European Legal Systems (2.00) |
| This course traces the development of European legal systems and methods from Roman law to modern civil codes (Austrian, French, German, Swiss, Dutch). It will include a study of contemporary scholarly doctrine and jurisprudence of the courts. The course will also examine the ongoing harmonization of private law in the European Union. | |
| LAW 7029 | European Union Law (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course offers a comprehensive survey of the constitutional and legal structure of the European Union. After a brief historical introduction, the course will explore such fundamental structural features as sources and forms of European Union acts, the role of the Court of Justice and of fundamental rights, as well as current problems in European integration. |
| LAW 7030 | Family Law (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the law surrounding intimate relationships between adults. In particular, we will focus on the institution of marriage and its changing scope and social meaning, divorce and its financial consequences, and the parent-child relationship, including establishing parenthood, adoption, child custody, and child support. | |
| LAW 7031 | Federal Criminal Law (3.00) |
| This course explores the scope and structure of federal crimes. The course covers the jurisdiction of the federal government over crime, including constitutional limitations; the emerging law of federal mens rea; four crimes that illustrate the enormous reach of the federal criminal law; and RICO, the most important organized crime statute in history. Broader policy issues are discussed. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7032 | Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is an introduction to the federal taxation of gratuitous transfers made by individuals during life and at death. |
| LAW 7033 | First Amendment Freedoms (3.00) |
| This elective sequel to the required introductory course focuses significantly on First Amendment doctrine and theory, including free speech, freedom of the press, and religion. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7034 | Food and Drug Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course considers the Food and Drug Administration as a case study of an administrative agency that must combine law and science to regulate activities affecting public health and safety. |
| LAW 7035 | Foreign Relations Law (3.00) |
| This course examines the constitutional and statutory doctrines regulating the conduct of American foreign relations. | |
| LAW 7036 | Contemporary Political Theory (3.00) |
| In the latter half of the twentieth century, political liberalism has been the most influential theory of the state in the Western world. Philosophers, economists, legal academics, feminists, critical race scholars, and historians have sought to explain and justify the scope and limits of political coercion by debating the merits of liberalism. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7037 | Habeas Corpus (3.00) |
| This course will explore remedies available to challenge criminal convictions. We will also examine systemic causes of faulty convictions such as: unreliable eye witness identifications, faulty forensic science, inadequate defense counsel, fabrication of evidence, suppression of evidence, and false and coerced confessions. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7038 | Health Care Law (3.00) |
| This course provides an introduction to the landscape and government regulation of the healthcare market. The course first examines the three groups - healthcare providers, health insurers, and patients - around which the modern U.S. healthcare system is organized. It then examines how the government regulates relationships within and between these groups. | |
| LAW 7039 | Health Care Reform (3.00) |
| The goal of this seminar is to understand the need and potential for health care reform in the United States and to critically evaluate various alternatives now being discussed. The first half of the seminar will present an overview of current health financing and operations in the U.S. and other major developed countries. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7040 | Health Care Structure and Financing (2.00) |
| This course will provide an overview of the structure and financing of the American health care system. It will provide a broad overview of American law and regulation as it applies to these areas. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7041 | Criminal Law and the Regulation of Vice (2.00) |
| An exploration of criminal law and the regulation of vice. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7042 | Immigration Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course introduces the complex substantive provisions of U.S. immigration laws and the procedures used to decide specific immigration-related issues. Attention is given to underlying constitutional, philosophical, and historical issues, and to the interaction of Congress, the courts, and administrative agencies regarding major public policy issues on immigration, including current anti-terrorism policy. |
| LAW 7043 | Insurance (3.00) |
| This course provides a working knowledge of basic insurance law governing insurance contract formation, insurance regulation, property, life, health, disability, and liability insurance, and claims processes. The emphasis throughout is on the link between traditional insurance law doctrine and modern ideas about the functions of private law. | |
| LAW 7044 | Survey of Patent, Copyright, Trademark (4.00) |
| This is a survey course for students seeking a general introduction to intellectual property as opposed to concentrating on one or more of its special subjects. The main focus will be on Patent, Copyright and Trademark with a brief treatment of Trade Secrets and some common law treatments of intellectual property outside the realm of specially designed property rights. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 7045 | Education Law, Policy, and Inequality (3.00) |
| This course considers law and policy pertaining to elementary, secondary, and higher education focusing on how educational systems respond to inequality. Issues of race, gender, and class, which dominate legal and policy discussions of educational inequality, are the most prominent features of the course.. | |
| LAW 7046 | International Patent Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This course will provide an introduction to key aspects of the international patent system and to concerns animating a variety of controversies regarding patents in areas such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and software. | |
| LAW 7047 | Trademark Law (3.00) |
| This course studies the law governing how brands may be legally protected. Topics include: trademarks as distinguished from other forms of intellectual property; searching and clearance; federal and state registration; common law origin of trademark protection in the law of unfair competition; trademark infringement; Internet domain names; international treaties relating to trademarks. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7048 | Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (3.00) |
| This course will survey the theory and the law of trademarks and unfair competition. Topics include the acquisition of trademark rights; registration of trademarks; loss of trademark rights; infringement; false designation of origin; advertising; author's and performers' rights of attribution and publicity; dilution; Internet domain names; trademarks as speech, and remedies for trademark infringement. | |
| LAW 7049 | Foundations of Climate Change Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This course is a critical introduction to the law, economics and science of climate change policy. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7050 | International and Foreign Legal Research (2.00) |
| The main objectives of this course are to introduce students to the components of a complex international legal problem; develop research skills using print sources, online databases and the Internet; offer strategies for finding the law and information. Topics include public and private international law, arbitration, human rights, intellectual property, environmental law, and trade law. | |
| LAW 7051 | International Business Transactions (3.00) |
| This course deals with domestic and international regulations that affect transnational business transactions. Topics include choice of law and forum; international sales law; letters of credit and other payment mechanisms; business forms; technology transfer; foreign direct investment and its regulation. | |
| LAW 7052 | International Civil Litigation (3.00) |
| This course examines the distinctive issues that arise when civil litigation takes on an international dimension, including personal jurisdiction, choice of law, enforcement of judgments, sovereign immunity, the developing law of human rights. Arbitration and discovery outside the United States are also considered. | |
| LAW 7054 | International Deal Making: Legal and Business Aspects (2.00) |
| This course will focus on the application of legal and business knowledge to real-world transactions in the international context. The course will enroll students who are interested in applying their knowledge to deal structuring, legal and business concerns, negotiations, documentation, and deal closing. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7055 | International Human Rights Law (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the theory and practice of international human rights law including the basic principles as well as the international mechanisms and institutions established in the past half-century to protect human rights. The difficulties involved in converting those principles into practice and the effectiveness of different ways of using international human rights law to further human rights protection will also be explored. | |
| LAW 7056 | Criminal Law in the Supreme Court (2.00) |
| The course will consider several unedited United States Supreme Court opinions so that each case can be studied in its full procedural context. In addition to the substantive issues for which the cases have been selected, attention will be paid to Supreme Court practice and lower federal court procedures as they impact issues decided by the Supreme Court. | |
| LAW 7057 | Judicial Role in American History (3.00) |
| A survey of leading American Supreme Court judges from Marshall through the Burger Court. The course consists of lectures and readings, along with discussions of topics on contemporary issues. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7059 | Labor Law (3.00) |
| This course is designed to provide a general introduction to the practice of law under the National Labor Relations Act from the late 1800s through passage of the Wagner Act (1935) and its modification by the 1947 Taft-Hartley amendments. We will review the Act's concept of concerted, protected activity, unfair labor practice or "ULP" and the way ULPs are processed through the Board and courts. | |
| LAW 7060 | Land Use Law (3.00) |
| This course will explore the regulation of land use, with an emphasis on the constitutional and environmental dimensions of land use law. The course will begin with the basic elements of the land development and regulation process, including the basics of planning and zoning. We will also address public ownership and private alternatives to regulation. | |
| LAW 7061 | Law and Literature (3.00) |
| In the first half of the course, we read literature through texts drawn from two areas of substantive law: torts and immigration. In the second half of the course, we move away from these legal frameworks, and read cases and texts selected with recourse to a set of concepts that originate in literature and literary criticism. We will consider how legal storytelling sometimes subverts narrative forms and patterns to innovative ends. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7062 | Legislation (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will examine both the theory and the practice of statutory interpretation. We will become familiar with the canons of construction frequently invoked by courts. Finally, we will consider some specialized but important topics in statutory interpretation, such as doctrines of severability and pre-emption. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 7063 | Local Government Law (3.00) |
| Local government law examines both the theoretical bases for decentralized government and the specific functions of local governments in the American legal and political system. The course utilizes legal cases as well as political and social theory in considering the proper distribution of powers among federal, state, regional, and local institutions. | |
| LAW 7064 | Nonprofit Organizations (3.00) |
| The course surveys the role of nonprofits, reasons for use of the nonprofit form, and the different types of nonprofit organizations, with particular attention to the statutes governing nonprofit corporations. Topics include the formation, dissolution, and governance of nonprofits, state regulation of charitable solicitations, and tax and tax policy issues related to nonprofits. | |
| LAW 7065 | Medical Malpractice and Health Care Quality (3.00) |
| This course will examine the regulation of health care quality in the United States through medical malpractice liability, professional licensure, obligations flowing from the professional-patient relationship, and external and internal regulation of health care facilities (including accreditation, staff privileges, and peer review). | |
| LAW 7066 | Mental Health Law (3.00) |
| This course will address legal issues regarding the needs and rights of individuals with mental disorders. Topics include the nature and treatment of mental disorders; the right to treatment; civil commitment; competence; informed consent and the right to refuse treatment; the financing of mental health care; protection from discrimination; and the regulation and liability of mental health professionals. | |
| LAW 7067 | National Security Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Following the 9/11 attack, one of the fastest growing areas of legal inquiry has been national security law. This course is a comprehensive introduction, blending relevant international and national law. |
| LAW 7068 | Oceans Law and Policy (3.00) |
| The course begins by examining the goals of oceans policy. After a brief introduction to oceanography, the course moves into a detailed discussion of issues in international oceans policy. The course also explores issues in national oceans policy, focusing on Merchant Marine development, continental shelf development, coastal zone management, and the future of oceans policy. | |
| LAW 7069 | Philosophy of Law (2.00) |
| The course focuses on selected issues mostly within what is broadly termed analytical and normative jurisprudence. Treatment ranges from traditional topics such as the nature of law, legal systems, and legal rights, to the role of moral theory in private law and legal justification. Recent contributions to such topics (e.g., legal pragmatism) are considered and assessed. | |
| LAW 7070 | Presidential Powers (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will consider a variety of issues involving the application of law to the president's functions. Many such issues are of constitutional stature and fall under the general rubric of separation of powers or checks and balances. Therefore we will necessarily examine as well the powers vested in other branches of government. |
| LAW 7071 | Professional Responsibility (2.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Professional Responsibility Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 7072 | Professional Responsibility in Public Interest Law Practice (2.00) |
| This course will examine selected areas of professional responsibility, including the creation and termination of the attorney-client relationship, the scope of representation, conflicts of interests, confidentiality, and the attorney's ethical obligations during litigation. In addition, the course will address the attorney's relationships with the courts, the organized bar, and the community. | |
| LAW 7073 | Public Health Law and Ethics (3.00) |
| This course will explore the legitimacy, design, and implementation of policies aiming to promote public health and reduce the social burden of disease and injury. It will highlight the challenge posed by public health's population-based perspective to traditional individual-centered, autonomy-driven approaches to bioethics and constitutional law. | |
| LAW 7074 | Professional Sports and the Law (2.00) |
| The course focuses on the practical application of contract law, antitrust law, and to some extent arbitration and negotiation of disputes and current legal issues relating to the sports industry. Particular attention will be given to professional sports leagues and individual sports, as well as their practical application to the business of sports today. | |
| LAW 7075 | Quantitative Methods (3.00) |
| This course provides an introduction to the basic mathematical tools that a lawyer needs. The topics covered are drawn principally from probability, statistics, and finance. The course emphasizes the use of statistical and quantitative reasoning in litigation (such as employment discrimination, toxic tort, and voting rights cases) and in policy debates. | |
| LAW 7076 | Rescue, Charity, and Justice (3.00) |
| This course will explore the nature and the implications of the positive duties we owe to others (that is, the duties we have to positively assist others, not merely to refrain from directly harming them). The course will consider possible philosophical foundations for such duties and arguments for and against creating or preserving positive legal duties. | |
| LAW 7077 | Refugee Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This course examines the basics of refugee law and the procedures involved in adjudicating claims to political asylum. Topics include: theory and philosophy of refugee protection, comparative refugee law, gender-based persecution claims, "temporary protected status," the role of the UN, treaties concerning refugees, and extradition law (including the political offense exception). Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7078 | Remedies (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Remedies is a transubstantive course crossing the boundaries both within private law and between private and public law. This course will examine the relationship between liability and remedy across diverse areas of law. While emphasis will be placed on private law remedies, public law remedies will be considered at some depth for purposes of comparison. |
| LAW 7079 | Rights (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the nature of and possible justifications for claims of right. Readings will be from both classical and contemporary sources, including the works of philosophers, legal theorists, and political theorists. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7080 | Health Law Survey (3.00) |
| This course is designed to provide a survey of the spectrum of topics generally considered part of "health law." It will introduce the various institutions and players involved in health care delivery and the legal relationships between those institutions--at both the state and federal level. | |
| LAW 7081 | Schools, Race, and Money (3.00) |
| This course examines the "right" to equal educational opportunity, and the various legal efforts at the state and federal level to improve elementary and secondary educational opportunities. Topics include school desegregation, school finance litigation, school choice, and the federal government's role in expanding the educational opportunities of low-income and disabled students. | |
| LAW 7082 | Secured Transactions (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course covers the essential provisions and structure of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The law of secured transactions facilitates the taking of security interests by creditors to secure loans they make to debtors. The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the Code sufficient to enable them to structure secured transactions and litigate secured claims successfully. |
| LAW 7083 | Secured Transactions (Law and Business) (3.00) |
| This course is an introduction to debt financing, with particular emphasis on the use and enforcement of security interests in collateral and on the priority structure of creditor claims against a business organization. While focusing on personal property security interests (and UCC Article 9), we will also discuss provisions of state statutes governing mortgages and of the federal Bankruptcy Code. | |
| LAW 7085 | Social Science in Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course deals with the uses of social science by practitioners and courts. The roots of social science in legal realism are considered, and the basic components of social science methodology are introduced. No background in methodology or statistics is necessary. Both applications in the criminal context and in civil law will be considered. |
| LAW 7086 | Jurisprudence (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Jurisprudence |
| LAW 7087 | Sports Law (3.00) |
| This course explores the legal rules regulating professional and amateur sports. There is a substantial treatment of both Labor Law and Antitrust regulation, but neither course is a prerequisite. | |
| LAW 7088 | Law and Public Service (3.00) |
| This course will introduce students to law and public service, broadly defined to include all careers that serve the public interest, from litigating civil rights cases to prosecuting and defending criminal suspects to providing legal services for indigent clients to representing local, state, and federal government agencies to working for an international human rights organization and everything in between. | |
| LAW 7089 | Race and Law (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will examine the response of law to racial issues in a variety of contemporary legal contexts. Topics may include criminal justice, education, employment, interracial relationships and adoption, hate speech, voting. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7707 Race and Law (SC) and LAW 9058 Race and Law Seminar Course was offered Fall 2009 |
| LAW 7090 | Regulation of the Political Process (3.00) |
| A web of constitutional, statutory, and judge-made laws regulate the American political process. This course will examine these laws and their implications for three broad and important issues: participation, aggregation, and governance. Participation involves the right to vote and various restrictions thereon, aggregation involves apportionment and redistricting, and governance involves campaign finance and the role of political parties. | |
| LAW 7091 | Water Law (2.00 - 3.00) |
| This course will review state and federal laws governing water and disputes between competing water uses. Topics will include public rights to water and resolving water use disputes; protecting water quality of lakes, rivers, and streams; federal laws affecting the allocation and use of water (the Clean Water Act, the Federal Power Act, the Endangered Species Act) and the law governing interstate water disputes. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7092 | International Trade Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This course introduces the institutions and rules governing trade between sovereign states. Policy perspectives are taken from international economic theory and theories of international relations. The focus is the emergent World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and various institutions of U.S. trade policy. The course also considers the impact of trade policy on the environment, labor, and competition policy. | |
| LAW 7093 | Law and Economics Colloquium (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong colloquium focusing on the interplay of law and economics. |
| LAW 7094 | Law and Economcs Colloquium (YR) (2.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong colloquium focusing on the interplay of law and economics. | |
| LAW 7095 | Law of Work (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course combines topics of an Employment Law course (75%) with a survey of Labor Law issues (25%; relations between employers and unions). The course has a problem-solving format. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7023- Employment Law: Contracts, Torts, and Statues. |
| LAW 7096 | Themes in Law and Biomedicine (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong course exploring curent issues in law and biomedicine. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7097 | Themes in Law and Biomedicine (YR) (1.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong course exploring curent issues in law and biomedicine. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7098 | Public Interest Law and Advocacy Skills (3.00) |
| This class will examine and explore those tactics and strategies which public interest lawyers routinely employ, and those obstacles and dilemmas that public interest lawyers must often confront, with a particular focus on the advocacy work that takes place outside of, or in conjunction with, litigation. | |
| LAW 7100 | Law and Economics (3.00) |
| Illustrates the uses - and the limitations - of economic analysis in representative areas of the law, ranging from trial advocacy to abstract legal theory. A structured set of legal problems with significant economic content is used to acquaint the student with those technical economics tools most likely to be of use to a lawyer. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7101 | Natural Resource Law and Policy (3.00) |
| The course has the analytical goals of ensuring that students acquire basic competence in techniques in statutory and regulatory interpretation, become acquainted with the history and political economy of natural resource regulation ' and in particular with the steady movement to federalization ' and begin to develop the ability to critically analyze and question the scientific basis for federal resource management decisions. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7102 | Religious Liberty (3.00) |
| This is a survey course on issues of religious liberty arising under the Free Exercise Clause, the Establishment Clause, the Test Oath Clause, state constitutional provisions, and modern religious liberty legislation. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7103 | Law and Education (3.00) |
| This course will primarily focus on the ways in which law structures educational opportunity. We will cover the legal and policy issues involved in school desegregation, school finance litigation, school choice, standards and testing (including the No Child Left Behind Act), and special education. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7104 | Torts II (3.00) |
| An overview of issues that are not covered in the first semester of Torts, such as some dimensions of defective products, defamation, privacy, and intentional economic harm. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7105 | Modern Real Estate (3.00) |
| This course provides an introduction to the basic components of the residential real estate transaction with an emphasis on the listing agreement, the contract of sale, deeds of conveyance, title assurance (public and private), real estate finance, foreclosure and deficiency judgments. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7106 | Law of the Police (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will explore the web of interacting federal, state, and local laws that govern the police and police departments. |
| LAW 7107 | Property II: A CaseFile Course (3.00) |
| This course continues the study of basic property law and theory. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7108 | Real Estate Finance Law (3.00) |
| This course will provide an introduction to real estate transactions and financing, including mortgages, foreclosure, the regulation of mortgage lending, the secondary market for home loans, government intervention in the housing market, and details of land transactions such as contracts of sale, recording, and brokerage agreements. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7109 | Constitutional Structure (3.00) |
| This course will examine the structural elements that make up the constitutional process. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7110 | Law of Politics (3.00) |
| This course examines the variety of laws governing the political process in America; in particular, voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, and lobbying and ethics regulation. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7111 | Civil Liberties Survey (4.00) |
| This is a survey of individual rights under the Constitution, excluding equal protection and criminal procedure. The allocation of time to subjects will be somewhat uneven, largely reflecting the interests of the casebook editors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7112 | Energy Regulation and Policy (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The first part of this course will provide a basic foundation in the economic, legal, and political aspects of energy regulation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. The second part will address the major U.S. energy legislation since World War II and any pending climate change legislation and/or Environmental Protection Agency climate change regulations. |
| LAW 7113 | Law and Game Theory (3.00) |
| This course introduces law students to game theory as a tool of positive and normative analysis of law. Game theory is the branch of economics that focuses on the formal analysis of strategic interaction. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7114 | Native American Law (3.00) |
| This course provides an introduction to Native American law (or 'Federal Indian law' or 'American Indian law'). The subject matter is the legal relationships among Indian nations and the U.S. government, state governments, and individuals. The course will cover both the historical development of Native American law and contemporary issues, including tribal sovereignty, property, natural resources, gaming, and civil and criminal jurisdiction. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7115 | Pretrial Litigation Skills (3.00) |
| In this course, students will learn and practice the skills associated with the pretrial phase of civil litigation in the federal district courts. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7116 | Common Law: A CaseFile Course (3.00) |
| The course explores a variety of common law topics. Subject matter includes Contracts and Property, and to a lesser extent Torts and (perhaps) Criminal Law. It is a CaseFile course. Each day, we will consider a different CaseFile (a fact pattern and legal precedents). Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7117 | Consumer Law (3.00) |
| This course surveys federal and state law regulating consumer lending and other consumer transactions. We will discuss the law as it now exists and as it is likely to evolve under the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7119 | International Trade Regulation (3.00) |
| This course examines the legal frameworks governing global business and international trade relations between states. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 7120 | Monetary Constitution (3.00) |
| This course will focus on the financial infrastructure of our nation's government. Key issues addressed include the national debt, central banking, the budget process, grants to individual states and economic growth. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 7121 | Dispute Settlement in International Trade and Investment (3.00) |
| This course will study in detail the different mechanisms available for settling international disputes relating to the regulation of international trade and investment. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7122 | Private Equity and Hedge Funds (3.00) |
| This class will examine the securities, contractual, and tax aspects of forming, managing, and investing in private equity and hedge funds. Topics will include fund organizational structure, manager compensation, 1940 Act and Dodd Frank issues, tax issues, and practical aspects of fund documentation, among others. Prior or concurrent enrollment in Corporations and Federal Income Tax is recommended, but not required. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7123 | Class Actions and Aggregate Litigation (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course will begin by exploring whether the class action device that allows civil claims to be resolved in the aggregate has proved to be effective for deterring illegal activity and compensating those who suffer from it. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 9132 Class Actions and Complex Litigation seminar. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| LAW 7124 | Remedies II (2.00) |
| This course is a follow-up to the introductory Remedies course designed to complete the survey of important remedial topics. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7125 | Practical Trust and Estate Administration (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course covers advanced and applied topics in estate planning and probate, wealth management, trust and estate administration, and trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation. The course focuses on the role of an attorney as executor or trustee, and the role of an attorney in advising executors, trustees, and beneficiaries. |
| LAW 7126 | Behavioral Decisionmaking and the Law (3.00) |
| Economics assumes people are rational, law assumes people are compliant, but is it really so? In recent years both disciplines have come to incorporate more and more research from psychology and other social sciences about actual human behavior. We will read research about factors that affect human decision-making and then apply it to substantive and procedural issues in law. | |
| LAW 7127 | Civil Liberties (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course combines the study of civil rights, constitutional politics, political movements and the Supreme Court. We will explore the constitutional status of such matters as abortion, obscenity, subversive advocacy, equal protection, school prayer, regulation of the mass media and, if time permits, gun control. |
| LAW 7128 | Commercial Sales Transactions: Domestic and International (3.00) |
| This course covers the law governing domestic and international sales of goods. It also treats legal and institutional rules applicable to important aspects of the transport of goods and payment. | |
| LAW 7129 | Constitutional Law II: Parents, Children and Reproduction (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is an advanced constitutional law class focusing on issues concerning the parent-child relationship and reproductive rights. |
| LAW 7130 | International Financial Regulation (2.00) |
| This course will examine the regulation of international finance. It will cover topics such as: cross-border aspects of U.S. banking and securities regulation; financial regulation in the European Union; financial market development in China; coordinated regulation and resolution of global financial firms; cross-border financial derivatives; and monetary issues, including global imbalances, sovereign debt, and the Euro crisis. | |
| LAW 7131 | Criminology (3.00) |
| This course introduces law students to the scientific study of violent crime, including factors that give rise to violence and those that may account for the remarkable decline in violence in recent years. | |
| LAW 7500 | JAG School Course (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | A series of Law courses specific to military application. The series will be designated by different sections of the course. |
| LAW 7600 | Admiralty (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine the basic substantive and procedural doctrines in federal maritime law and compare them to analogous doctrines in other areas of law. Among the topics to be covered are: jurisdiction in admiralty, carriage of goods by sea, collision, personal injury and wrongful death, salvage, and piracy. | |
| LAW 7602 | Comparative Democratic Constitutionalism (SC) (2.00) |
| This intensive short course will examine the constitutions and constitutional jurisprudence of the U.S., Germany, Canada and South Africa. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7603 | Corporate Law Policy (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will discuss works on pressing issues in corporate law policy such as misreporting of corporate performance, differences between US and Europe and corporate law reforms. | |
| LAW 7604 | Ethical Issues in Foreign Policy (SC) (1.00) |
| This sort course will explore ethical issues in foreign policy. | |
| LAW 7605 | Ethics and Integrity for Law Firm Lawyers and Their Clients (SC) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Avoiding "Club Fed" starts with consistently making sound ethical choices throughout a career. In this short course we will discuss real situations in which ethical issues arise for attorneys and their clients. Many situations will come from current press reports; others will come from the less publicized dilemmas that often confront young professionals. Our focus will be on the private practice of law and business clients. |
| LAW 7606 | Finance of Small Enterprise (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course deals with the business and legal issues that arise in financing a small business from its startup to an eventual exit of the founder through a sale or IPO. This course is from the perspective of small business senior management and deals with the range of financing options and the pros and cons of each as a business is started and grows. |
| LAW 7607 | Death Penalty: An International Perspective (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will cover the issue of capital punishment from an international perspective. We will discuss the history of capital punishment, the influence of international law and the human rights movement, the legal and moral issues involved in its application. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7608 | Plea Bargaining (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will focus on plea bargaining and the guilty plea system in modern America. | |
| LAW 7609 | Rhetoric (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will focus on readings from Aristotle, Cicero, and other ancients and modern rhetoric writers, lectures on rhetorical style and substance, review and analysis of video tapes of distinguished oral presentations, informal discussion, student presentation of three video taped speeches and critique thereof. | |
| LAW 7610 | French Public and Private Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will study the various sources of French Law, the French Civil Code, the increasing significance of case law and the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights, Towards a European Civil Code, basic principles of contracts and new directions, key notions on torts (recent trends in case law) and modern trends in family law (spouse, so-called Pacs, effects of foreign polygamy and repudiation in France, inheritance). | |
| LAW 7611 | Economic Crisis: Causes and Cures (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course surveys the events of the U.S. economic crisis and proposed regulatory reforms. Course was offered January 2010 | |
| LAW 7612 | Genetics and the Law (SC) (2.00) |
| This class explores various legal/policy issues that arise in the context of the new genetic technologies. | |
| LAW 7613 | Globalization and International Civil Litigation (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will examine traditional principles of private international law in the context of the rapidly changing global business environment. Areas covered will include the concept of international jurisdiction, choice of law rules in inter-jurisdictional contracts and in internet transactions, the implications of electronic commerce for private international law, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. |
| LAW 7614 | Governance and Control of the Multinational Business Enterprise (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course examines the methods for internal governance and control of the multi-national business enterprise with emphasis on internal structure, enterprise culture, local and regional legal regimes, the significance of business and economic environments, public opinion and politics, and selected legal issues. | |
| LAW 7615 | Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates (SC) (1.00) |
| A study of Subchapter J of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code - the Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates. In this short course we will examine the ways in which the process of determining income tax liability for these two taxable entities is the same as that for taxing the income of individuals and the important ways in which the process differs. | |
| LAW 7616 | Native American Law (SC) (1.00) |
| The legal relationships between Indian tribes and national and state governments define a distinctive but growing body of federal law. Influenced by the history of European "invasion" of North America and anchored in decisions rendered by the Supreme Court, the course is not only a study of legal history, but also a story about contemporary legal conflicts that frequently spill over into Congress and the federal courts. Course was offered January 2010 | |
| LAW 7617 | International Banking Transactions (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course is an introduction by a banker (and former lawyer) into basic international banking products and transactions, such as loans, deposits, forwards, futures, swaps, options and securitizations. Discussions will focus on the purpose of these transactions, their economic / financial workings, legal requirements, documentation and advisory needs and will give an introduction into regulatory aspects driving these transactions. |
| LAW 7618 | International Financial Crimes (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course looks at the criminalization of financial transactions that may arise in the course of operating an international business. Focused principally on U.S. federal criminal law, we will also consider international agreements relating to bribery and money laundering. The class will concentrate on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and wire and mail fraud. | |
| LAW 7619 | Start-Up of a Medtech Company (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will provide insight into the peculiar issues of the financing of a biotechnology company and will touch on the entrepreneur's evaluation of a scientific opportunity, the business issues in negotiating and drafting a patent license term sheet, the key elements of the business plan, and developing and delivering a power point presentation to potential investors. |
| LAW 7620 | Taxation and Economic Development (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course asks a simple question: what role does a country's tax system play in assisting (or impeding) the country's economic development goals? Our special focus is on trying to answer that question in the context of a developing country. The course assumes that participants already have a basic understanding of the goals and impacts of tax and transfer systems. | |
| LAW 7621 | Textualism and Its Critics (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine textualism as a method of statutory interpretation. We will address the following questions: What is textualism? What are the arguments for it? And what are the arguments against? In discussing these questions, we will consider the goals of statutory interpretation, the nature of legislative intention, and the value of various legal sources in determining the meaning of enacted law. | |
| LAW 7622 | Trade Secrets: History, Theory, and Practice (SC) (2.00) |
| Unlike patents, trade secrets represent long held and utilized secret information and processes. In 2007, the federal courts signaled a retrenchment in patent protection in three major decisions which will the initial discussion topic for this short course. These decisions make clear that there now are even more reasons to understand and utilize trade secret law as a method of protecting intellectual property. | |
| LAW 7623 | Mergers and Acquisitions: Corporate Finance Perspectives (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will explore merger and acquisition activity primarily from the perspective of the corporate actors (management and board of directors) and their investment banking and legal advisors. Emphasis is on a practical introduction to mergers and acquisitions of publicly-traded companies. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 7624 | Virginia and the Constitution (SC) (1.00) |
| In the 400 years since its first settlement, Virginia has been intimately intertwined with the central themes of American constitutionalism - the idea of rights, the balance between national and state power, the nature of religious liberty, the problem of race and discrimination, etc. In this short course, we will consider selected persons, documents, and events which illuminate those themes. | |
| LAW 7625 | Negotiation Institute (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines the negotiation process from both a theoretical and a practical perspective including the different stages of the negotiation process, negotiator styles, verbal and non-verbal communication, negotiation techniques, the impact of gain/loss framing on participant risk aversion, and other factors that influence negotiation interactions. |
| LAW 7626 | Oral Presentations In and Out of the Courtroom (SC) (2.00) |
| This short course is designed to help students improve their ability to communicate persuasively in the wide variety of settings in which non-litigators are called upon to speak including client meetings, business negotiations, and presentations to public agencies. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 9053, 9055, and 9185. Enrollment not allowed in LAW 7626, 9053, 9055, or 9185 if any taken previously. | |
| LAW 7627 | Personal Injury Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This course examines the trial of a typical personal injury case from claim investigation, pleadings, discovery, and trial to post trial motions and appeal, focusing on both legal doctrines and tort litigation strategy. Tort law theory and its practical operations will be discussed as well as proposals for tort reform as applied to auto accidents, medical malpractice, and product liability. | |
| LAW 7628 | White Collar Topic: Cover-up Crimes (SC) (1.00) |
| From lying to shredding documents to hiding witnesses, conduct aimed at concealing matters under investigation has become a prosecutor's favorite for investigation in its own right This course surveys the criminal laws applicable to efforts to cover-up the facts, and their severe consequences. | |
| LAW 7629 | Punishment in Law and Culture (SC) (1.00) |
| Other than war, punishment is the most dramatic manifestation of state power. Whom a society punishes and how it punishes are key legal questions as well as indicators of its character. This short course considers connections between punishment and culture in the contemporary United States. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7630 | Real World Challenges and Pitfalls of the Lawyer for the Corporation (SC) (1.00) |
| The short course will explore, among other problems: (a) the corporate lawyer's advice to directors on their fiduciary duties in various actual settings; (b) the legal and ethical dilemmas faced by corporate counsel in reporting both to the CEO and the Board when faced with the potential of corporate officer malfeasance; and (c) dealing with the myriad privilege and other problems in government and internal investigations. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 7631 | Applied Problem Solving (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course surveys applied problem solving concepts that can be used to find the optimal solution to a given business opportunity or challenge. | |
| LAW 7632 | Search Engines (SC) (1.00) |
| This course examines the legal and policy implications of the growing importance of search engines in society. It will consider the major conflicts over intellectual property, anti-trust, and privacy law. It will also consider the ways that search engines have altered habits and expectations among Web users. Course was offered January 2010 | |
| LAW 7633 | Selected Topics in Consumer Bankruptcy (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine selected topics in consumer bankruptcy and insolvency. Course was offered January 2011, January 2010 | |
| LAW 7634 | Economic Foundations of Intellectual Property (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course gives an introduction to the long-running debate concerning whether it is economically sensible for society to recognize any intellectual property rights and to the legal implications for the structure of intellectual property rights. | |
| LAW 7635 | Legal Theory in Europe and the United States: A Comparative Analysis (SC) (1.00) |
| Twentieth-century European legal theory was dominated by the question of what gives law its validity, whereas American legal theorists have been preoccupied with rather different questions. Yet in Europe and the United States, legal theorists have ultimately found themselves worrying about much the same set of problems. | |
| LAW 7636 | Race and the Constitution in American History (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will consider topics concerning race and the American Constitution from the Founding through the civil rights movement. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7637 | Trial Advocacy College (SC) (2.00) |
| The Trial Advocacy College is a week-long course offered each January through the offices of Virginia Continuing Legal Education (CLE). This advocacy skills, hands-on course is the most advanced advocacy training offered at the law school. Each student gets to practice every aspect of advocacy culminating in a jury trial. | |
| LAW 7638 | Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will review a longstanding debate in copyright law: what indirect liabilityfor copyright infringement should be imposed on manufacturers of new technologies? Course was offered January 2010 | |
| LAW 7639 | Rights, Bills of Right, Constitutions: The Americanization of Britain? (SC) (1.00) |
| Until 2000, the United Kingdom did not possess aBill of Rights enforceable in the courts. This short course will examine current issues in the UK related to rights, constitutions, and what may happen next. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7640 | Taxation of Financial Products and Investment Vehicles (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will seek to provide a basic understanding of the tax treatment of financial "products" and of investment vehicles. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7641 | Corporate Strategy (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is an introduction to corporate strategy and performance. |
| LAW 7642 | Legal Process: Basic Problems in the Making and Application of Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine the large-scale structure of the legal system. Course was offered January 2010 | |
| LAW 7643 | Electronic Discovery in a Global Environment (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will explore how the current information explosion is transforming the civil litigation and regulatory process both in the United States and around the world. We will examine developing case law and standards on electronic discovery and address the practical problems and issues which arise in the preservation, collection, searching, processing and production of electronic data. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 7644 | Private Equity (SC) (1.00) |
| Private equity firms have become one of the largest and most important players in the capital markets. Understanding how these lucrative entities function and how their acquisitions are structured will serve as a vehicle for a survey discussion of corporate M&A and building a legal practice in this area. | |
| LAW 7645 | Baseball (SC) (1.00) |
| This course examines the effect of various laws and law-like rules on Major League Baseball. Suitable for non-experts and will include (optional) session aimed at bringing them up to speed. | |
| LAW 7646 | Advising the Board of Directors in a Mergers and Acquisitions World (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine some of the issues corporate boards confront when considering merger and acquisition transactions, including (i) board and management conflicts, (ii) financial and legal advisors, (iii) an appropriate sales process, (iv) hostile bidders, (v) deal protection measures, and (vi) anticipating possible litigation, and will discuss the nature of the advice that counsel should provide a board in each context. | |
| LAW 7647 | International Agreements (JAG) (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course provides an in-depth study of the law of international agreements as set forth in international law and U.S. domestic law. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 7648 | Federal Sentencing (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will provide an overview of federal sentencing policy and practice. Students will be introduced to the history and goals of sentencing, the types of sentences available to judges, the collateral consequences of conviction, and the sentencing reform movement that led to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. |
| LAW 7650 | Practical Overview of Federal Trial Practice (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course is intended to give students a practical overview of litigation in federal district courts. The primary focus will be on civil litigation. Issues relating to criminal litigation will also be discussed when they overlap with topics already being addressed . If time permits, a brief overview of federal criminal sentencing issues will also be presented. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7651 | Responses to the Financial Crisis (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will explore the origins of the financial crisis of fall 2008 and, in particular, the regulatory and legislative responses both at the time and in the aftermath. |
| LAW 7652 | Thinking Strategically in Law, Business, Poker and War (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course is designed to provide students with a framework for thinking about interactive strategic settings. Game Theory presents general principles of strategic interaction. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 7653 | Leadership and Team Management (SC) (1.00) |
| In this short course we will explore the issues of team management and leadership applied in various settings. Students will learn about how failures in leadership evolve and how to prevent them; how to manage crises effectively; and how to build an organization that is less susceptible to significant preventable failures. | |
| LAW 7654 | Comparative Anti-Terrorism Law (SC) (1.00) |
| Terrorism against individuals and states has become a serious challenge for civilized societies at the turn of the 21st century - due to the physical threats it poses on the one hand and the fear that taking extreme measures against its perpetrators will overstep democratic values and infringe human rights on the other hand. The course is dedicated to analyzing the ways legal systems perceive terror and try to fight it. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7655 | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Survey (SC) (1.00) |
| This course surveys the law surrounding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), one of the criminal statutes most frequently utilized by the Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission to police international business behavior. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7656 | Islamic Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will provide students with a basic introduction to Islamic law as a legal system, beginning with its origins as revealed law, proceeding through its manifestations as a 'jurists law' in the middle ages, and concluding with its transformation into codified state-law in the 20th century. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7658 | Topics in Corporate Governance (SC) (1.00) |
| In this short course we will examine the topics in corporate governance of publicly held corporations. Each class will consider one of the following topics: (1) Institutions and Mechanisms of Corporate Governance (2) Enron-class Scandals and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (3) Regulatory Competition (4) Shareholder Activism (5) Major Differences in Corporate Governances around the world. Course was offered January 2011 | |
| LAW 7659 | National Security Detention (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will attempt to de-tangle and examine the difficult issues present in the still evolving U.S. national security detention system set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, from the perspective of traditional civilian habeas corpus law and the international law of war and human rights. Course was offered January 2011 | |
| LAW 7660 | Defamation (SC) (1.00) |
| A survey of the common law and constitutional dimensions of defamation law. Course was offered January 2012, January 2011 | |
| LAW 7661 | Economic Regulation and the Constitution (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine economic regulation and its federal and state constitutional limits. Course was offered January 2011 | |
| LAW 7662 | Estate Planning, Will Drafting, and Taxation (JAG) (SC) (2.00) |
| Students will learn how to apply estate-planning techniques to achieve typical client objectives along with learning basic estate planning. The class will combine substantive law lectures with practical exercises focusing on drafting estate planning documents using computer software. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7664 | Law of Sea, Air and Space Operations (JAG) (SC) (1.00) |
| Students will gain a basic understanding of the international rules that govern the use of air, space, and the sea. Students will understand the way in which States have dealt with the problems of sovereignty, jurisdiction over vessels and aircraft, and property rights in common spaces. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7665 | Rule of Law (JAG) (SC) (1.00) |
| This elective will explore legal issues associated with rule of law efforts during emerging missions and will devote particular attention to how rule of law missions may demand a legal skill set separate from JAG core legal disciplines. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7666 | War Crimes (JAG) (SC) (1.00) |
| In this course, students will survey the jurisprudence of both traditional and emerging forums. The course will offer opportunities for critical analysis of the often conflicting goals of justice and peace, the complexities of international and domestic jurisdiction, and the challenges of identifying substantive crimes under the law of war. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7667 | International Human Rights (JAG) (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will provide an introduction to international human rights law, policy, and processes. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7668 | What Lawyers Can Learn from the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will thoroughly analyze the societal construct and legal theories that animated and restricted Dr. King in his crusade to eliminate racial discrimination and to achieve racial equality in American society. Course was offered January 2011 | |
| LAW 7669 | A Brief Introduction to the Capital Markets (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will provide students with an introductory overview of the major global capital markets. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 7670 | Legal Issues at the End of Life (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine ethical and legal issues at the end of life, including withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, physician-assisted suicide, definitions of death, and organ harvesting. Course was offered January 2011 | |
| LAW 7671 | Poverty and the Constitution (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will explore the Supreme Court's flirtation with constitutional protection for poor people during the 1960s and 1970s. Course was offered January 2012 | |
| LAW 7672 | Hedge Funds: Contract and Regulation (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will offer an introduction to the regulation and contractual structure of hedge funds. We will closely read model hedge fund operating agreements and will pay careful attention to the unusual ways in which these funds structure relationships between investors and managers. We will also survey some of the statutes and regulations that apply to hedge funds and some of the relevant academic literature. Course was offered January 2013, January 2012 | |
| LAW 7673 | Military Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This course is an overview of the domestic and international law relevant to the United States armed forces. No prior knowledge is required; the course is suitable for both experienced students and for those with limited or no understanding of the U.S. military. | |
| LAW 7674 | Israeli Health Law and Bioethics (SC) (2.00) |
| In this short course, students will be introduced to the Israeli health system including patients rights, medical malpractice, organ donation, end-of-life decisions, reproductive medicine and genetic research. Course was offered January 2013, January 2012 | |
| LAW 7676 | Comparative Human Rights Law (SC) (1.00) |
| Through a series of case studies, the course offers a comparative study of the ways in which human rights are protected in the selected jurisdictions (US, Canada, United Kingdom, the European Convention on Human Rights, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand). Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7678 | Structural Social Change and Constitutionalism (SC) (1.00) |
| This seminar has two specific aims: on the one hand, to explore the theoretical and practical tensions and connections between structural social change and the judiciary in Colombia, South Africa and India; and, on the other hand, to analyze critically the idea that the Indian Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and the Colombian Constitutional Court are creating a constitutionalism of the Global South. | |
| LAW 7679 | Right to Education in U.S.: Real or Hollow? (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will explore state constitutional education rights, and efforts to enforce those rights in the courts. The focus will be on a substantial body of litigation over the last 40 years challenging inequities in public school funding within states, and the resulting disparities in resources and outcomes for students, particularly in high poverty communities. |
| LAW 7681 | Media and the Courts (SC) (1.00) |
| This seminar will consider how the media intermediates and shapes the public's understanding and the overall development of American law. Course was offered January 2012 | |
| LAW 7682 | Innocence Cases: How Much Is Enough? (SC) (1.00) |
| A survey of three infamous innocence cases - Troy Davis, Damien Echols and Marty Tankleff - to consider why the result in each case turned out so differently: Davis was executed, Echols was freed after an Alford plea, while Tankleff was exonerated completely. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 7683 | Presidentialism in Administrative Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will explore the doctrine of "presidentialism" in administrative law. Presidentialism refers to the argument that most of the workings of the administrative state are exercises of executive power and these workings must therefore be under the control of the President. The seminar will examine the history of this concept, case law relating to this concept, and this concept through the lens of administrative law theory. | |
| LAW 7684 | Constitutional Issues in Higher Education (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will explore constitutional questions presented by recent litigation involving public universities. Topics will include: affirmative action, campus speech codes, whether student organizations may be required to adhere to non-discrimination policies, funding of religious student organizations, and academic freedom. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7685 | Environmental Law, Environmental Ethics (SC) (1.00) |
| This seminar will examine the relationship between environmental law and environmental ethics, with a focus on ethical issues. We will ask whether the major approaches to environmental ethics illuminate issues in the law and, conversely, whether legal models of regulation inform ethical thinking about humanity and nature. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7687 | Judicial Decision-Making: Judicial Modesty (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will attempt to define the concept of 'judicial modesty,' and to discern both the normative case and some of the appropriate occasions for judges to defer either to the letter of the law or to the decisions of other branches of government. Mutually Exclusive with Judicial Philosophy in Theory and Practice (SC). Course was offered January 2012 | |
| LAW 7688 | The Patent Reform Act of 2011 (SC) (1.00) |
| In September of 2011, President Obama signed into law the America Invents Act of 2011, which is one of the most important and complex pieces of patent legislation in more than a half century. This short course will review the extensive changes that the statute has made to pre-existing patent law and cover the practical and theoretical implications of those changes. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 7689 | Topics in Federal Criminal Law: Fraud, Corruption, Group Criminality (SC) (1.00) |
| This one-credit course will provide a survey of selected topics that are also covered in the three-hour Federal Criminal Law course, and therefore it is mutually exclusive with that course; enrollment in one precludes enrollment in the other. This shorter course will focus mostly on fraud, extortion, public corruption offenses, and some offenses related group criminality such as material support for terrorism. Course was offered January 2012 | |
| LAW 7690 | Health Care Marketplace: Competition, Regulation, and Reform (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine salient features of the legal and economic framework in which we provide medical care in the United States. Course was offered January 2013, January 2012 | |
| LAW 7691 | Juvenile Justice Reform (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will use scientific research on adolescent development as a lens through which to examine the design and operation of the juvenile justice system, focusing on a recently released study by the National Academy of Sciences. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7692 | Persuasion (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course offers a quick but intensive training course in effective verbal communications. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7693 | Energy Businesses and Transactions (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will survey and analyze the different major sectors of the Energy business from "upstream" businesses like exploration and production to "downstream" businesses like distribution. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| LAW 7694 | New Frontiers in Clinical Ethics and Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This intensive interdisciplinary experience brings medical students and law students together for two-weeks each spring to explore topical issues at the frontier of clinical care, law, and ethics through multidisciplinary readings, immersion experiences, hands-on interdisciplinary group projects, and in-depth discussions. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7696 | Judicial Review (SC) (1.00) |
| The course concerns the institutional processes, primarily those involving the courts, that implement the principle that the Constitution is superior to other forms of law, state and federal. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7697 | Supreme Court Decisionmaking (SC) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This short course will provide an introduction to decisionmaking in the Supreme Court of the United States through the lens of one pending case, Bailey v. United States. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| LAW 7698 | Law of Reproduction (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine ethical and legal issues related to reproduction. While some historical coverage will take place, primary emphasis will be on current topics, such as conscientious provider accommodations, state ultrasound legislation, embryonic stem cell research, prenatal genetic testing, regulation of the fertility industry, and similar issues. Mutually Exclusive with Law and Reproduction seminar. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7701 | Federal Regulation of Investment Companies (SC) (1.00) |
| The course will focus on the federal regulation of investment companies (mutual funds, close-end funds, ETFS) and their investment advisors. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7702 | Legal Practice and the Startup Company: An Inside Look (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will provide students with a unique perspective into the many aspects of a start-up business - from creation and capitalization to IP protection and skills needed for day-to-day operations. Students will engage and explore business planning, entity choice, governance, financing, and exit opportunities. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7703 | Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will cover current issues in intellectual property law and policy. Topics may include the Google Books litigation, liability of platforms for copyright infringement, the America Invents Act of 2011, trademark dilution and alternatives to intellectual property protection. Prerequisite: One of the following: Copyright Law, Trademark Law, Patent Law, Survey of Patent, Copyright, Trademark Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7704 | Judicial Philosophy in Theory and Practice (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will attempt to discern both the normative case and some of the appropriate occasions for judges to defer either to the letter of the law or to the decisions of other branches of government. It will focus principally on the appropriate parameters of decision-making by federal judges at all levels. Mutually Exclusive with Judicial Decision-Making: Judicial Modesty (SC) Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7705 | International Law: Trade and Human Rights (SC) (1.00) |
| This course explores the evolving recognition of human rights within the established principles of international trade law. The aims of the course are to provide an understanding of how WTO trade rules and BITs can and do adjust to global human rights. | |
| LAW 7707 | Race and Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine the response of law to racial issues in a variety of contemporary legal contexts. Topics may include education, employment, criminal justice, voting, interracial relationships and adoption, and hate speech. The materials will consist of a mix of cases, commentary, and discussion problems. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 9058 Race and Law Seminar and LAW 7089 Race and Law Lecture Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7708 | Office of the Solicitor General (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will provide an introduction to the Solicitor General's Office; its work; and its relationship to, among others, the Supreme Court, the President, and the rest of the Executive Branch. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7709 | Irregular Warfare (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine the rules governing irregular warfare through a scenario-based approach that traces the development of an armed conflict through several stages, with each stage being used to explore the applicable law. The class will cover the law applicable to both traditional, inter-state armed conflict and various irregular forms of armed conflict, including insurgency and counterinsurgency, piracy, and counter-terrorism. Course was offered January 2013 | |
| LAW 7710 | Changing Practice of Medicine (SC) (1.00) |
| This short course will examine the social, political and economic pressures that are now evident and will focus on the changes occurring as a result of the corporatization of contemporary medical practice. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 7711 | Comparative Law in Post-Communist Countries (SC) (1.00) |
| This course is a comparative study of law in post-communist countries. | |
| LAW 7712 | Energy & Environmental Products Trading and Commodities Regulation (SC) (1.00) |
| This class will provide a comprehensive overview of energy trading and commodities regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), including with respect to traditional energy products (such as natural gas, power, crude oil and coal), and environmental products (such as carbon offsets, acid rain allowances, and renewable energy credits). | |
| LAW 7713 | Federalism (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will explore the division of authority between the states and the national government. We will focus on the "federalism revolution" in the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts, paying attention to recent decisions about the limits on federal regulatory power and federal court jurisdiction. Grades will be based on class participation and a writing assignment. | |
| LAW 7714 | Introduction to the Civil Law Tradition (SC) (1.00) |
| This course offers an introduction to the civil law tradition, focusing on the main operating set of legal institutions, procedures and rules that tend to be common to civil law countries. | |
| LAW 7715 | Law and Social Movements: Insights From Critical Race Theory (SC) (1.00) |
| This seminar will endeavor to explore and to better explicate the relationship between cultural, political and legal change. We will take insights from cognate disciplines and activities to explore the way society evolves both pragmatically and normatively with specific attention to enduring legal changes. | |
| LAW 7716 | Current Issues in the Laws of War (SC) (1.00) |
| The laws of war seek to reconcile the realities of armed conflict with humanitarian concerns for people affected by those conflicts. Though these laws have deep historical roots, the complexities of modern conflicts and quickly-shifting technologies make the rules both increasingly relevant and increasingly challenging to apply. | |
| LAW 7717 | Movement Lawyering for Global Justice (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine the role that lawyers and legal strategies play as part of larger global advocacy campaigns, with a focus on case studies that deal with indigenous rights, land rights, and environmental justice; and global legal and policy debates such as the link between climate change and human rights. | |
| LAW 7718 | Children and the Law (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine children's rights and the allocation of power and decision making authority between children, parents and the state. | |
| LAW 7719 | Toxic Chemicals in the Environment (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will explore the principles of regulation of hazardous wastes and toxic substances under statutes such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or ¿Superfund¿) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). | |
| LAW 7720 | Laws of War: Contemporary Debates (SC) (1.00) |
| This course will examine new phenomena that are placing stress on the system: new actors fighting armed conflicts; new weapons (drones, robots, and cyber weapons); new public scrutiny; and an expanding role for courts in adjudicating how states should apply the laws of war. | |
| LAW 7721 | Building the Rule of Law (SC) (1.00) |
| How do less-developed countries and nations in transition, independently or with outside assistance, facilitate the rule of law? This seminar will explore that question through the writings and experience of scholars, policymakers, and others working in the field of law and development. | |
| LAW 7722 | Overview of Military Law (SC) (1.00) |
| ¿Military Law¿ covers a wide variety of subject areas, many of them having little connection to each other. Much of modern, American military law has little to do with matters strictly military and much to do with the basic legal controls necessary for large institutions and the mechanisms that Congress relies upon to control such a large and powerful part of the executive branch. | |
| LAW 7723 | U.S. Bill of Rights in Comparative Common Law Perspective (SC) (1.00) |
| This course examines a series of human rights controversies, so as to see how they are resolved in each of the countries to be compared (U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) and also by the European Court of Human Rights. | |
| LAW 7724 | Varieties of Financial Distress (SC) (1.00) |
| In this short course, we will explore the many dimensions of financial distress, with a particular emphasis on the legal and political mechanisms that are used to address it. We will discuss both theory and practical issues, working primarily with scholarly materials but also newspaper, magazine and literary accounts. | |
| LAW 8000 | Advanced Legal Research (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines print and electronic research. Topics include basic primary and secondary sources, including legislative history and administrative law; using Lexis and Westlaw; research in specialized areas and transnational law; business and social science resources; the role of the Internet in legal research; and nontraditional approaches to finding legal information. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8001 | Advanced Trusts and Estates (2.00) |
| The course covers restrictions on the power of testamentary disposition; charitable trusts; the creation, use, release and lapse of general and special powers of appointment; the classification and construction of future interests in trust; application of the rule against perpetuities to interests and powers in trust; and fiduciary administration, including the duties, powers, and liabilities of trustees. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 8002 | Bankruptcy (Law & Business) (3.00) |
| This course concerns corporate bankruptcy and reorganization, and focuses on the reorganization of financially distressed firms under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The emphasis of the readings and class discussion is less on bankruptcy case law and more on the economic fundamentals of financial deal-making and restructuring. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7007 Bankruptcy. | |
| LAW 8003 | Civil Rights Litigation (3.00) |
| This course focuses on lawsuits against public officials and governments. The bulk of the course looks at constitutional and statutory claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Topics include what it means to act "under color of state law," absolute and qualified immunities, government liability for the acts of individual officials, monetary and injunctive relief and attorney's fees awards.
Prerequisite is LAW 6001 Constitutional Law. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 8004 | Constitutional Law II: Freedom of Speech and Press (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course offers an intensive, albeit introductory, study of First Amendment law relating to freedom of speech and press (and corollary freedoms, such as freedom of political association). Prerequisite: LAW 6001-Constitutional Law Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| LAW 8005 | Contracts II (2.00 - 3.00) |
| This course continues the study of basic contract law and theory. Topics may include: the identification and interpretation of the terms of agreement, defining the terms of performance, mistake and excuse, conduct constituting breach, remedies, and third-party rights. | |
| LAW 8006 | Corporate Tax (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course deals with the tax considerations involved in the formation, operation, reorganization, and liquidation of corporations. It analyzes the relevant sections of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations and explores alternative directions that the law might have taken. |
| LAW 8007 | Derivatives and Other Exotic Financial Instruments (3.00) |
| This course studies financial instruments other than common stock and conventional debt securities. Topics include options and financial futures, structured preferred stocks, exotic debt securities such as commodity-linked bonds, and swap agreements. What is the economic function of these instruments; how are they valued; and how are they treated by the regulatory system? | |
| LAW 8008 | Ideas of the First Amendment (3.00) |
| This course develops skills of close critical reading, as well as an understanding of the central ideas of the First Amendment tradition. The emphasis is on how those ideas emerged in various historical periods from particular political, legal, and intellectual struggles. | |
| LAW 8009 | Copyright Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The federal copyright statute protects rights in literary and artistic property. Topics covered in this course include the subject matter of copyright; ownership; formalities; duration and transfer; infringement; fair use; rights and remedies of copyright owners; pre-emption of state copyright laws; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. |
| LAW 8010 | Patent Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Patent protection is increasingly important in the knowledge economy. Advances in biotechnology, controversial uses of patent rights, and divergent court opinions are impacting this area in far-reaching ways. This course will explore many of these developments while maintaining a primary focus on the principal rules pertaining to patent protection and enforcement. |
| LAW 8011 | International Taxation (3.00) |
| A survey of the income tax aspects of (1) foreign income earned by U.S. persons and entities, and (2) U.S. income earned by foreign persons and entities. The principal focus will be on the U.S. tax system, but some attention will be devoted to adjustments made between tax regimes of different countries through tax credits and tax treaties. | |
| LAW 8012 | Legal Issues in Corporate Finance (Law & Business) (3.00) |
| This course examines legal issues that arise from different financing choices made by corporations, the relationship between a corporation and its investors, and how the courts have treated that relationship. Topics include firm valuation in change-of-control transactions and in bankruptcy, the rights of debt-holders and preferred stockholders, and common stockholders' claims to dividends. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 8013 | Mergers and Acquisitions (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the corporate and securities law issues relevant to mergers and acquisitions, including the Williams Act; state statutory and case law; as well as important forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting and tax issues will be covered as well. | |
| LAW 8015 | Partnership Tax (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will examine the basic principles in the application of the federal income tax to partnerships and their partners. Due to recent changes in the law, an increasing number of private firms, whether or not organized as partnerships, will be subject to these rules in the future. The course is taught by using problems that illustrate the principles discussed in class. |
| LAW 8016 | Securities Regulation (3.00) |
| The course will examine the federal statutes and regulations relating to the sale of securities and the duties of issuers, underwriters, brokers, dealers, officers, directors, controlling persons, and other significant market participants. We will discuss the regulation of public and private offerings, trading markets, and disclosure and corporate governance of publicly traded companies. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 8017 | Securities Regulation (Law & Business) (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course will examine the federal statutes and regulations relating to the sale of securities and the duties of issuers, underwriters, brokers, dealers, officers, directors, and other market participants. Topics will include the regulation of public and private offerings, trading markets, accounting standards, the lawyer's role in verifying financial information, and the use of finance theory in securities litigation. |
| LAW 8018 | Trusts and Estates (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course will cover intestate succession; requirements for the execution, revocation, republication, and revival of wills and codicils; probate procedure and grounds for will contests; requisites for the creation and termination of private trusts; inter vivos transactions that serve as will substitutes; planning for incapacity; and problems in the interpretation of wills. |
| LAW 8019 | Virginia Practice and Procedure (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course is organized and presented primarily for students who intend to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The course includes a study of the Virginia judicial system and problems of jurisdiction and venue within that system; pleading and practice both at law and in equity; a study of the Rules of Court; and the procedural statutes and applicable case law. |
| LAW 8021 | Constitutional Law II: Law and the Theory of Equal Protection (3.00) |
| This course will provide an in-depth look at the case law and theory of the Equal Protection Clause. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 8022 | Federal Income Tax: Advanced Topics (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This class is a continuation of Federal Income Tax. Students will be exposed to important aspects of federal income tax law not covered (or covered only briefly) in the basic tax course. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2011 |
| LAW 8023 | Advanced Patent Law (2.00) |
| This course will examine various advanced topics in patent remedies (including the law governing damages calculations), ownership and licensing issues, patent exhaustion, antitrust, inequitable conduct and administrative aspects of patent practice (including the new administrative processes added by the patent reform statute signed into law in September, 2011). Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 8024 | Mergers and Acquisitions (Law & Business) (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the corporate and securities law issues relevant to mergers and acquisitions, including the Williams Act; state statutory and case law; as well as important forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting and tax issues will be covered as well. | |
| LAW 8025 | Advanced Contracts (3.00) |
| This course introduces students to a variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of both consumer and business contracts. The disciplines include economics, psychology and finance. Some attention will be paid to the analysis of common law contract doctrines, but a good deal of the course will focus on public policy issues surrounding the regulation of consumer, commercial and financial contracts. Prerequisite: LAW 6002 | |
| LAW 8500 | Study Abroad (12.00) |
| This student-initiated study abroad program permits students to spend one semester studying law in a foreign university law school or law department and complete a research paper written as part of the study abroad experience under the supervision of a selected Virginia law professor. | |
| LAW 8505 | Clinical Topics (1.00 - 5.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | A series of Law clinics. The series will be designated by different sections of the course. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 |
| LAW 8600 | Advocacy Clinic for the Elderly (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. With attorney supervision, students represent elderly clients on a variety of legal matters, including basic wills and powers of attorney, guardianships, consumer issues, Medicaid and Medicare benefits, nursing home regulation and quality of long-term care, elder abuse and neglect, and advance medical directives. |
| LAW 8601 | Advocacy Clinic for the Elderly (YR) (8.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. With attorney supervision, students represent elderly clients on a variety of legal matters, including basic wills and powers of attorney, guardianships, consumer issues, Medicaid and Medicare benefits, nursing home regulation and quality of long-term care, elder abuse and neglect, and advance medical directives. | |
| LAW 8602 | Appellate Litigation Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This yearlong clinical course provides students the opportunity to brief and argue one or more appeals before a federal appeals court. The rules and procedures applicable in the federal appellate system will be examined. Fundamentals of oral and written appellate advocacy will be discussed, with a focus on each student's individual work project. Prerequisite: 3rd-year Law, LAW 6000, LAW 6003, LAW 6104, and LAW 7071 or LAW 7072 or LAW 7605 |
| LAW 8603 | Appellate Litigation Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to brief and argue one or more appeals before a federal appeals court. The rules and procedures applicable in the federal appellate system will be examined. Fundamentals of oral and written appellate advocacy will be discussed, with a focus on each student's individual work project. Prerequisite: 3rd-year Law, LAW 6000, LAW 6003, LAW 6104, and LAW 7071 or LAW 7072 or LAW 7605 | |
| LAW 8604 | Capital Post-Conviction Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center (VCRRC). The work of the clinic is centered on the representation of persons sentenced to death in Virginia and issues relevant to these cases. | |
| LAW 8605 | Capital Post-Conviction Clinic (YR) (5.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center (VCRRC). The work of the clinic is centered on the representation of persons sentenced to death in Virginia and issues relevant to these cases. | |
| LAW 8606 | Child Advocacy Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with JustChildren, a program of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students may represent children with legal issues in the areas of education law, laws governing access to services for incarcerated children, mental health and developmental disabilities law, and foster care and social services law. Students will be given an opportunity to work on policy issues. |
| LAW 8607 | Child Advocacy Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with JustChildren, a program of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students may represent children with legal issues in the areas of education law, laws governing access to services for incarcerated children, mental health and developmental disabilities law, and foster care and social services law. Students will be given an opportunity to work on policy issues. | |
| LAW 8608 | Criminal Defense Clinic (5.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The semester-long Criminal Defense Clinic provides a first-hand, experience-based study of the processes, techniques, strategy, and responsibilities of legal representation at the trial level. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8609 | Employment Law Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in cooperation with the Legal Aid Justice Center and local attorneys. The clinic is designed to give students first-hand experience in the practice of employment law, from both the plaintiff and defense side. |
| LAW 8610 | Employment Law Clinic (YR) (8.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in cooperation with the Legal Aid Justice Center and local attorneys. The clinic is designed to give students first-hand experience in the practice of employment law, from both the plaintiff and defense side. | |
| LAW 8611 | Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic related to the protection and restoration of natural resources and environmental quality. Cases in this clinic may include Clean Water Act citizen suits, wetlands cases, air permit appeals, road project cases, NEPA challenges, and forest management cases. Students will be involved in legal and factual research, as well as writing pleadings, briefs and other significant documents. | |
| LAW 8612 | Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic (YR) (8.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic related to the protection and restoration of natural resources and environmental quality. Cases in this clinic may include Clean Water Act citizen suits, wetlands cases, air permit appeals, road project cases, NEPA challenges, and forest management cases. Students will be involved in legal and factual research, as well as writing pleadings, briefs and other significant documents. | |
| LAW 8614 | Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center, the clinic teaches and develops trial skills using housing law as the substantive background, and eligible students appear and argue in local courts. |
| LAW 8615 | Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR) (8.00) |
| Offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center, the clinic teaches and develops trial skills using housing law as the substantive background, and eligible students appear and argue in local courts. | |
| LAW 8616 | Immigration Law Clinic (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this semester-long clinic students will be assigned several clients and handle at least one complicated case involving extensive client interviewing, factual investigation, and legal analysis. Students will work with clients who are victims of violence, clients appealing denials of applications for status, special categorization or procedures, or clients with past criminal or immigration history.
Prerequisite: LAW 7042 or LAW 7077. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8617 | International Human Rights Law Clinic (4.00) |
| This semester-long clinical course gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers. Projects provide practical experience with activities lawyers engage in to promote respect for human rights; build the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective human rights lawyers; and integrate the theory and practice of human rights. | |
| LAW 8618 | Mental Health Law Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students will represent mentally ill or mentally disabled clients on a variety of legal matters including Social Security, Medicaid, and disability benefits claims; disability discrimination claims; access to housing; and access to mental health or rehabilitative services. |
| LAW 8619 | Mental Health Law Clinic (YR) (8.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students will represent mentally ill or mentally disabled clients on a variety of legal matters including Social Security, Medicaid, and disability benefits claims; disability discrimination claims; access to housing; and access to mental health or rehabilitative services. | |
| LAW 8620 | Patent and Licensing Clinic I (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This clinic involves instruction and practical training in patent drafting as well as the negotiation and drafting of patent and software license agreements. Topics include the evaluation of inventions and computer software; preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications; dealing with patent examiners; and researching intellectual property issues and technology transfer. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8621 | Patent and Licensing Clinic II (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this clinic, students can choose to work exclusively with patent attorneys drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications or working exclusively with licensing agents to draft license agreements, negotiate licensing terms and conditions, prepare confidentiality agreements, and marketing documents. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8622 | Prosecution Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic in which students explore a range of practical, ethical, and intellectual issues involved in the discharge of a prosecutor's duties and responsibilities including discovery and exculpatory evidence, duty not to prosecute on less than probable cause, cross-warrant situations, prosecution of multiple defendants and joint trial, witness recantation and preparation, and improper argument at trial. |
| LAW 8623 | Prosecution Clinic (YR) (8.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic in which students explore a range of practical, ethical, and intellectual issues involved in the discharge of a prosecutor's duties and responsibilities including discovery and exculpatory evidence, duty not to prosecute on less than probable cause, cross-warrant situations, prosecution of multiple defendants and joint trial, witness recantation and preparation, and improper argument at trial. | |
| LAW 8624 | Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic introducing students to all aspects of current U.S. Supreme Court practice through live cases. Working on teams, students will handle actual cases from the seeking of Supreme Court review to briefing on the merits. |
| LAW 8625 | Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic introducing students to all aspects of current U.S. Supreme Court practice through live cases. Working on teams, students will handle actual cases from the seeking of Supreme Court review to briefing on the merits. | |
| LAW 8626 | Family Resource Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the first semester in a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students advocate on behalf of poor families who experience legal problems connected to welfare reform and public benefit programs. Clinic students will address the legal needs of lowincome families who seek or receive public benefits, or who are former public benefit recipients attempting to make the transition to financial independence. | |
| LAW 8627 | Family Resource Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester in a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students advocate on behalf of poor families who experience legal problems connected to welfare reform and public benefit programs. Clinic students will address the legal needs of low income families who seek or receive public benefits, or who are former public benefit recipients attempting to make the transition to financial independence. | |
| LAW 8628 | Innocence Project Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic to investigate three potential wrongful convictions of incarcerated individuals in the state of Virginia. One case will have forensic evidence (usually DNA) that could potentially be tested, and two will be non-DNA cases. Student will interview potential clients and witnesses, review case files, collect records, search court files and more. |
| LAW 8629 | Innocence Project Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic to investigate three potential wrongful convictions of incarcerated individuals in the state of Virginia. One case will have forensic evidence (usually DNA) that could potentially be tested, and two will be non-DNA cases. Student will interview potential clients and witnesses, review case files, collect records, search court files and more. | |
| LAW 8630 | Family Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic focusing on two alternative dispute resolution methods used to resolve conflicts involving families and children - mediation and collaborative law practice. The family disputes will include child custody, visitation, financial support, equitable distribution of property, and related issues. |
| LAW 8631 | Family Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic (YR) (6.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic focusing on two alternative dispute resolution methods used to resolve conflicts involving families and children - mediation and collaborative law practice. The family disputes will include child custody, visitation, financial support, equitable distribution of property, and related issues. | |
| LAW 8632 | Nonprofit Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations and assist with legal issues in their formation and day-to-day operations. |
| LAW 8633 | Nonprofit Clinic (YR) (6.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations and assist with legal issues in their formation and day-to-day operations. | |
| LAW 8634 | First Amendment Clinic (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong clinical course offering law students the opportunity to gain practical legal experience involving timely free speech and press issues. Supervised by the legal staff of the Thomas Jefferson Center, students work as a team in conducting legal research, meeting with clients and co-counsel, and drafting legal memoranda and briefs. Open to 2nd - and 3rd - year Law students only. |
| LAW 8635 | First Amendment Clinic (YR) (7.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course offering law students the opportunity to gain practical legal experience involving timely free speech and press issues. Supervised by the legal staff of the Thomas Jefferson Center, students work as a team in conducting legal research, meeting with clients and co-counsel, and drafting legal memoranda and briefs. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 8636 | Family Mediation Clinic (4.00) |
| This semester-long clinical course is open to 2L and 3L students. The course focuses on mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method to resolve conflicts involving families and children. Mediation, an alternative to adversarial litigation, uses a neutral third-party facilitator to guide and empower the parties to reach their own agreements. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 8637 | Transactional Law Clinic (3.00) |
| The clinic involves instruction and practical training on advising start-up companies and drafting basic corporate documentation. As part of the clinic, students will work with and advise Darden students who have been accepted to participate in the Darden Business Incubator. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 8638 | International Human Rights Law Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a year-long clinical course that gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| LAW 8639 | International Human Rights Law Clinic (YR) (4.00) |
| This is the second semester of a year-long clinical course that gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 8640 | Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic (6.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Students in the clinic will have the opportunity to participate in the legal practice of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), a highly respected non-profit law firm dedicated the protection and restoration of the natural resources and the environment of the Southeast. |
| LAW 8641 | Constitutional Law and the Scholarly Process (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong seminar is designed for students who are interested in working on a longer scholarly project, who might be interested in a career in law teaching, and who also have an interest in constitutional law, jurisprudence, or public law more broadly conceived. |
| LAW 8642 | Constitutional Law and the Scholarly Process (YR) (6.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong seminar is designed for students who are interested in working on a longer scholarly project, who might be interested in a career in law teaching, and who also have an interest in constitutional law, jurisprudence, or public law more broadly conceived. | |
| LAW 8650 | Appellate Litigation: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| This course deals with the most significant aspects of appellate practice, with a focus on the doctrines and rules applicable in the federal courts of appeals. Some attention will be paid to Supreme Court practice. Students learn the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and applicable case law principles to illuminate the practical issues in handling any appeal, state or federal. | |
| LAW 8651 | Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital Financing: Principles and Practice (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course deals with legal and business issues that arise in representing emerging-growth technology companies, with a particular emphasis on venture capital transactions, liquidity events, intellectual property, and corporate formation, governance, and capital structure. |
| LAW 8652 | Emerging Markets: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar explores the legal and regulatory structures affecting foreign investors seeking to participate in the development of so-called "emerging markets" and in particular in the restructuring of formerly socialist economies. |
| LAW 8653 | Employment Law: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| Ranging from Title VII to defamation law, from ERISA to workers' compensation, from the Americans with Disabilities Act to the law of employee handbooks, employment law encompasses a vast body of law regulating the employment relationship. This course examines employment law doctrine and theory from a practical perspective. | |
| LAW 8654 | Environmental Lawyering: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| This is a course about the tasks of lawyers representing clients in environmental disputes, from rulemaking to litigation to negotiation. Although focused on environmental problems, the course develops skills of general use in crafting and implementing strategies for clients in high visibility matters affecting the public interest. The course develops several case scenarios based on actual proceedings. | |
| LAW 8655 | Estate Planning: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| his seminar considers the principal tax and non-tax aspects of estate planning, with emphasis on sophisticated tax planning techniques for wealthy individuals. | |
| LAW 8656 | Practical Trial Evidence: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| This course explores the most commonly encountered evidentiary challenges in litigation today. The keys to success include forms of proof where the factual foundations are challenging, the law demands unexpected elements to support offered proof, or the unwritten aspects of trial practice interfere with "textbook" efforts to get proof in the record. | |
| LAW 8658 | Real Estate Transactions: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| This course is about making deals to acquire or develop long-lived, income-producing assets, focusing specifically on financing techniques for the equity piece of investment in income-producing real estate. Emphasis will be placed on the use of present value analysis. Financial structures used to invest in real estate, principally pass-thru entities taxed as partnerships, will be analyzed. | |
| LAW 8659 | Drug Product Liability Litigation: Principles and Practice (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will consider the theory and practice of drug product liability litigation lawsuits before, and now after, the Supreme Court's recent landmark decision in Wyeth v. Levine (2009). We will consider the legal principles governing such lawsuits, such as inadequate warning; the learned intermediary doctrine; and medical causation. |
| LAW 8800 | Dillard Fellow (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong practicum in which selected upper-level students serve as teaching assistants in the law school's Legal Research and Writing Program. |
| LAW 8801 | Dillard Fellow (YR) (3.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong practicum in which selected upper-level students serve as teaching assistants in the law school's Legal Research and Writing Program. | |
| LAW 8802 | Graduate Legal Research and Writing I (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course introduces LL.M. students to the fundamentals of U.S. legal research materials, methods, and strategies as well as various forms of legal writing. |
| LAW 8803 | FT Externship: Field Experience (9.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This field experience is one part of a two-part full-time externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. |
| LAW 8804 | FT Externship: Directed Study (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This directed study is one part of a two-part full-time externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. |
| LAW 8805 | Graduate Legal Research and Writing II (1.00) |
| This course continues to introduce LL.M. students to the fundamentals of U.S. legal research materials, methods, and strategies as well as various forms of legal writing. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 8806 | PT Externship: Field Experience (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This field experience is one part of a two-part externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| LAW 8807 | PT Externship: Directed Study (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This directed study is one part of a two-part externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| LAW 8808 | DC Externship: Field Experience (9.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This field experience is one part of a two-part full-time Washington, DC externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. |
| LAW 8809 | DC Externship: Directed Study (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This directed study is one part of a two-part full-time Washington, DC externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization. |
| LAW 8810 | Directed Research (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Eligible students receive credit for serving as research assistants supervised by selected law school faculty members. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8811 | Independent Research (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8812 | Independent Research (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8813 | Independent Research (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8814 | Independent Research (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8815 | Independent Research (YR) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8816 | Independent Research (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8817 | Independent Research (YR) (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8818 | Independent Research (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8819 | Independent Research (YR) (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 8820 | Exchange: University of Auckland (12.00) |
| Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. | |
| LAW 8821 | Exchange: Bucerius Law School (12.00) |
| Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. | |
| LAW 8822 | Exchange: University of Melbourne (12.00) |
| Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. | |
| LAW 8823 | Exchange: University of Nottingham (12.00) |
| Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. | |
| LAW 8824 | Exchange: Tel Aviv University (12.00) |
| Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the spring semester of their second year. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 8825 | Exchange: Waseda University (12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. |
| LAW 8826 | Exchange: University of Sydney (12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. |
| LAW 8827 | Exchange: Instituto de Empresa (IE) (12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. |
| LAW 8828 | Exchange: Seoul National University (12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| LAW 8844 | Dual Degree: Sciences Po (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course is the first semester of a yearlong international combined-degree with University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne Law School and Sciences Po/Paris in which selected students can participate during their third year. |
| LAW 8845 | Dual Degree: Sciences Po (YR) (27.00) |
| This course is the second semester of a yearlong international combined-degree with University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne Law School and Sciences Po/Paris in which selected students can participate during their third year. | |
| LAW 8848 | Third-Year Thesis (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong intensive research project resulting in a thesis completed under close faculty supervision coupled with an oral defense before a faculty committee. | |
| LAW 8849 | Third-Year Thesis (YR) (6.00) |
| Third-Year Thesis (YR) | |
| LAW 9000 | International Ifs in the Long 19th Century (3.00) |
| The period from 1789 to 1917, 'the long 19th century,' begins with the French Revolution and ends with World War I and the Russian Revolution. This seminar undertakes a variety of 'what if?' speculations associated with crucial events affecting the United States and Europe during this period, with special attention paid to the actual and potential roles of domestic and international law. Course was offered Spring 2012, Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9001 | Banking Regulation (3.00) |
| This seminar studies the basic concepts underlying the regulation of depository institutions in the United States, and, where appropriate, contrasts the U.S. regulatory approach with those followed by other countries. Topics include systemic risk and consumer protection, activity restrictions imposed on depository institutions and their affiliates, lending limits and the bank failure process, among others. | |
| LAW 9002 | Sites and Systems: Science, Planning, and Law (3.00) |
| This seminar addresses the challenges of managing environmental issues in the context of the human-natural systems within which they occur. These challenges include defining the character and scope of ecosystems, establishing the goals appropriate to managing ecosystems, and assessing institutional arrangements to achieve those goals. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9003 | Strategy in Civil Litigation: Pleading and Procedure (3.00) |
| This seminar will concentrate on skills needed in effective pre-trial advocacy. It will emphasize strategy in pleading, motions and discovery practice stressing both the style and substance of winning litigation techniques. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, particularly Rules 1-39, 41, 45, 54, 56 and 68, will be examined and applied to various factual scenarios. | |
| LAW 9004 | International Investment Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines the substantive law governing international investment, explores how rights and obligations can be enforced in an investment dispute, and considers the proper role of investment law in the international legal system. |
| LAW 9005 | Families with Children with Disabling Conditions and Chronic Illnesses (3.00) |
| This seminar will focus on the issues faced by families in which a child has a disabling condition, including mental and physical disabilities, or a chronic illness. Some areas of law respond to the needs of the families, but many areas of the law have not yet addressed the implications for the families of the special health and care needs of the children. | |
| LAW 9006 | Advanced Verbal Persuasion (3.00) |
| This course develops advanced oral advocacy skills, including effective performance techniques, writing for speaking, and the ability to handle difficult speaking situations. | |
| LAW 9007 | An American Half-Century (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | From 1940 to 1990, the United States eventually led the democratic world to victory in two worldwide struggles'World War II and the Cold War' against authoritarian systems. This course examines this pair of victories, especially the Cold War, through the role of international law, as well as the interplay between U.S. domestic law and foreign policy. |
| LAW 9008 | Children and the Law (3.00) |
| In this seminar students will examine the law's treatment of children's rights. Students will explore the current state of the law regarding the complexities involved with assigning rights and responsibilities to children and those who care for them, and the barriers and limitations courts and legislatures confront when making decisions regarding children. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9009 | Cybercrime (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar examines key legal and policy issues associated with cybercrime. Because cybercrime can be committed in and from any corner of the world, the seminar focuses principally on U.S. laws and legal materials, but will include relevant legal materials from countries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. |
| LAW 9010 | Police Misconduct (3.00) |
| This seminar explores the legal issues that arise when police officers abuse their authority. The emphasis will be on the constitutional and federal legal landscape. Topics will include the causes and kinds of police misconduct, constitutional standards for police behavior, obstacles to prosecuting police officers, and the limits of litigation as a tool for preventing and redressing police misconduct. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9011 | Legal Careers and Life Satisfaction (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore attorneys' job satisfaction and their reactions to job dissatisfaction (e.g., depression, alcoholism). A goal of the seminar will be to identify factors that promote or attenuate job satisfaction in particular, and life satisfaction more generally, among attorneys practicing law in various settings (e.g., large firm, small firm, in-house counsel, public interest). | |
| LAW 9012 | Federalism: History and Theory (3.00) |
| This seminar provides students with an opportunity to investigate problems in the history and theory of American federalism. We will focus on the changing nature and sources of the discourses of federalism in political thought and constitutional law. | |
| LAW 9013 | Climate Change: Science, Markets, and Policy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will provide multiple perspectives on what many consider the greatest environmental issue of our time and one with far-reaching implications for how we and future generations will live and do business. |
| LAW 9014 | Federalism (3.00) |
| This seminar examines what the Supreme Court has described as 'the oldest question of constitutional law' in America: the allocation of authority between national and state governments. It considers the historical underpinnings and political theory of federalism, American constitutional doctrines of federalism, and questions of judicial federalism. | |
| LAW 9015 | Franchise Law (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will cover the legal and practical business basics of franchising. |
| LAW 9016 | Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the issues entailed in the drafting and uses of a constitution. To what extent do constitutions reflect universal values (such as human rights), and to what extent are they grounded in the culture and values of a particular people? How much borrowing goes on in the writing of a constitution? In what respects do the United States Constitution and American constitutionalism serve as models for newer democracies? | |
| LAW 9017 | Current Issues in Patent Law (3.00) |
| This course will examine a variety of patent reform efforts. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9018 | American Social and Legal History (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the interplay between the social and legal history of the United States. | |
| LAW 9019 | Constitutionalism: History and Jurisprudence (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar focuses on various ways of thinking about constitutions and constitutionalism. We will draw upon the various schools of jurisprudence, historical and contemporary sources, and important moments in the history of constitutionalism, such as the founding period of the United States and in France, the era of liberalism in 19th century Europe, and the emergence of social and economic rights in the 20th century, etc. |
| LAW 9020 | Construction Law (3.00) |
| This seminar will focus on the law relating to construction contracts. It will use a textbook and local construction contracts as source materials. The seminar will cover issues relating to private and public construction, from selection of contract models to disputes resolution. | |
| LAW 9021 | Environmental Law and Federalism: Case Studies in Politics & Public Policy (3.00) |
| This seminar focuses on the real-world impact that 'new federalism' is having on environmental law and policy at both the federal and state levels. The course blends discussions of key federalism cases from the Supreme Court and lower federal courts with case studies rooted in current public policy and political disputes. The seminar may consider wetlands depletion, loss of endangered species, air pollution, energy policy, and global warming. | |
| LAW 9022 | Federal Lawyer (3.00) |
| This course will address the broad, legal, ethics, and policy issues confronted by the federal lawyer. The focus will be on the several roles and responsibilities of lawyers in the Department of Justice (DoJ), often referred to as the 'world's largest law firm.' The course will also address professional responsibility and disciplinary issues. | |
| LAW 9023 | Gender and Legal Theory (3.00) |
| This seminar provides an intensive introduction to various schools of feminist theory, including liberal feminism, cultural feminism, dominance feminism, critical race feminism, and feminist uses of queer theory. The principal objective of the seminar is to sharpen skills of close reading and critical analysis. | |
| LAW 9024 | Health Care for Children: Law, Economics, and Health Policy (2.00) |
| The course will examine those issues which influence the health and wellbeing of children in our society. Elements in the health care and legal systems which are unique to children will be emphasized. The financing and organization of children's health and social services will be reviewed. One important theme will be the significance of socioeconomic status and poverty levels on the welfare of children. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9025 | Law of Politics (3.00) |
| This seminar examines the variety of laws governing the political process in America; in particular, voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, and lobbying and ethics regulation. The class will focus on the development of these laws over the last century, with emphasis on recent areas of controversy. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9026 | Law Firm as a Business Organization (3.00) |
| This course is an overview of the historical, economic and sociological factors that have shaped how the practice of law evolves in the modern legal market place. The central focus is the law firm as a business organization. The over-arching issue will be the factors that face a business oriented law firm in today's environment. | |
| LAW 9027 | Moral Dimensions of Policymaking in the United States (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will explore uses of legal and moral analysis in the American political culture through case studies of current policy problems. The range of possible case studies includes organ transplantation, tobacco control, immunization, mental health policy, and physician-assisted suicide. |
| LAW 9028 | Lochner Era (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine significant developments in the areas of constitutional law governing social and economic regulation in the so-called "Lochner Era," extending roughly from 1880 to 1940. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9029 | Psychology and Law: Cognitive and Social Issues (3.00) |
| We will investigate about 10 topics for which psychology has important things to say to and about the legal system including: eyewitness testimony, confessions, jury selection, jury decision making, negotiation, hate crime legislation, punishment, and others. Our goal is to learn about the current state of affairs in both domains and propose ways to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between the two disciplines. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9030 | Religion, Democracy, and Law (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the proper role of religious convictions in a liberal democracy. The seminar will provide a general overview of the contemporary debate on whether citizens and public officials have duties to refrain from relying on religious beliefs in political and legal decision-making. Selected topics will include abortion, homosexuality, evolution, blasphemy, public education, and civil disobedience. | |
| LAW 9031 | Rhetoric Seminar (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will focus on readings from Aristotle, Cicero, and other ancients and modern rhetoric writers, lectures on rhetorical style and substance, review and analysis of video tapes of distinguished oral presentations, informal discussion, student presentation of five video taped speeches and critique thereof. |
| LAW 9032 | Rights of Indigenous Peoples (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore emerging norms and principles of indigenous rights within the international legal framework. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9033 | Tax Policy (3.00) |
| This course will examine the legal, economic, and political considerations relevant to formulating tax policy. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9034 | Transactional Approach To Mergers and Acquisitions (3.00) |
| The course will provide an in-depth look at the roles played by lawyers and investment bankers in advising boards of directors of target and acquirer companies as well as those played by other transactional professionals. Emphasis will be on how the case law and various state statutes and SEC regulations inform the acquisition process. | |
| LAW 9035 | White Collar Crime (3.00) |
| This course will explore federal white collar crime law and practice. We will begin by delving into the federal statutes and the cases interpreting those statutes. We will then examine the investigation, prosecution, and defense of white collar crime cases by considering the power of the grand jury; the Fifth Amendment and immunity; plea bargaining; sentencing; corporate liability; and charging decisions. | |
| LAW 9036 | Evidence Theory (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine some of the most difficult doctrinal, philosophical and empirical issues in contemporary evidence law. Topics will include, among others, the role of the jury in fact-finding, the use of probabilistic evidence, demonstrative and narrative relevance, and expert testimony. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9037 | Wrongful Convictions (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the nature of the problem of wrongful convictions and critically assess possible solutions. | |
| LAW 9039 | Supreme Court: October Term (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the Supreme Court by intensive study of the Court's most recent Term, October Term 2008, which concludes in June 2009. After a brief introduction to the workings of the Court, the seminar will closely examine the most significant decisions from last Term. | |
| LAW 9040 | Animal Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will explore the legal issues pertaining to animals, the laws that govern their treatment, as well as a number of topics that fall within the general headings "animal law" and "animal rights." We will examine the historical and philosophical treatment of animals, and how those views impact the way law currently governs treatment and use of animals. |
| LAW 9041 | Law and Ethics of Human Subject Research (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will begin with a brief look at the origins of the current system for regulating human subjects research and the ethical and legal frameworks that have evolved to assist with that regulation. We will explore central issues like risk-benefit assessment, informed consent, confidentiality, diversity in subject populations and how subjects are recruited and retained. |
| LAW 9042 | Advertising Law (3.00) |
| This seminar covers the traditional regulation and case law of advertising and considers the legal effects of the industry's innovations and evolution. The course will be divided into sessions on false advertising; trademark and consumer deception laws; the First Amendment; the agencies charged with regulatory oversight; embedded advertising; and possibly some recent developments in internet advertising and search law. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9043 | Tax Practice and Procedure Seminar (3.00) |
| This course will follow the progression of a tax dispute from the planning stages through to litigation. | |
| LAW 9045 | Intellectual Property Law Policy (3.00) |
| This seminar will cover advanced readings in intellectual property theory and policy. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9046 | Issues in Poverty Law (3.00) |
| This seminar examines poverty in the U.S. Addressing historical and contemporary perspectives on poverty and poverty law, topics include access to legal representation, access to the courts, and the ways in which impoverished communities perceive and experience the law, the legal profession, and legal institutions. | |
| LAW 9047 | Pro Bono at Large Law Firms (1.00) |
| The purpose of the seminar is to examine the nexus between public interest and private sector law, namely pro bono work. | |
| LAW 9048 | Legal and Policy Issues of the Indochina War (3.00) |
| America's tragic involvement in Indochina provides a rich case study for examining a diverse range of broader national security legal and policy issues, including the legal regulation of the initiation of coercion and the conduct of military operations, the role of Congress in the use of military force, and legal regimes governing war crimes and the treatment of prisoners of war. | |
| LAW 9049 | American Legal History Seminar (3.00) |
| This seminar investigates problems in American legal history. Students write a 40-page research paper, evaluate five or six papers written by classmates, and participate in weekly discussions of important works written from different historiographical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. | |
| LAW 9050 | Antitrust in the Global Economy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar examines the unique phenomenon of global antitrust law. The seminar seeks to provide a working knowledge of antitrust principles around the world (with a focus on the United States and Europe) in a field where the typical practice experience now transcends national boundaries. |
| LAW 9051 | Antitrust Practice (3.00) |
| This course studies antitrust and related laws in subject areas ranging from traditional industries to multinational/international transactions to cyberspace and high-tech industries. The seminar covers problems involved in dealing with DOJ and FTC proceedings and in dealing with private suits including mergers, joint ventures, and intellectual property and international trade matters. | |
| LAW 9052 | War and Peace: New Thinking about the Causes of War and War Avoidance (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This interdisciplinary seminar will explore the causes of international armed conflict and the ways in which future wars might be avoided and peace preserved. Case studies of past wars will be examined to test competing theories. The seminar is a working seminar designed to advance human knowledge about war and war avoidance. |
| LAW 9053 | Hallmarks of Distinguished Advocacy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course treats oral advocacy as an effort to persuade any audience of the merits of a cause or proposal and of the credibility of the proponent. The first seven weeks treat advocacy in settings outside the courtroom. The last half deals with advocacy in the most common trial settings: direct and cross-examination, opening statements, closing arguments and appellate advocacy. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7626, 9055, and 9185. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 9054 | Colloquium in American Legal History (3.00) |
| This is a reading and discussion course in selected topics in the history and historiography of American law. Topics may include the law of accidents, debtor-creditor relations, Native American rights, judicial review, juvenile justice, immigration and citizenship, legal thought, and the civil rights revolution. | |
| LAW 9055 | Persuasion for Advocates (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the principles and techniques of persuasion in the legal arena including a review of the techniques of persuasive oral advocacy and the application of those techniques in opening, closing, witness examination, and oral argument. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7626, 9053, and 9185. Enrollment not allowed in LAW 7626, 9053, 9055, or 9185 if any taken previously. | |
| LAW 9056 | Business Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (3.00) |
| This seminar focuses on the practical and strategic applications of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The seminar examines applicable statutory and case law with particular emphasis on hypothetical and actual fact situations to demonstrate how the Chapter 11 process works. | |
| LAW 9057 | Civil Liberties Seminar (2.00) |
| The seminar is a survey and discussion of selected contemporary problems in civil liberties, using both case law (largely Supreme Court) and contemporary writings as base materials. | |
| LAW 9058 | Race and Law Seminar (3.00) |
| This course will examine the response of law to racial issues in a variety of contemporary legal contexts. Topics may include education, employment, criminal justice, voting, interracial relationships and adoption, and hate speech. The materials will consist of a mix of cases and scholarly commentary. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7707 Race and Law (SC) and LAW 7089 Race and Law Lecture | |
| LAW 9059 | Airline Industry and Aviation Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course explores legal and policy issues confronting the airline industry. Topics include current issues such as airline bankruptcies, modernizing the air traffic control system, air transportation security, whether the U.S. should permit foreign control of domestic airlines, and other similarly timely topics. Course was offered Fall 2011 |
| LAW 9060 | Rule of Law: Controlling Government (3.00) |
| This seminar explores the theory and cost of government failure and movements for constitutional and legal reform. We will review government failure internationally and domestically; examine theoretical explanations for such failure, including public choice theory; and consider the implications for the rule of law and constitutional and legal reform as applied to controlling government. | |
| LAW 9061 | First Amendment Theory (3.00) |
| The principal objective of the seminar is to sharpen skills of close reading and critical analysis. The seminar begins with an overview of general writing about the freedom of speech, including both philosophical and historical treatments. After that, each session is devoted to a close critique of one law review article on the subject. | |
| LAW 9062 | Supreme Court from Warren to Roberts (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will consider the origins of the Warren Court, that Court's legacy, and the extent to which that legacy survives today; the relation between presidential politics and the work of the Court; the interplay between the Court and the country at large; specific doctrinal developments; the philosophies of the individual justices; and voting blocs and behavior on the Court. |
| LAW 9063 | Criminal Procedure (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar studies the litigation of criminal cases and aims to develop a working familiarity with the law and procedural rules governing conduct of a criminal case at the trial court level, and their practical and tactical application. Pre-trial and trial stages are covered. |
| LAW 9064 | Advanced Topics in the First Amendment (Religion Clauses) (3.00) |
| This seminar begins with an overview of writings about the freedom of religion, including both philosophical and historical treatments. Following weeks consist of a close critique of one (relatively short) law review article on the subject. The principal objectives are to sharpen skills of close reading and critical analysis as well as to deepen understanding of the difficult issues surrounding the freedom of religion. Prerequisite: Constitutional Law. | |
| LAW 9065 | Managing the Global Economic Crisis (3.00) |
| This seminar will address issues arising out of the current global economic crisis and its aftermath. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9066 | Law of Reproduction (3.00) |
| This course will examine ethical and legal issues related to reproduction. While some historical coverage will take place, primary emphasis will be on current topics, such as conscientious provider accommodations, state ultrasound legislation, embryonic stem cell research, prenatal genetic testing, and regulation of the fertility industry. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9067 | Anti-Terrorism, Law and the Role of Intelligence (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this seminar students will examine legal definitions of terrorism; define the threat of religion-based, non-state terrorism; read studies on the appropriate legal and constitutional responses to terrorism; study the USA Patriot Act, the 9/11 Commission Report, the report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi WMD reporting, courts' responses, and the Silberman/Robb report on intelligence analysis. |
| LAW 9068 | Historic Preservation Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The seminar reviews the structure of historic preservation law in the U.S. at the federal, state, and local level, and the policy issues facing governmental units regarding the preservation of historic buildings and sites. Comparisons are made to programs in other countries and to efforts undertaken at the international level to foster preservation. |
| LAW 9069 | Antitrust Review Mergers in a Global Environment (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Mergers and acquisitions are reviewed under antitrust laws, with an emphasis on U.S. antitrust law at the federal level. Topics include market definition and measures of market concentration; theories of liability for anticompetitive horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate mergers; methods for predicting anticompetitive effects; failing firm, efficiencies, and other defenses; remedies; and enforcement mechanics. |
| LAW 9070 | Current Issues in International Financial Regulation (3.00) |
| This research-oriented seminar is intended for students interested in international finance and the structure of financial regulation in the global economy. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9071 | Law and Higher Education (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar focuses on the law particular to institutions of higher education. Topics include institutional governance; faculty/student rights and responsibilities; the First, Fourth and 14th Amendments; civil rights, the rights of the disabled, and gender-based issues; liability issues; research-related issues; affiliated entities; and the legal implications of increasing technology in higher education. |
| LAW 9072 | Commercial Real Estate Transactions (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar focuses on the practical and legal issues associated with the development and finance of commercial real estate transactions. |
| LAW 9073 | Government Ethics: Conflicts of Interest, Lobbying and Campaign Finance (3.00) |
| There is increasing concern in Congress and state legislatures about the rules governing conflicts of interest, lobbying and campaign finance. We will examine what restrictions legislatures and courts have placed on the financing of campaigns, and what reforms are necessary. | |
| LAW 9074 | Legislative Drafting and Public Policy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Each student in this seminar will draft legislation and supporting documentation on an issue of particular interest to the student. Each student will be required to prepare a draft statute, and a supporting commentary of usual seminar paper length. |
| LAW 9075 | Environmental Liability Litigation (3.00) |
| This seminar deals with both public enforcement of environmental standards and private suits that seek to curb environmental hazards or recover damage for harms attributed to such hazards. The practical process of bringing private actions for so-called toxic torts will receive particular attention. | |
| LAW 9076 | Federal Lands, Energy, and Natural Resources Law (3.00) |
| The seminar surveys the laws and policies governing the management of lands and natural resources under federal ownership (some one-third of the nation's continental land area). | |
| LAW 9077 | Comparative Law (3.00) |
| This seminar introduces the fundamental features of different legal systems, especially those in Europe and parts of the developing world. The seminar will consider the influence of ideology on law, the reform process, the influence of various models, and the realization of institutional change in constitutional, civil, criminal and administrative law. It will also examine the impact of international institutions on domestic law. | |
| LAW 9078 | Current Issues in Copyright Litigation (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the issues raised by significant copyright litigation pending in the federal courts, recent copyright decisions and emerging digital technologies that rely upon copyrighted content. | |
| LAW 9079 | Psychiatry and Criminal Law (3.00) |
| This interdisciplinary seminar will examine how the criminal justice system addresses defendants and adult offenders with a mental disorder. Contemporary issues in forensic mental health will be explored. | |
| LAW 9080 | Legal Issues at the End of Life (3.00) |
| This course will examine ethical and legal issues at the end of life, including withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, physician-assisted suicide, definitions of death, and organ harvesting. | |
| LAW 9081 | Trial Advocacy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this seminar, students are prepared for work in the trial court and for the atmosphere of the courtroom. Students will be given the opportunity to perform one or more of the functions of trial lawyers on their feet, such as direct and cross examination, opening statements, handling of exhibits, objections, and closing argument. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| LAW 9082 | Lawyers and Justice: Ethics in Public Interest Lawyering (3.00) |
| This seminar focuses on how ethical and moral considerations intersect with the practice and theory of law. Topics include "impact," or class-action litigation; government lawyering; lawyering for specific status groups, such as women or the poor; and legal services lawyering, which typically involves the representation of indigent clients. | |
| LAW 9083 | Mental Health Issues in Juvenile Justice (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This interdisciplinary seminar examines the role of mental disorders and mental health professionals in juvenile justice and family law. |
| LAW 9084 | Criminology (3.00) |
| This seminar introduces law students to the scientific study of violent crime, including the factors that give rise to violence and those that may account for the remarkable decline in violence in recent years in the United States. | |
| LAW 9085 | Issues in International and Digital Media (3.00) |
| This seminar explores the ways digital media have had an impact on various aspects of contemporary law and regulation. It will also consider the intersections between digital media law and politics, culture, community, communication, identity, privacy, and property. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9086 | Jury Trials in America: Understanding and Practicing before a Pure Form of Democracy (2.00) |
| This seminar will immerse students in the world of jury trials including the history of our jury and current perceptions of its role; jury selection processes; factors affecting juror performance during the trial; jury management challenges such as increasing juror comprehension in complex litigation and juror privacy; and current policy debates concerning jury proceedings. | |
| LAW 9087 | International Environmental Law (2.00) |
| This seminar deals chiefly with the role and impact of traditional public international law and policy, particularly multilateral environmental agreements, on international environmental issues. It also emphasizes the practical aspects of representing clients in the international context, by focusing on the regulatory and liability aspects of environmental law, both domestic and international. | |
| LAW 9088 | Supreme Court Justices and the Art of Judging (3.00) |
| Key figures on the modern Supreme Court will be the focus of this seminar. We will consider selected justices - their background before coming to the Court, their major decisions, their jurisprudence, their interaction with other justices, their legacy. We will take stock of these justices both through their own writings and through the views of commentators, including judicial biographers. | |
| LAW 9089 | Seminar in Ethical Values (YR) (0.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This is the first semester of a yearlong seminar designed to enhance students' understanding of ethical issues and address the broader ethical and moral responsibilities of the lawyer as citizen and leader. |
| LAW 9090 | Seminar in Ethical Values (YR) (1.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong seminar designed to enhance students' understanding of ethical issues and address the broader ethical and moral responsibilities of the lawyer as citizen and leader. | |
| LAW 9091 | Germs, Guns, and Lead: Public Health Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This course explores the legitimacy, design, and implementation of policies aiming to promote public health and reduce the social burden of disease and injury. Illustrative topics include mandatory immunization, screening and reporting of infectious diseases, prevention of obesity and diabetes, and prevention of lead poisoning. | |
| LAW 9092 | International Ifs in the Mid-Twentieth Century (3.00) |
| This seminar undertakes a variety of "what if?" speculations associated with crucial events affecting the United States in the middle of the 20th century, with special attention paid to the potential role of international law. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9093 | Law and Ethics in Medical Practice (3.00) |
| This interdisciplinary seminar will address legal and ethical issues in the practice of medicine. Law students and residents, fellows and faculty from the Medical School will explore issues such as informed consent, ethical and legal challenges in managed care, prevention and acknowledgment of medical errors, regulation of research, and end-of-life issues. | |
| LAW 9094 | Issues in State and Local Taxation and Fiscal Policy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An examination of issues relating to the ways in which state and local governments tax, spend, and borrow. Specific topics may include treatment of unfunded mandates, financing education, and borrowing for public/private projects. |
| LAW 9095 | Aging and the Law (3.00) |
| This seminar addresses issues relating to the health and financial needs of the elderly. Topics include ethical issues raised in representing elderly clients, financing of health care, guardianship and other mechanisms of surrogate decision-making, nursing home regulation, special housing needs, elder abuse and neglect, end-of-life medical care, employment discrimination, and income security. | |
| LAW 9096 | Property Theory (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine a variety of theories of property, including natural rights theories and utilitarian theories. The focus of the seminar is on the rigorous evaluation of scholarly argument. After a several-week overview of the field, each session will be devoted to an intensive study of single law review article, with designated students criticizing or defending that article. Prerequisite: LAW 6006 Property. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9097 | Tort Theory (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will explore contemporary issues in tort law, including the proper scope of liability for accidental harm, problems of causation, and damages. The focus of the seminar is on the rigorous evaluation of scholarly argument. The readings will consist of both classic works in the field and important current studies. Prerequisite is LAW 6007 Torts. |
| LAW 9098 | Retirement Security (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will examine the adequacy of legal regulation intended to protect workers' earned benefits and how these rules, primarily the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), have worked in protecting employer-funded retirement income and health benefits in relation to government-funded benefits, including Social Security, Medicare and plans operated by State and local governments. |
| LAW 9099 | Civil Rights History from Plessy to Brown (3.00) |
| This course explores the various meanings of civil rights in the 50 years that preceded Brown v. Board of Education. Examining civil rights cases from Plessy v. Ferguson through World War II and beyond, the course emphasizes recreating the uncertainties that characterized civil rights doctrine in the 1940s. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9100 | Federal Criminal Practice (3.00) |
| This seminar takes a practical approach to the investigation and adjudication of complex federal crimes. Students will trace a criminal investigation from its genesis through its courtroom conclusion. Students will learn the law governing each of these various stages of criminal investigations and its application to real-life investigative situations. | |
| LAW 9101 | Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (3.00) |
| Unjust enrichment is a source of civil liability parallel to tort and contract. That is, you can be civilly liable without having done anything wrong, simply because you have received a thing of value that rightly belongs to someone else. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9102 | Legal History: Transnational and Imperial Contexts to 1850 (3.00) |
| This course explores law's history across boundaries of nation or culture, with a particular interest in how legal ideas and practices associated with one culture operated when carried into others. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9103 | Public and Private Rights in American Law (3.00) |
| This seminar explores various manifestations of the distinction between public and private rights in American law. The course situates the debate about public and private rights historically, and examine various areas where the contest continues, including standing to vindicate public and private rights, punitive damages, legislative retroactivity, state action, and the right to privacy. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9104 | Regulation of U.S. Industries (2.00) |
| This seminar will cover the deregulation of the energy and telecommunications industries with emphasis on the legal and financial impacts, the relationship between federal and state regulatory jurisdiction, the challenges to deregulation, market power, price caps, stranded costs, the California energy crisis, the collapse of Enron, and Wall Street's "behind the scene" role in deregulation. | |
| LAW 9105 | Lawyers and the Civil Rights Movement (3.00) |
| This seminar considers issues in 20th-century social and constitutional history, with particular emphasis on matters of race and inequality. Students read and discuss constitutional cases, works of historical scholarship, and primary source material and watch and comment upon documentaries on the civil rights era. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9107 | Expertise, Science, and the Law of Evidence (3.00) |
| This seminar examines the theoretical and practical questions raised by the use of expert information within the legal system. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9108 | Urban Law and Policy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will examine the legal, economic, and political forces that have shaped American metropolitan areas with particular attention to the policies that have shaped American cities and suburbs. The course will consider issues such as sprawl, racial segregation, housing, education, land use, concentrated poverty, and community economic development. |
| LAW 9109 | China(s) and the United States (3.00) |
| This seminar examines international law and U.S. foreign policy relevant to Taiwan and the People's Republic of China (PRC). | |
| LAW 9110 | Education Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This seminar considers law and policy pertaining to public education, mainly state and federal constitutional and statutory law concerning elementary and secondary education. The goal is to examine how educational systems function as tools of socialization and social ordering, and how individuals and communities interact (and sometimes collide) with these systems. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9111 | Sexuality and the Law (3.00) |
| This seminar explores the role of the law in shaping the social meaning of heterosexuality and of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities in a number of contexts, including employment, education, sexual expression, family relationships, and the military. There is an emphasis on constitutional doctrines, including equal protection, due process/privacy, and freedom of speech and association. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9112 | Trials of the Century:Literary & Legl Represntatns of Great Criminal Trials (3.00) |
| This seminar examines a number of famous criminal trials and explores what commonalities, if any, are shared by those trials that capture our cultural imagination. The focus is on rhetorical and narrative strategies for representing the facts, as well as the legal rules, adversarial norms, and ideological stakes in such trials. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9113 | Intellectual Property - A Speakers' Workshop (2.00) |
| This seminar will involve presentations of recent scholarship and works-in-progress by leading law professors in the field of intellectual property. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9114 | Law of War (3.00) |
| This course will introduce the student to the full scope of the contemporary law of war including international humanitarian law, centered on the Geneva Conventions, customary practice, numerous other treaties such as the Hague accords of 1899 and 1907, and rulings in hundreds of war crimes trials. It will contain a mixture of humanitarian and pragmatic concerns. | |
| LAW 9115 | Law in Society (3.00) |
| This course examines law as a moving force and a responsive element in society. The course explores several legal disciplines with a focus on understanding the questions that must be addressed in making informed decisions. The focus is on more effective problem-solving with the uncertainty, trade-offs, and unanticipated outcomes that may come from applying legal concepts. | |
| LAW 9116 | Direct Democracy (3.00) |
| Voters in many American states use direct democracy to make laws on everything from soda bottles and horsemeat to taxes and same-sex marriage. In so doing, they sidestep many of the checks and balances of republican government that the Framers carefully designed. This seminar will examine the history, theory, and practice of direct democracy, as structured by federal and state constitutional law. | |
| LAW 9117 | Marriage in Law, Culture, and the Imagination (3.00) |
| The colloquium will study law relating to marriage (and related topics, such as love, divorce, paternity, etc.) and will also put the institution of marriage in broad cultural context. Materials include fictional texts, cultural analysis, and films, as well as cases from the law. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| LAW 9118 | Poverty, Inequality, and Human Rights in Education (3.00) |
| This course will provide a systematic analysis of global poverty and inequality as it intersects with the right to education. We will examine the broad underpinnings of international human rights and the specific components of education rights, and then examine these issues as they relate to the experiences of refugee and immigrant children in the Charlottesville area. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9119 | Copyright and Literary Culture in the Digital Age (3.00) |
| This course inquires into the relationship between the U.S. copyright regime and contemporary literary production and consumption, focusing on how cultural and aesthetic notions of literary originality, creativity, and ownership both shape, and are shaped by, legal regulation. Topics include fair use, sponsorship, characters, moral rights, and their evolution in a digital era. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| LAW 9120 | Intelligence Law Reform (3.00) |
| This seminar will trace the development of intelligence law from the creation of the CIA in 1947, through the Cold War, to the current War on Terrorism. We will review the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and more recent intelligence reform legislation including the creation of a Director of National Intelligence and a National Counter-Terrorist Center. | |
| LAW 9121 | Supreme Court and Criminal Law (3.00) |
| This seminar will focus on the role of the Supreme Court in establishing general doctrines governing the scope of substantive criminal law including statutory interpretation principles, retroactive decision-making and the meaning of fair notice, the constitutionality of guideline sentencing schemes, and constitutionally imposed proportionality limits as they apply to the death penalty, prison sentences, and fines. | |
| LAW 9122 | Labor Racketeering (3.00) |
| This seminar will consider the origins of labor racketeering in the structure of organized crime and the American labor movement. We will consider the basic statutory scheme - the LMRDA, Taft Hartley, and ERISA - in which unions, their affiliated funds, and the mob operate; as well as the criminal statutes - RICO, the Hobbs Act - that have framed the government's response. | |
| LAW 9123 | Judging (3.00) |
| Scholars, lawyers, journalists, and politicians have long debated how judges do 'and how judges should' decide cases. This seminar will explore this debate by examining theories of judicial decision-making, including Langdellian formalism, legal realism, and theories flowing from critical legal studies. | |
| LAW 9125 | International Criminal Law (2.00) |
| This course will address basic principles of international law and practice pertinent to criminal law. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9126 | Human Rights Advocacy (3.00) |
| This seminar explores a range of approaches to human rights advocacy, domestic and international, from the perspective of human rights methodology. Students will examine diverse tactics, strategies and venues selected by human rights lawyers and other advocates pursuing similar objectives. | |
| LAW 9127 | Current Issues in Corporate Law and Governance (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will cover current issues in corporate law and governance such as executive compensation, corporate governance and firm value, state competition in corporate law, anti-takeover law, the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate governance and the desirability of increasing shareholder power. |
| LAW 9128 | Law and Policy of Watershed Management (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore law and policy issues governing the management of watersheds. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9129 | Disability Law and Ethics (3.00) |
| This course surveys American federal and state law as it relates to people with disabilities. Primary focus is on discrimination in employment and in public and private programs and services, including education, housing, and health care. Social and historical contexts relating to disability will also be explored. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9130 | Intellectual Production without Intellectual Property (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the law's role in incentivizing and structuring creativity. Yet it will do so not by studying industries subject to IP, but rather by exploring areas of creativity in which IP does not apply, either for doctrinal or statutory reasons or because the relevant actors have created "order without law. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9131 | Global Intellectual Property: History and Theory (3.00) |
| This seminar will survey the "first principles" and subsequent development of the global copyright and patent systems and pay particular attention to 20th century developments of globalization and digitization. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9132 | Class Actions and Complex Litigation (3.00) |
| The seminar will begin with an introduction to the class action and will quickly turn to the question of whether or not the device has proved to be an effective policy tool. We will examine this question primarily in three subject matter areas, mass torts, employment discrimination, and securities fraud. | |
| LAW 9133 | Addressing the Fiscal Crisis (3.00) |
| Current U.S. fiscal policy is on an unsustainable path. This seminar will be devoted to identifying ways to address the imminent crisis. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9136 | Special Education Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar is an introduction to the field of special education law. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| LAW 9139 | Chapter 11 (3.00) |
| We will examine the academic literature (both theoretical and empirical) on Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Emphasis on the goals of Chapter 11, its political economy, and possible alternative means of treating financially distressed firms. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9140 | Law, Literature, and Family (3.00) |
| This seminar seeks to illustrate the connections between law, literature, and the family in the legal arena. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9141 | Law and the Humanities (3.00) |
| Responding in part to the perceived increasing influence of 'Law and Economics' scholarship, legal scholars over the last few decades have launched various interdisciplinary efforts under such names as 'Law and Society,' 'Law and Literature,' 'Law and History,' and 'Law and the Humanities.' The problem with this last approach, which is the subject of this seminar, is that there is little consensus as to what the 'humanities' properly refers to. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9142 | Contemporary Debates in Criminal Law (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar is intended to expose students to the most fundamental and provocative doctrinal, analytical, empirical, and philosophical debates that scholars have faced over the past quarter century. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 |
| LAW 9144 | Legal History Colloquium (3.00) |
| This colloquium will have guest speakers addressing significant legal events in U.S. history. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9145 | Topics in Law and Economics (3.00) |
| This is a research seminar. Students will be expected to read and critique papers that are assigned each week, including some of the instructor's published and draft papers. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9146 | Global Health Law & Policy (3.00) |
| This seminar will investigate the many and competing challenges to developing a standardized global health policy. | |
| LAW 9147 | Causation in the Law (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore different aspects of causation and the law. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9148 | International Law and International Relations (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This research-oriented seminar is intended for students interested in international finance and the structure of financial regulation in the global economy. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 |
| LAW 9149 | Tax Shelters: Law and Policy (3.00) |
| This seminar class will investigate the legal and policy issues surrounding aggressive and abusive tax planning, frequently referred to as "tax shelters". Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9150 | Tax Policy and Reform (3.00) |
| The unsustainability of current U.S. fiscal policy will lead inevitably to major change and reform of the U.S. tax system. This seminar will review the principles of sound tax policy and examine the main tax problems and options facing this country, such as the alternative minimum tax, tax expenditures, a value-added tax, energy taxes, taxes on capital gains, tax compliance, and current proposals to reform the income tax system. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9151 | Patent Prosecution (3.00) |
| This class will focus on the law, rules, and practical skills involved in obtaining patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| LAW 9152 | African-American Lawyers from the Civil War to the Present (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar explores the history of the African-American lawyer from the nineteenth century to the present. Special attention is given to the place of the black lawyer in the African-American community, the relationship of black lawyers to the larger predominantly white legal community, and the role of black lawyers in the Civil Rights Movement. |
| LAW 9153 | Regulating Public Space in Historical and Theoretical Perspective (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore how law creates public space and non-law actors police, regulate, and contest it. The course brings both historical and theoretical perspectives to bear on street-level crime control strategies, including the uses and abuses of vagrancy, stop-and-frisk,drug possession, and gang loitering laws. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 9154 | Money and Rights (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the relationship between money and rights. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 9155 | Sovereign Debt Crises (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the sovereign debt crises now unfolding across much of North America and Europe. Attention will be paid to three different groups of sovereign entities. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 9156 | Advanced Campaign Finance (3.00) |
| This seminar examines the variety of laws governing the ways money is raised and spent on political campaigns in America. Specific focus will be brought to the rules governing candidate committees, political party committees, independent expenditures and issue advocacy, as well as donor-focused restrictions such as 'pay to play' limitations and particular limits on lobbyists and government contractors. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9157 | Citizenship and Group Identity (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore the various forms of citizenship and membership reflected in law. We will consider theories of citizenship and nationalism, examine closely the history of citizenship law in the United States, and compare how citizenship is conceived of and debated with the U.S. with ideas of citizenship in other countries. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9158 | Literature, Law and the Environment (3.00) |
| Taught joinly by professors of literature and environmental law, this seminar will explore the evolution of the environmental movement through literature and its fruition in U.S. law and policy. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9159 | Constitutional Theory (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course examines some of the main topics in constitutional theory, including the legitimacy of judicial review, theories of constitutional interpretation, the role of non-judicial actors in determining constitutional meaning, and the politics of constitutional change. Readings will include classics in constitutional theory, along with recent work in the field. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 |
| LAW 9160 | Evidence Law: Psychological Bases (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Underlying the Rules of Evidence are many assumptions about how people behave and how people (in particular jurors) reason. We will think about the origins and necessity of the rules in general, and specifically look at things like the usefulness of the examination/cross-examination style, character evidence, and other variables. Course was offered Spring 2012 |
| LAW 9161 | International Law and Global Economy Colloquium (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first part of a year-long colloquium that will allow students to engage with cutting-edge scholarship on the role of international law in regulating the global economy. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 9162 | International Law and Global Economy Colloquium (YR) (3.00) |
| This is the second part of a year-long colloquium that will allow students to engage with cutting-edge scholarship on the role of international law in regulating the global economy. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9163 | Issues in Criminal Law Theory (2.00) |
| This course explores some of the philosophical issues involved in the fundamental principles of criminal law. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9164 | Government Finance: Debt, Budgets and Power (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the financing of government operations at the federal, state and local levels. Topics include the federal budget deficit; state constitutional limits on the incurrence of debt; and the expenditure of public funds for economic development and to attract or retain professional sports franchises. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| LAW 9165 | Privacy and Surveillance (3.00) |
| This seminar will consider the history and current applications of technologies and cultures of surveillance. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9166 | Federal Civil Litigation (3.00) |
| In this seminar we will be discussing the history, development, and reform of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and then focus on a survey of some of the more contentious issues within federal practice and procedure. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9167 | Lawyers in History and American Life (3.00) |
| This seminar considers connections between the legal profession and main themes in the history of American public life. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9169 | Social Work of Law (3.00) |
| For many lawyers the line between their work and social work is not a clear one. The seminar will examine the social work that lawyers do with individuals, families, and communities, and it will aim to expose students to the diverse sorts of clients and groups whom they will encounter and join with in a variety of practice areas. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9170 | International Tax Policy (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar examines the fundamental structural issues that states confront as they attempt to impose income taxes on cross-border transactions involving the movement of goods, services, capital, and individuals. Course was offered Spring 2012 |
| LAW 9171 | Law and Business Management in the Healthcare Sector (3.00) |
| Health care currently represents 17% of the United States GDP and that share is growing. This course will analyze legal, economic, financial and ethical issues in the major sectors of the health care industry. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9172 | Rights and Revolution in North Africa and the Arab Middle East (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the human rights impetus and impact of the "Arab Spring" of 2011 and beyond, considering case studies of the revolutions in (for example): Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Libya. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9174 | Comparative Constitutional Design (3.00) |
| In this seminar, we explore the considerations and challenges in designing a constitution. We will focus on the 'hard-wired' aspects of a constitution - that is, its institutional or structural components - not its interpretation per se. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9175 | Science and Policy of Biodiversity Conservation (3.00) |
| This seminar will be jointly offered in the Law School and the Department of Environmental Sciences and co-taught by members of those departments. The course will use several species restoration initiatives of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to study biodiversity conservation. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9176 | Topics in U.S. Foreign Policy (3.00) |
| In this course we will examine a variety of historical topics in U.S. foreign policy that involved significant aspects of both domestic and international law, such as Jefferson's war on the Barbary Pirates, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (and its impact on the prospects of foreign recognition of the Confederacy), and Truman's conduct of the Korean War. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| LAW 9177 | Constitutional Rights of Corporations (3.00) |
| In this seminar, we will focus not just on First Amendment rights, but on their status as constitutional persons, theory of corporate personhood, and on other constitutional rights that corporations do and do not, or may or may not possess. We will focus in particular on criminal procedure rights of corporations. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 9178 | American Legal Realism (3.00) |
| In this seminar, we will look at some of the major works associated with the movement known as "Legal Realism," which reached its heyday in the 1930s. The goal will be to identify and evaluate the central claims of the articles and books discussed, which will include both primary and secondary sources and works from both the past and present. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9179 | Profiling (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This class will examine the moral and legal permissibility of profiling. It will ask what profiling is, when and why it is morally troubling and how it is and ought to be legally regulated. Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| LAW 9180 | Comparative Education Law and Policy (3.00) |
| We will examine major education issues, including governance, financing, teacher personnel policies, accountability, educational opportunity and equity, and academic achievement, from a comparative perspective. Emphasis will remain on how law and policy structure and influence educational opportunity and achievement here and abroad. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9181 | SEC and Class Action Securities Enforcement (3.00) |
| The course will be about the law and practice of government law enforcement and the additional enforcement provided by private class actions.
Prerequisite: Securities Regulation or Securities Regulation (Law & Business) Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9182 | International Law and the Use of Force (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the extent to which international law successfully regulates the use of force in the international community. We will focus on the prohibition on the use of force found in the U.N. Charter, and the exceptions to that prohibition. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 9183 | Legal Theory (3.00) |
| This course examines the rise and fall of Critical Legal Studies (CLS) as a movement in American legal thought. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 9184 | Federal Judicial Process (3.00) |
| This seminar focuses on practical aspects of adjudication in the federal appellate and district courts, with emphasis on how judges think, the mechanics of judging, and the role of law clerks. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9185 | Oral Presentations In and Out of the Courtroom Seminar (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar is designed to help students improve their ability to communicate persuasively in the wide variety of settings in which non-litigators are called upon to speak including client meetings, business negotiations, and presentations to public agencies. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7626, 9053, and 9055. Enrollment not allowed in LAW 7626, 9053, 9055, or 9185 if any taken previously. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| LAW 9186 | Economic Analysis of Public Law (3.00) |
| The seminar will examine the development of public law institutions from a rational choice and political economy perspective. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 9187 | Advance Directives in Health Care: Innovation and Impediments (3.00) |
| This seminar will address opportunities and controversies relating to the use of advance directives in health care. It will begin by exploring the moral logic of advance decision-making regarding treatment at the end of life, the moral objections that have been raised, the practical obstacles to their execution and effective use, and initiatives and proposals for overcoming these problems. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9189 | Crime and Punishment (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine major scholarly works in the history of American crime and punishment, with a special emphasis on the period up to 1865. Special attention will be given to the relationship between criminal justice policies and American politics, culture, and race-relations. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9190 | Developing Countries in International Economic Law (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine the broad variety of dilemmas of law and policy relating to the participation of developing countries in a globalized legal and economic system. The emphasis will be on understanding and critiquing the domestic and transnational legal environments that impact upon the contemporary goals of poverty reduction and development. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9191 | Gender, Status, and Economics (3.00) |
| In this seminar, we will use the 'married/singles' dichotomy as a prism to explore the many ways in which deceptively simple 'uniform' determination affects economic realities. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9192 | International Criminal Justice: Its Successes, Failures, & Future Prospects (3.00) |
| We will examine the applicable law of international crimes; the choices of procedure for international courts; the powers to enforce orders and judgments of international courts; and the challenges posed by the complementary jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. We will also concentrate on the political dimensions of international criminal justice. Prerequisite: LAW 6003 Criminal Law Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9193 | Structure of Enterprise (3.00) |
| This seminar will study theoretical and practical topics in the legal structure of human organization. We will move beyond the basic business associations class to study broad questions. Prerequisite or Concurrent: Corporations or Corporations (Law & Business) Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9194 | Human Rights, Public International Law, and the Scholarly Process (YR) (3.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong seminar that is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore the fields of public international law and human rights and develop a law review article or similar piece of original scholarship under close supervision, and to consider how their work might form part of their broader scholarly agenda. Prerequisite: Second- or third-year status Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| LAW 9195 | Human Rights, Public International Law, and the Scholarly Process (YR) (3.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong seminar that is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore the fields of public international law and human rights and develop a law review article or similar piece of original scholarship under close supervision, and to consider how their work might form part of their broader scholarly agenda. Prerequisite: Second- or third-year status Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9196 | Laws of War: Contemporary Debates (3.00) |
| This seminar will examine four new phenomena that are placing stress on the system: new actors fighting armed conflicts (terrorist groups, private contractors); new weapons (drones, robots, and cyber weapons); new public scrutiny (Wikileaks, embedded journalists); and an expanding role for courts in adjudicating how states should apply the laws of war (Guantanamo habeas cases). Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| LAW 9197 | Advanced Natural Resources Law: Energy and Water Resources (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar addresses key elements of natural resources law, with an emphasis on energy resources (non-regulatory aspects) and water resources. Students will study the relevant statutes, case law, and underlying policies relating to these natural resources in the United States. During the seminar, students will also draw on pertinent and practical legislative and administrative materials. |
| LAW 9198 | Labor Law Seminar (3.00) |
| This course provides a review of the National Labor Relations Act and related U.S. laws which govern the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively, commonly known as labor-management relations or the collective bargaining process. | |
| LAW 9199 | International Business Negotiation (3.00) |
| The goals of this course are (i) to introduce students to transactional law, (ii) to provide negotiations training in the context of transactional practice, and (iii) to further practical legal skills. The focus is on having students apply their legal and non-legal knowledge in the context of serving as a lawyer negotiating an international business transaction within the controlled environment of the classroom. | |
| LAW 9200 | Federal Pretrial Litigation (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course seeks to complement the law school¿s robust trial advocacy curriculum by focusing on the litigation that takes place before trial, and how every step in a case¿s lifespan affects the ultimate outcome of the case. Students will focus on developing their advocacy skills in the pretrial motion process and gaining a practical understanding of the increasingly important role of discovery in civil cases. |
| LAW 9201 | Advanced Intellectual Property (3.00) |
| This course will address advanced issues in intellectual property law. | |
| LAW 9202 | American Constitutional Development (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course explores the normative and empirical issues raised by constitutional change in the United States. |
| LAW 9203 | Civil War and the Constitution (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will examine the constitutional history of the United States from 1845 to 1877, paying attention to how the U.S. Constitution shaped the Civil War, and also to how the war left its mark on the Constitution. |
| LAW 9204 | Human Rights and Islam (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | The course will introduce students to the theoretical foundations of human rights and Islam, critically evaluate ¿Islamic law¿ as a legal system and its application in modern nation-states, and discuss liberal and conservative scholarly approaches on the compatibility of human rights and Islam. |
| LAW 9205 | Immigration Enforcement (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore how immigration enforcement unfolds within the United States. We will examine how localities, states, and the federal government have responded in dynamic and at times contradictory ways to the presence of immigrants. We will also examine how immigration status shapes doctrinal developments in areas such as civil rights, access to courts, detention, and criminal procedure. | |
| LAW 9206 | International Patent Law and Policy Seminar (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course will provide an introduction to key aspects of the international patent system and to concerns animating a variety of controversies regarding patents in areas such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and software. |
| LAW 9207 | Law and Accelerating Technology (3.00) |
| This seminar will consider the legal implications of technological acceleration. Law itself is an information technology and thus its form and practice will be profoundly affected by the computational revolution. | |
| LAW 9208 | Monetary Constitution Seminar (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This seminar will focus on the history and law of the financial infrastructure of our nation's government. |
| LAW 9209 | Race and Law: Landmark Cases (3.00) |
| This course will examine historically significant race and law cases. The readings will primarily include judicial opinions supplemented by scholarly accounts of the historical context in which each case arose, the parties and other significant actors connected to each case, and the implications of each case for subsequent social and legal developments. | |
| LAW 9210 | Scientific Evidence (3.00) |
| This seminar examines the theoretical and the practical questions raised by the use of scientific evidence in our legal system. We will begin by examining the standards for the admissibility for scientific evidence, focusing on the Supreme Court's ruling in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals and its effects. | |
| LAW 9211 | Work and Family in Law and Culture (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | In this seminar we will examine the ways in which work, family, and their relationship are defined, represented, and regulated by legal and literary texts. |
| LAW 9212 | White Collar Criminal Defense Practice (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the corporate and securities law issues relevant to mergers and acquisitions, including the Williams Act; state statutory and case law; as well as important forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting and tax issues will be covered as well. | |
| LAW 9213 | Gender Justice and State Responsibility (3.00) |
| This seminar will explore, within the context of gender, the international law of State responsibility (due diligence)¿normative principles that form its framework, gaps and debates in its fulfillment. As a general rule, State responsibility for human rights violations is based on acts or omissions committed either by State actors or by actors whose actions are attributable to the State. | |
| LAW 9214 | Cost Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Oversight (3.00) |
| This seminar will provide an in-depth examination of regulatory review and cost-benefit analysis, focusing on the formal rules and informal conventions governing review, the substantive methodology of cost-benefit analysis, and normative debates over whether and how regulatory review and cost-benefit analysis should be conducted. | |
| LAW 9215 | Market Organization (3.00) |
| The course will examine and compare a wide variety of forms that markets take. In each session, we will examine a particular market form ¿ from commodities markets to ¿regulated¿ utilities to sports leagues to crime families and even markets for markets ¿ ¬in light of the law that governs it, the conditions under which it thrives, and the challenges that it faces. | |
| LAW 9216 | Readings in Constitutional Law (3.00) |
| This course examines some of the main topics in constitutional theory, including the legitimacy of judicial review, theories of constitutional interpretation, the role of non-judicial actors in determining constitutional meaning, and the politics of constitutional change. Readings will include classics in constitutional theory, along with recent work in the field. | |
| LAW 9217 | Advanced Copyright Law (3.00) |
| This course will focus on some of the most current disputes in copyright law. It will also consider some recent ideas for reforming copyright law. | |
| LAW 9218 | National Debt Colloquium (YR) (0.00) |
| This is the first semester of a yearlong colloquium to investigate the history and formation of the national debt and the major issues surrounding its continued growth. Once the issues have been decided,students will work in small teams to investigate their issue more deeply in preparation for preparing an online module to be included in a student-developed online educational series on the National Debt. | |
| LAW 9219 | National Debt Colloquium (YR) (3.00) |
| This is the second semester of a yearlong colloquium to investigate the history and formation of the national debt and the major issues surrounding its continued growth. Once the issues have been decided,students will work in small teams to investigate their issue more deeply in preparation for preparing an online module to be included in a student-developed online educational series on the National Debt. | |
| LAW 9220 | Law and Economics of Regulatory Science (3.00) |
| After a quick overview of the wide variety of federal regulatory agencies responsible either for the evaluation of science (e.g the Food And Drug Administration) or the promulgation of science-based regulation (the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Interior), we will read a number of articles that describe and evaluate the scientific process in both its idealized and realized form. | |
| LAW 9995 | Visiting Scholar (0.00) |
| Billing and enrollment course for visiting scholars at the Law School. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 | |
| LAW 9999 | Dissertation Research (15.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |