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3.00 Credits
Description: The course will provide an historical and statutory overview of federal civil rights law. A significant portion of the class will be devoted to the details of litigating under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 - a statute that provides a private right of action for violations of the U.S. Constitution or Federal laws. Our study of § 1983 will include not only the elements necessary for a viable § 1983 claim but the immunities and defenses that circumscribe plaintiffs' § 1983 remedies. We will approach these issues from doctrinal and critical perspective Students will also consider other statutory and common law remedies available to persons who have been deprived of federal rights. *Although Constitutional Law I and II are not prerequisites, students are strongly encouraged to complete these courses before enrolling in Civil Rights Litigation. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: This course will cover statutory, constitutional and administrative law and policy issues relating to foreign nationals and their relationship with the Government of the United States. Topics to be covered include laws and procedures governing people who seek to enter or remain in this country for temporary or permanent purposes such as work, study, investment, family reunification and fleeing persecution in a foreign land. Also covered are policies, procedures, grounds and relief in administrative proceedings where the government seeks to remove from the United States aliens who are charged with violating the immigration laws. The acquisition of U.S. citizenship, both through birth and naturalization, will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed upon the role of counsel; constitutional rights, the interrelation of Congress, the courts, and administrative agencies in the immigration process; and current issues relating to foreign nationals in the United States. 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 will introduce various theories underlying international economic relations, including comparative advantage and free trade. It will focus on United States regulation of international economic affairs, with an emphasis on U.S. agencies, courts and the executive branch as well as the statutory and regulatory framework in this arena. The legal structure and dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization system will be explored in depth. Other topics include tariffs, quotas and other non tariff barriers, nondiscrimination and most favored nation provisions; subsidies; dumping; trade and environmental protection; and trade aspects of intellectual property protection. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course focuses on the process by which legislatures consider and adopt statutes and the approaches courts take in determining the meanings of statutes. The first part of the course examines various aspects of the legislative process. Topics include competing theories of how legislatures work; rules that govern the structure and composition of legislatures; procedures that govern legislative deliberation; and the force and character of statutory law as contrasted with judge-made law. The second part of the course examines theories of statutory interpretation as well as specific sources and canons of statutory construction. A central theme of the course is how the realities of the legislative process should and do affect the judicial process of statutory interpretation. By the end of the course, students will be able to advance sophisticated arguments about the meaning and purpose of statutes, and they will be able to make incisive critiques of courts' constructions of statutes. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: The subject of this course is government regulation of financial institutions, with a particular focus on federal regulation of banking activities and the financial service activities of banks. Taught from a historical perspective, the course covers the legal structure of the financial services industry (particularly banking), the formation and expansion of banks and financial holding companies, and the competition banks face from nonbank competitors. Specific topics include: securitization of bank loans, the federal funds market, repurchase agreements, letters of credit, derivatives, consumer credit, merchant banking, and securities and insurance (brokerage and underwriting) activities by banking institutions. Banking professionals are invited to present guest lectures to provide a "real world" perspective on the financial services industry today. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: 3L ONLY Course PREREQUISITE: Business Organizations (7110) The study of the Securities Act of 1933, focusing on the regulation of the issuance of securities. Topics studied include the registration process, exemptions from registration, and the resale of securities. Highly recommended for students interested in practicing corporate or securities law. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITE: Business Organizations (7110) The study of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, focusing on the regulation of trading transactions and public companies. Topics studied include securities fraud, insider trading, periodic reporting requirements, takeover regulation, proxy regulation, and broker-dealer regulation. Highly recommended for students interested in practicing corporate or securities law. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: Students will study the essential aspects of workers' compensation laws, coverages, the various levels and varieties of benefits provided, and how claims are established and enforced. The Pennsylvania Act will be used as a model act for purposes of comparison. The class is taught from a very practical viewpoint, giving students the skills necessary to practice in this area. Anyone interested in complex personal injury litigation or employment law should consider taking this course. The interaction of state workers' compensation laws with tort litigation and Federal Employment Statutes (i.e., FMLA, ADA) is one of the most legally dangerous areas of litigation and employee relations. This course deals with the law, theory and practice of workers' compensation. Special emphasis will be placed on how these laws affect the rights of individuals to other remedies, such as the ability to sue in tort or to assert other Federal claims. Class work will be complemented by guest-speakers from some of the top firms in Philadelphia and attendance at a workers workers' compensation hearing. The student's paper/ assignment of completing findings of facts, conclusions of law and a memorandum represents 100% of the grade. There is no exam. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: A course in the regulation of land use taught by an academic and a seasoned practitioner. Topics include zoning, subdivision controls, planning methods, constitutional limits on land use regulation (takings, due process, first amendment), and a variety of critical issues, including ballot box zoning, historic preservation, and exclusionary zoning. Students will not only read cases, but also attend meetings and hearings and learn about lawyering strategies. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course will survey the role of law in American history, as well as the development of legal theories and doctrine in American law from the colonial period to the present day. Students will learn to analyze materials both as lawyers and as historians. Among the topics expected to be covered are the English antecedents of American Law, the role of law in the development of the early Republic, the law of slavery and related legal developments during the Reconstruction period, the legal response to Progressive Era reforms and to the New Deal, the use of the law to combat racial discrimination in the 1950's and 1960's, and the response of the law to Vietnam and Watergate, and recent legal developments during the Reagan years. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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