LAWS C408 - Complex Litigat Clas Act/Adv S

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

LAWS - Law School

Description:

This course introduces the students to the nature of complex litigation, including the use of class actions as one of the tools and devices. The course will bring together and implement knowledge gained from the various procedural classes and emphasize the use of complex litigation as a remedial device where private rights are enforced with a public overtone. It will emphasize joinders of complex litigation, discovery devices, and the use of a multi-district panel. The course will emphasize the procedure for trial in complex litigation, including selection of counsel, attorneys¿ fees, and issues of appealability. The course will present a unique opportunity to study the blending of procedure and substantive law, such as ERISA, Securities Acts, various discrimination enactments, FLSA, and mass torts. Students will review the substantive law in each of these areas so as to gain an awareness of various statutory rights which can be enforced by litigation, including class actions. There will be a basic discussion of interaction between bankruptcy courts and the federal district courts in determining a forum for litigation. One of the goals of the course will be to examine and become aware of the anthropology of the law and that procedure and substance interact so as to bring about certain results in a courtroom.

Credits:

2.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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