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No Course Description Available. Prerequisite: C- or better in Political Science 102. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of the relationship between economic growth and the quality of the environment; the economic theory necessary for understanding environmental problems; analysis of proposed means, such as effluent charges, for correcting these problems; the application of cost-benefit analysis to selected environmental issues. Prerequisites: Economics 101 and 301. Prerequisite: C- or better in Economics 101 and 301. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course examines bioethics and law in relation to recent developments in medicine, public health and the life sciences. After tracing the historical background of bioethical issues and law, we will consider how issues in contemporary medicine and science challenge common ethical principles as well as existing public policy formulations. Among the issues to be considered are genetic testing, engineering, and patenting, the use of animals for organ transplantation, and the use of genetics for identification purposes in criminal prosecution. Other pertinent issues include the development of artificial intelligence, organizational changes in the delivery of medical care, assisted reproduction techniques, the interaction of biotechnology and information technology, and medical futility. The course will examine issues in their legal, ethical, and cultural context, evaluate the individual and social ethical questions raised by them, and explore the feasibility of political and legal regulation. Readings will include classic expressions of ethical standards, legal cases, legislation, and other writings that deal with ethical and legal issues in their cultural context. 1.00 units, Seminar
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The notion that legal rules of property, contract and tort create implicit prices on different sorts of behavior underlies the economics approach to the study of law. This course brings together two disciplines (economics and law) to examine fundamental rules governing an exchange economy. Topics to be covered include property, torts (non-criminal harm or injuries), contract and crime. Each of these areas of law involves issues of efficiency and equity. Please note, this is not a course in law but in the economics of law. Prerequisite: Economics 101; Economics 301 advised but not required for the Legal Studies minor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course examines the legal, ethical, and political dimensions of the novel issues raised by the Internet and related technology. Can the government search your e-mail or bank records without a court issued warrant Can the police use a sensor outside a private home to detect the radiant heat generated by lights used to grow marijuana The Internet empowers each of us to "filter out" materials we have not chosen in advance. Will this erode the common ground necessary for democracy to work We will explore these and other legal and policy issues in mock Supreme Court arguments in which teams of students will brief and argue landmark cases before panels of student justices. Prerequisite: Public Policy 201 or Public Policy 202 or Permission of the Instructor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course addresses the impact of culture on communications and decision making in the national security arena. The class is designed to help students understand the challenges of communicating in an increasingly interconnected world between people and groups who may not hold the same core values or communications styles. It explores differing norms and national identities and their impact on the foreign policy of countries such as Japan, Germany, and the United States, as well as those in the Middle East region. The primary goals of this course are to 1) teach students to think critically and theoretically about these challenges, 2) increase their awareness of intercultural communication differences and values, and 3) gain a better understanding of the impact of national cultures on national defense, security analyses and decision-making. 1.00 units, Seminar
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The course examines several major environmental issues facing the public in Connecticut through the analysis of cases that involve pollution of the air, the water, and the land. We will consider three, frequently recurring problems of environmental decision making-finding places for locally unwanted but socially necessary land uses, the inter-jurisdictional transport of pollutants, and reconciling science and politics. Students who take the course will gain a deeper understanding of public decision making in the US federal system, the empirical and normative dimensions of environmental justice, the interplay of leadership, participation and public consent, and the strategic implications of problem definition and theories of causation. Course readings will include an overview of the major US environmental programs, a text on environmental and natural resource case analysis, and selected case materials taken from the public record. Students will be graded on their contributions to class discussions, two short quizzes of their basic knowledge of the substance of the course, and their contributions to a group exercise in policy analysis. The course is offered as a complement to PBPL-302 Law and Environmental Policy. Students should find value in taking the course singly or in combination with PBPL-302 1.00 units, Lecture
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Since the founding of our republic, wars and national emergencies have forced Americans to confront the tension between national security and constitutional rights. How has freedom fared in what John Kennedy called its hour of maximum danger We explore the issues in a series of case studies from the Alien and Sedition Acts in the 18th century through the Patriot Act in the 21st century. Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in PBPL-201 or PBPL-202 or POLS-307 or POLS-316 or Permission of Instructor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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America's legal system is deeply ingrained in the nations history and culture, profoundly influencing its institutions, politics, economy, and daily life. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., put it, 'This abstraction called the Law is a magic mirror, [in which] we see reflected...the lives of all [who] have been!' The course will address the law's relationship to fundamental historical factors, including: the continuing influence of Judeo-Christian tradition; the tension, present since colonial times, between communitarian values and public welfare, on one hand, and individual rights and private property, on the other; the gradual (and incomplete) enlargement of legal concepts of 'person,' to encompass the property-less, African-Americans and other minorities, women, gays and lesbians, aliens, and enemies the dramatic increase in federal executive and regulatory power at home, and military power abroad; and the spectacular growth and polarization of American wealth. Discussion on issues of race and violence will be stressed. The course will take a chronological and interdisciplinary approach and, in addition to standard historical texts, will utilize primary documents, short stories, plays, Hollywood movies, courtroom reenactment, and haiku poetry. A previous course in American History, or introduction to law is strongly suggested. Prerequisite: C- or better in Political Science 102, Public Policy 201or Public Policy 202 or Permission of Instructor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course will review contemporary issues regarding race relations and the law, placing emphasis on the reading and analysis of recent Supreme Court cases interpreting the protections provided under the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The areas covered by the course will include equal protection in public accommodations, education, and housing; this course will also cover the 1960's Civil Rights Movement, affirmative action and reverse discrimination. Enrollment is limited to Junior or Senior Legal Studies Minor and / or Public Policy and Law Majors. 1.00 units, Lecture
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