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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A comprehensive analysis of the penal law of the State of New York. Consideration of the impact of the statute on police procedures. Judicial interpretations of the criminal statute and the application of court decisions to the penal code. (Not open to students who have taken LAW 201) Prerequisites: ENG 101, GOV 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the nature of the judicial process: precedent and legal reasoning; decision making; the basis of criminal and civil lawsuits; the role of the lawyer, the judge and the public; the organization of state and federal courts; the Supreme Court; democracy and judicial review. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the legal problems in the private security sector. Included is a review of the powers and restrictions on “private police,” e.g., arrest,search and seizure, eavesdropping and a comparison with the powers of law enforcement agencies. Civil liabilities of private security personnel are studied as well as other aspects of civil law. Licensing statutes are also analyzed. Prerequisites: ENG 101, SEC 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Viewing the criminal law as a means to the end of infl uencing human behavior, intensive analysis is made of various principles that apply in virtually every criminal case: justifi cation, attempt, conspiracy, parties to crime, ignorance and mistake, immaturity, insanity and intoxication. Th e law of homicide is explored in all of its facets. Th e common law, statutes of New York and representative states, and what the law ought to be are studied. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the constitutional, statutory and common law as it relates to disobedience and dissent. Th e role of law and regulatory institutions in reconciling the need for internal order, free expression and acceptable dissent. An examination of the laws on national security (treason, rebellion, espionage, etc.) and on assembly and picketing. Special attention to violence in urban centers, racial violence, the peace movement and campus disorders. Prerequisite: one of the following: ENG 101, sophomore standing or above, or permission of the section instructor.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of criminal procedures. Th is course examines the process by which criminal law is brought to bear on individuals in society as provided in the New York Criminal Procedure Law. Consideration of current court decisions that aff ect the application of this law, and the role and responsibility of the police as witnesses. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Examination of the role of the media — TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines — on the administration of justice. Th e infl uence of the media on the jury and the judge. Th e dangers of “trial by newspaper”and of TV in the courtroom. Is impartial justice possible? Th e British approach. Problems of free speech and press; “contempt by publication”rule; constitutional protections. Suggested guidelines for the media. Th e psychological basis of audience response. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and SPE 113
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Study of the variations in patterns of corruption and political crimes as well as patterns of law enforcement and adjudication among political systems. Examples are drawn from a variety of political systems: democratic, communist and modernizing. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and GOV 101 or permission of the section instructor.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course considers the study of the theory and philosophy of law and the relationship between law and society. Issues to which special attention will be paid include the problem of disobedience, the nature of the judicial process, and the relations between law and personal morality. Current controversies about civil disobedience, the role of courts, “non-victim”crimes and the relationship of the police to the rule of law will be explored. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, LAW 203 or GOV 230, and junior standing or above.
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Inquiry into the relationship between morality and law; their organic interrelationship in the natural law tradition; their separation in positivism. Th e contemporary debate illustrated by the issues of human and civil rights; the enforcement of sexual morality; civil disobedience and the ethics of law enforcement. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and PHI 231
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