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2.00 Credits
Offers a general framework for thinking about tax rules affect business decisions. The framework aids in understanding the effects of taxes on business decisions, and devising effective tax planning strategies. Specific applications of the framework covered in the course include: tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and LBOs; tax arbitrage; compensation policy (for example, stock options, stock appreciation rights, deferred compensation, fringe benefits); taxation of competing organizational forms (for example, limited partnerships and pass-through entities); taxation of investments; and international tax planning strategies. Instructor: Sikes
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3.00 Credits
Survey of laws concerning children, including responsibilities of state and family of the child; legal treatment of abused and neglected children; medical treatment of children; adoption; treatment of children accused of crimes; child labor laws. Focus on U.S. laws and policies, as well as international and comparative analysis. Comparison of the role of government in the care of children in the U.S. and other nations' courts to determine eligibility for adoption and treatment of children accused of crimes. The course will address the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Instructor: D. Coleman
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3.00 Credits
This course will address legal, business, and policy considerations that underlie efforts to enhance the economic viability of low income urban and rural communities through the development of affordable housing, and commercial real estate, as well as the stimulation of entrepreneurship. Instructor: Foster
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2.00 Credits
This Criminal Justice Ethics offering will be centered on the law governing lawyers operating in the criminal justice system. It will use the relevant ABA Model Rules and Standards that apply to lawyers in the role of defense counsel, prosecutor, judge, etc. Reference will also be made to the governing North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct when discussing North Carolina case studies and problems. Instructor: Newman
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help all lawyers develop a more systematic way of thinking about their work. Students steering away from a technical or business curriculum will find this course important because it covers a great deal of material they will see in practice, but will probably never see again in law school. The focus will include Decision Analysis and Game Theory, Contracting, Accounting, Finance, and Economic Analysis of Law. Instructor: Brown
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2.00 Credits
The course will begin with an overview survey of the general legal norms governing water allocation. First we will study the Riparian system of allocation. We will conclude that study with an examination of water resource issues facing Georgia and its neighbors. We will then examine western prior appropriation systems. We will also conclude that study with examining the dispute among users of the Colorado river. We will conclude the course by studying the evolution of control of water allocation from the courts to administrative agencies; public rights in water, including the right to use surface water for recreation and rights under the public trust doctrine; and the impact of environmental statutes on water allocation. Instructor: Longest
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore systematically the central intellectual property and regulatory questions raised by biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D). Students will learn that innovation in biopharmaceutical R&D is particularly complex because of the mix of public and private funding that supports such R&D and because of the intricate regulatory structure that surrounds drugs, biologics, and other interventions that require FDA approval. Throughout the course, students will be expected to engage in economic and policy analysis. Prior or concurrent enrollment in a patent law course is encouraged. Although a background in the biological sciences is not required, students should be prepared to learn basic principles of molecular biology. Instructor: Rai
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2.00 Credits
This course uses the lens of international debt finance to provide students with an advanced course in securities law, corporate law, and contract law. Instructor: Gulati
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2.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the law and policy relating to public education (K-12) in the United States. It will examine the authority of the state to compel school attendance, regulate the content of the curriculum and control the behavior of students and their teachers. Issues of equal education opportunity will be covered. Including school desegregation, school financing, and special education for the handicapped. Students will be exposed to the interplay of local, state and federal law in the governance of public schools. Instructor: Berlin and Wettach
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2.00 Credits
The course will consider corporate mergers and acquisitions, the laws governing such transactions, and the process of initiating and completing a corporate acquisition. Co- or Prerequisite: Business Associations (Law 210)M&A is not recommended for students who have already taken Deal Skills for the Transactional Lawyer (Law 777) Faculty. Hynes
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