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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITE: Intellectual Property (7048) or Patent Law (7042) This seminar offers students with an interest in intellectual property law the opportunity to explore and research an advanced topic in-depth. Although the focus of class discussion will be on the effects of new technologies, students may write a research paper on any topic related to intellectual property law. Class discussion will address the many challenges that the Internet poses for traditional copyright, patent and trademark law. We will discuss a number of policy questions such as whether new legislation is needed to address rights in digital music and motion pictures, whether patent protection for standards on which the Internet relies is appropriate, and how trademark law should apply to commercial online identity. Intellectual Property is a prerequisite for taking this class. This seminar is offered every other year, alternating with First Amendment in Cyberspace. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITE: Securities Act 1933 (7075) OR Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (7076) OR ##Either course (7075 or 7074) as a corequisite with permission from the professor. This seminar will focus on a specific topic of securities regulation. Potential topics could include securities fraud, federalism, the goals of mandatory disclosure, the role of the securities lawyer, and the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Not all topics will be covered in each semester; the specific subjects that will be covered will be chosen by the professor at the beginning of the course. Students will be required to prepare a substantial research paper, as defined by the Law Schools research paper requirements. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This seminar examines the roles and responsibilities of police officers in the United States, police action (or inaction) that violates the Constitution and the federal civil remedies available to citizens when police officers deprive them of a constitutional right. Topics covered include: the roles and responsibilities of police officers, different models of policing, forms of police misconduct, 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and the qualified immunity defense. The seminar approaches these issues from doctrinal, theoretical and practical perspectives. Students in the class will be required to participate in weekly class discussions and to write a substantial research paper. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This course is a practical look at how lawyers use their skills to serve the public good. Through course readings, class discussions, court observations and a research paper, we will explore cause lawyering and what it means to be a public interest lawyer. In Section I of the course (approximately the first third of the class) we will define public interest lawyering, looking at the history of public interest lawyering, the roles of the public interest lawyer, and the unique professional responsibilities of a public interest lawyer. The rest of the course will begin with discussing the strategies used by public interest lawyers (both within the court system and outside the court system), and the challenges associated with funding and working with clients different from ourselves (Section II). We will then explore two substantive areas in more depth, (areas TBA) (Section III). Finally, we will explore how to become a public interest lawyer but stay true to yourself and your values (Section IV). 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: Over the last century and a half, the Catholic tradition has developed a body of thought that responds to the social questions presented by the modern world. In days gone by, the Church's most burning questions concerned the dogmas of theology; today, in a radically changed and constantly changing and threatening world, the Church must, for the good of Catholics and of all peoples, concern herself with questions concerning individualism, totalitarianism, statism, legal positivism, human rights, and social justice. Course topics will include the nature of the state, the state's relationship to political society and to other societies, the relationship of the state to the Catholic Church and to other churches, social justice and social charity, pluralism, subsidiarity, authority, natural law, natural rights, democracy, and culture. The course will emphasize the ways in which the body of Catholic social thought is neither liberal nor conservative, at least as those terms are usually understood. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This research paper course will provide an introduction to Latin American legal systems, with an introduction to the formative factors of Latin American approaches to public and private law. The seminar will explore the influence of the legal culture on the civil law systems of Latin America and the role that law plays and may play in Latin America's economic development and the consolidation of democracy. Time will also be spent discussing the administration of justice in Latin America, with special emphasis in judicial review of constitutionality and the protection of human rights. A substantial research paper will be required. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is offered in two variations: either as a 2 credit research paper course that satisfies the scholarly writing requirement, or as a traditional 2 credit course without a writing component. Student opting for the research paper course should register for 6055, and those choosing the standard lecture course should register for 7126. Two conflicting stories are told about law. On the one hand it reflects the accumulated wisdom of the ages. It is the basis and foundation of our legal and political heritage that has been accepted for generations. A more updated account reaches similar conclusions in terms of settled expectations, predictability of outcomes, separation of powers, and institutional constraints facing the courts. This celebration of tradition however is balanced by a tale of the law's flexibility. Here, the law is elastic and ever changing, constantly updating itself to reflect contemporary norms. This tension between stability and change however, is not unique to the law. Numerous religious traditions maintain a similar dialectic. On the one hand, sacred teachings and canonical texts are understood by believers to represent timeless truths. Yet to remain relevant, the religious tradition must take emerging social understandings into account, modifying its doctrines and teachings accordingly. Religious systems, like law, employ a number of hermeneutic and rhetorical devices designed to reconcile static precedents with dynamic interpretation. This course sits at the intersection of legal history, law and religion comparative law and legal theory. Its goals are to explore the form and content of the law's intellectual tradition through its own resources but also with an eye towards analogous uses of tradition within religious discourse. Further questions can be addressed to Professor Saiman. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: Prerequisite: Completed either Securities Act of 1933 or Securities Act of 1934 This seminar will focus on litigation and enforcement primarily under the federal securities laws - the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -- with emphasis on private litigation. The course will also consider closely related issues arising under state law historically and in current practice. The course draws on material covered in the basic securities regulation courses, which generally focus on registration and reporting and practice before the SEC (rather than private litigation). Thus, although some of the material covered in this course will have been introduced in the basic securities regulation courses (and even in Business Associations), the focus in this course will be quite different. Specifically, this seminar will cover the express remedies under the 1933 Act and both express and implied remedies under the 1934 Act, with an emphasis on the differing goals of the two acts. With regard to the 1934 Act, the seminar will address securities fraud in connection with open market transactions under Rule 10b-5, insider trading, proxy fraud, and tender offer fraud. We will also consider securities fraud class actions and the implications of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) (1995) and the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) (1998) in connection with class actions. With regard to insider trading, we will consider both the Insider Trading Sanctions Act (1984) and the Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act (1988). Finally, we will take a look at securities fraud litigation in connection with face to face transactions, such as broker-customer disputes involving churning and suitability violations. Such cases are almost always handled through arbitration and raise several issues unique to that forum. The course will draw heavily on finance theory, including the efficient capital market hypothesis (ECMH), the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), portfolio theory, and option pricing theory. Students will be required to write a substantial research paper in connection with this seminar. Thus, the seminar will satisfy the research paper requirement. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This two-credit seminar explores the role of the federal government and private industry in shaping national policy on the issue of financial security for older Americans. The course will begin with an introductory unit that examines historical perceptions of aging and retirement, the development of broad based retirement systems, and an overview of the three modern sources of retirement income and health care security (government-mandated benefits, employer-sponsored benefits, and personal savings). Thereafter, potential topics may include, but are not limited to, executive compensation, pension plans, 401(k) plans, Social Security, and Medicare. Students are expected to do a major research paper and to participate in class discussion. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This survey course is intended to meet the growing need for exploring issues in which nonhuman animals play a pivotal role in the shaping of statutes, regulations, and case law. In addition, it is a reflection of a burgeoning academic field, in which there is a growing body of scholarship. The intent is to focus primarily on domestic law, and there will be an animal rights component. It is a research paper course that will satisfy the research paper requirement. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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