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An introduction to the language, theory, and practice of the law, with a particular emphasis on the American legal system, including both criminal justice and civil justice systems. Topics include constitutional law, court procedure, comparative legal systems, criminal law and procedure, administrative law, family law, real and personal property, employment law, and estates and trusts. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. Morganelli, J. Ravelle
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3.00 Credits
Role of the Supreme Court and its relationship to legislative and executive branches of the American political system. Attention to judicial decisions of constitutional and historic signifi cance in development of American government. Fall, alternate years. Two 70-minute periods. Prerequisite: Political Science 110 or Sociology 216. Reynolds
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3.00 Credits
Civil liberties of Americans as delineated in the Bill of Rights. Issues of freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, right to counsel, searches and seizures, self-incrimination, cruel and unusual punishment, and fair trial. Judicial policy-making and problem of individual freedoms in confl ict with federal and local police powers. Alternate years. Makoul
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3.00 Credits
Legal principles related to conduct of business and industry. Topics include contracts, sales, agency, business organizations, partnerships, corporations, pass-through entities, unfair competition, and cyberlaw. Murray, J. Ravelle
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3.00 Credits
The concept of deviance as addressed by sociological perspectives. Sociological, biological, and psychological theories of causation are used to explore behaviors that may intersect with matters pertaining to criminal justice and social welfare. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. Ramunni, Wyffells
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3.00 Credits
Delinquent behavior and the juvenile justice system, with emphasis on facets of delinquency (types and origins) that differentiate it from adult criminal behavior. Topics include institutional and non-institutional prevention, control, and treatment of delinquency. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. Ramunni
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3.00 Credits
Development and practical use of skills for initiating the research process, from development of topics to determination of research methods and instruments. Information-gathering through traditional sources and the media, and proper reporting of this information. Understanding and use of structures for datagathering. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. O'Connell, Smolansky, Wetcher-Hendricks
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3.00 Credits
Ethical concerns associated with traditional and contemporary social issues. Assessment of moral arguments based upon individual beliefs as well as those promoted by traditional philosophy. Encourages exploration of students' own philosophies in the context of everyday life. Prerequisite: Sociology 115; junior or senior standing. (U2) Wetcher-Hendricks
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes the ways that sociologists and others have tried to understand social hierarchies and the processes by which social activity develops and sustains them. Focus is on understanding social-science theories and concepts that describe and analyze social inequality and perceptions of such inequality in modern life. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. Writing-intensive. Rosen
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3.00 Credits
Examines the city as a unique site of social life, using an historical and comparative approach to identify key features in the development of industrial, post-industrial, and global cities. Topics include human and spatial divisions, institutional structure of urban areas (including economic, political, and religious dimensions), cosmopolitanism, and pluralism. Each term, the course focuses on one city, such as New York, Bombay, or London, as a case study. Prerequisite: Sociology 115. Jasper, Smolansky
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