LAW 6060 - Risk and the Law

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Villanova University

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Description: This seminar examines how the law treats, and should treat, problems associated with risk. Risk -- that is, the possibility of a loss, harm, or injury -- is pervasive in life, and accordingly risk-related issues arise frequently in the law, in a tremendous variety of contexts, including environmental law, torts, contract, tax, and insurance. The seminar explores how different disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and economics analyze and understand risk. It then examines different applications of risk- related legal concepts, in order to apply and to test different theories and understandings of risk, to allow comparisons among differing areas of the law, to investigate how differences in context affect how the law treats risk, and to make some trans-substantive generalizations. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.villanova.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 519-4500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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