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3.00 Credits
Analysis and overview of the major federal laws pertaining toenvironmental protection. Stress full understanding of the reasonsand the substance of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972,the Federal Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental PolicyAct. Also provides an opportunity for analysis of the functions of theEnvironmental Protection Agency.
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Prerequisites: Successful completion (C- or higher) of Expository WritingIntegrates the "how to" procedural aspects of legal research withthe bibliographic knowledge necessary for effective research.Introduction includes: use of all primary legal sources, including cases,constitutions and statutes, and administrative rules and regulations,as well as texts and treatises, encyclopedias, law journals, and othersecondary sources; "hands-on" use of electronic means of researchsuch as CD-ROM and online database searching (Westlaw); analysisof legal problems and formulation of appropriate research proceduresto determine the applicable law. The writing component stresses basicwritten communication skills as applied to common legal documentssuch as opinion letters and memoranda
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Prerequisite: PLS 210Builds upon the basic skills taught in Legal Research & Writing I.Involves students in individualized projects requiring research inmultiple sources and use of various writing modes. Explores "nonlibraryresearch" through government agencies, court personnel, andpeer networking; specialized research tools available in particularsubject areas in which paralegals are frequently involved; research intolegislative history; techniques for searching and updating complexgovernment regulations, both federal and state; and introduction intosearching foreign law.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the history and development of the law, including courtstructure and procedure. Consideration of criminal justice and tortlaw followed by a thorough study of contract law, including the basicelements of a valid contract, rights of the third parties, and remediesfor breach.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the basic principles of the law of business associations;includes a study of agency, partnerships, and corporations. Discussesgovernment regulation of business, business ethics, and sanctions forviolations of the law by businesses
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Study of the nature of civil wrongs and of jurisprudential conceptsconcerning liability. Includes the study of injuries to persons,property, and relationships; intentional wrongs; strict liability;negligence; contributory negligence; and causation, deceit,defamation, malicious prosecution, and the impact of insurance ontort liability.
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Study of the substantive laws with respect to medical and legalmalpractice; the legal basis for same; current trends; insurance coverage; practice and procedure forms; and methods of developingand successfully litigating a medical malpractice case.
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Study of family law, including divorce, separation, procedure, childsupport and custody, property division, legal rights of the parties,paternity, adoption, intra-family crimes, juvenile delinquency.
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Examines the historical development, social theory, and operation ofworkers' compensation statutes, including compensability of injuriescaused by accidents arising out of and in the course of employment,benefits payable, categories of risks, limitation of common-law rightsand procedures.
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3.00 Credits
In-depth study of federal bankruptcy law, including corporations andindividual bankruptcy. Emphasizes recent changes in the BankruptcyAct and its practical applications. Completion of complicatedbankruptcy forms is included.
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