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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary examination of factual basis of majority ideas about sexual orientation, gender identity, or sexuality used to assign important legal rights and disabilities to lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer communities. Explores political movements and issues involved in the struggle for civil rights for sexual minorities. Requires an open mind. Course Information: Same as POS 333, SOA 333, and WGS 333. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an interdisciplinary examination of the fascinating socio-legal institution that is the jury. Encourages critical analysis of how laypersons from different communities make legal decisions as well as the jury’s history and role in both civil and criminal trials Course Information: Same as PSC 351.
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3.00 Credits
Historical examination of the professional and constitutional development of law in the United States. Topics include the common-law legacy, substantive and procedural aspects of legal history, jurisprudence, the American lawyer, and the interaction of law with American society, thought, and politics. Course Information: Same as HIS 352.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophy of justice, law and legal systems. Emphasizes origins, purposes and practices of legal institutions. Examines major legal theories about the nature of law and its place in political system. Course Information: Same as PSC 354.
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3.00 Credits
Examines how globalization, knowledge of the three major legal traditions affects different legal and political legal systems. Current legal issues will be studied in different legal cultures.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the three major legal systems of the modern world. In the era of globalization, knowledge of the legal traditions and legal systems of the world's economic players is essential. Examines different legal systems as systems, with their distinctive components and internal relations, including each system's history, culture, and structure. The purpose of the course is to compare the rules of law in the different legal systems in an effort to discern the general principles of law of all the systems. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Undergrad - Springfield Schedule Types: Lecture-Discussion Public Affairs & Administratn College Legal Studies Department
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4.00 Credits
Explores the principles of legal research into case, statutory, constitutional, and administrative law materials. Components of the course include an introduction to the kinds of law books, the use and patterns of law books, and the methods of finding and citing legal materials. Use of research tools such as digests, legal encyclopedias, legal periodicals, government documents, indexes, citators, treatises, and social science periodicals related to law is also stressed. Students are given training in and experience with computer-assisted legal research, which has become a basic tool in modern legal research. Students write case briefs and are exposed to basic concepts in legal analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Builds on skills learned in LES 401. Emphasis is on reading, analyzing, and applying the law found in the various legal sources. Coverage includes the major kinds of legal writing: case briefs, office and court memoranda, and briefs. Computerized legal search methods are introduced. Students write legal briefs and memoranda that integrate research, writing, and citation skills. Course Information: Prerequisite: LES 401 with a grade of "C" or better. Must have junior status or higher.
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3.00 Credits
Legal skill building, including exposure to interviewing and counseling, legal drafting, and legal ethics. Civil trial practice covers pleadings, motions, discovery, pre-trial conference, jury selection, trial protocol, and appellate strategies. Learning techniques involve role playing and media demonstrations. Course Information: Prerequisite: LES 401.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Role of law and the legal system in creating, maintaining, and reducing inequality, with emphasis on race, class, and gender inequality in the United States. The relationship between law and the legal system and political/economic institutions and ideologies. Course Information: Same as PSC 421, SOA 425, and WGS 445.
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