Course Descriptions

LATI 5210 - Ovid’s Love Poetry

Studies readings from the Amores, Heroides, Ars Amatoria, and Remedia Amoris. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5220 - Tacitus

Selections from Tacitus. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5230 - Petronius

Studies Petronius’ Satyricon and the development of fiction-writing in classical antiquity. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5240 - Juvenal

Studies the satires of Juvenal and the development of satire among the Romans. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5250 - Seneca’s Philosophical Works

Studies selected philosophical texts of Seneca, chiefly the Epistulae Morales and the nature and development of Roman Stoicism. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 6

LATI 5260 - Latin Epic after Vergil

Studies readings from Lucan, Statius, and Silius Italicus. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5270 - Apuleius Metamorphoses

Reading of the text and study of the work’s influence on subsequent literature and art. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 5280 - Christian Latin Writings of the Roman Empire

LATI 5559 - New Course in Latin

New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 1 to 4

LATI 5993 - Independent Study

Independent Study in Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 7030 - The Teaching of Latin

This course will deal with the teaching of Latin at all levels. Issues of curriculum, textbooks, and methodology will be addressed along with practical matters of day-to-day classroom realities.



Credits: 3

LATI 7060 - Roman Religion

Examines the institutions, practices, and attitudes associated with Roman religion, focusing chiefly on aspects of Roman religion as practiced in the city of Rome itself, and devoting itself primarily to the Republican and early imperial periods. Cross listed as HIEU 7012. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 7070 - Fragmentary Roman Historians

This class reads the many fragments of Roman Republican historians and learns how to analyze them from three perspectives: linguistic (including textual problems); literary; and historical. Why did early Romans, many of them active statesmen and generals, write history? What themes are perceptible in their surviving fragments? What was the historical context of the author, and what was the historical contribution of his work?



Credits: 3

LATI 7500 - Reading Latin Literature

LATI 7559 - New Course in Latin

New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 8010 - Seminar on Select Topics in Latin Literature

LATI 8060 - Latin Textual Criticism

Studies advanced problems in Latin palaeography and in the transmission of Latin texts. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3

LATI 8559 - New Course in Latin

New course in Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 1 to 4

LATI 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research

For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3 to 12

LATI 8999 - Non-Topical Research

For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3 to 12

LATI 9559 - New Course in Latin

New course in the subject of Latin. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 1 to 4

LATI 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research

For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3 to 12

LATI 9999 - Non-Topical Research

For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



Credits: 3 to 12

LAW 6000 - Civil Procedure

This course covers the procedures courts use in deciding lawsuits that do not involve criminal misconduct. Much of it is concerned with the process of litigation in trial courts, from the initial documents called pleadings, through the pre-trial process, especially the process of discovery in which parties obtain information from one another, to trial itself.



Credits: 4

LAW 6001 - Constitutional Law

This course is an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines. Judicial review, federalism, congressional powers and limits, the commerce clause, and the 10th Amendment are covered, as are the equal protection and due process clauses.



Credits: 4

LAW 6002 - Contracts

This course examines the legal obligations that attach to promises made in a business contract or otherwise, including the remedies that may be available for promises that are not kept. The course examines the legal requirements for enforceable contracts, including consideration, consent and conditions, and the effect of fraud, mistake, unconscionability, and impossibility.



Credits: 4

LAW 6003 - Criminal Law

This course explores the basic principles of Anglo-American criminal law, including the constituent elements of criminal offenses, the necessary predicates for criminal liability, the major concepts of justification and excuse, and the conditions under which offenders can be liable for attempt. Major emphasis is placed on the structure and interpretation of modern penal codes.



Credits: 3

LAW 6004 - Legal Research and Writing (YR)

This is the first semester of the yearlong basic skills course in the first-year curriculum covering fundamental legal research techniques, two styles of legal writing, and oral advocacy. In this first semester, students complete various research and citation exercises and write three office memoranda of increasing length and complexity.



Credits: 1

LAW 6005 - Legal Research and Writing (YR)

This is the second semester of the yearlong basic skills course in the first-year curriculum covering fundamental legal research techniques, two styles of legal writing, and oral advocacy. In this second semester, students write an appellate brief and present an appellate oral argument before a panel of alumni, faculty, and Dillard Fellows (upperclass teaching assistants).



Credits: 1

LAW 6006 - Property

The course is a general introduction to property concepts and different types of property interests, particularly real property. The course surveys present and future estates in land, ownership and concurrent ownership. Leasehold interests, gifts and bequests, covenants and servitudes, conveyancing, various land use restrictions, eminent domain, and intellectual and personal property issues are also considered.



Credits: 4

LAW 6007 - Torts

The course examines liability for civil wrongs that do not arise out of contract. It explores three standards of conduct: liability for intentional wrongdoing, negligence, and liability without fault, or strict liability, and other issues associated with civil liability, such as causation, damages, and defenses. Battery, medical malpractice, products liability, and tort reform will also be covered.



Credits: 4

LAW 6100 - Accounting: Understanding and Analyzing Financial Statements

This course is the first half of the combined four-credit Accounting/Corporate Finance course. This course provides an understanding of the concepts of financial accounting and published financial statements.



Credits: 2

LAW 6101 - Corporate Finance

This course is the second half of the combined four-credit Accounting/Corporate Finance course. The central theme is understanding the sources of value for the firm from the perspective of the manager who must make financing choices (sources of funds) and investment choices (uses of funds) to maximize the value of the firm.



Credits: 2

LAW 6102 - Administrative Law

This course covers the role of agencies in the constitutional structure and their operations. Topics include the nondelegation doctrine, executive appointment and removal power, the legislative veto as well as the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and other sources of law that regulate and structure the authority of agencies to determine the rights and responsibilities of the public.



Credits: 3 to 4

LAW 6103 - Corporations

This course considers the formation and operation of corporations and compares corporations to other business forms. It examines the roles and duties of those who control businesses and the power of investors to influence and litigate against those in control. The course also addresses the special problems of closely held corporations and issues arising out of mergers and attempts to acquire firms. The course uses both new tools derived from the corporate finance and related literature and traditional tools to explore a wide range of phenomena and transactions associated with the modern business enterprise.



Credits: 4

LAW 6104 - Evidence

The course will cover questions of relevance, hearsay, privilege, and expert testimony, among others, and it will focus largely on problems arising in concrete factual settings, as opposed to traditional case analysis. Major emphasis will be placed on the Federal Rules of Evidence, which now apply in the courts of roughly 40 states as well as the federal system.



Credits: 3 to 4

LAW 6105 - Federal Courts

This course is about the federal judicial system and its relationship to various other decision-makers, including Congress and the state courts. We will examine the jurisdiction of the federal courts; the elements of a justiciable case or controversy; the role of state law and so-called “federal common law” in federal courts; implied causes of action; and state sovereign immunity.



Credits: 3 to 4

LAW 6106 - Federal Income Tax

This course will concentrate on the provisions that apply to all taxpayers, with particular concern for the taxation of individuals. The course is intended to provide grounding in such fundamental areas as the concept of income, income exclusions and exemptions, non-business deductions, deductions for business expenses, basic tax accounting, assignment of income, and capital gains and losses.



Credits: 4

LAW 6107 - International Law

This is the introductory course in public (government-to-government) international law.  Topics include the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, recognition and statehood, diplomatic immunity, sovereign immunity, the law of the sea, torture, the Geneva and Hague Conventions, treaties, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization. 



Credits: 3

LAW 6109 - Corporations (Law & Business)

This course considers the formation and operation of corporations and will compare corporations to other business forms. It will examine the roles and duties of those who control businesses and the power of investors to influence and litigate against those in control. The course will also address the special problems of closely held corporations and issues arising out of mergers and attempts to acquire firms.



Credits: 4

LAW 6112 - Environmental Law

In Environmental Law, we address pollution control under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts as well as natural resource protection under the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act. Although the primary focus will be on federal law, we will also explore some local, state and international dimensions.



Credits: 3

LAW 7000 - Admiralty

This course examines the basic substantive and procedural doctrines in federal admiralty law and compares them to analogous doctrines in other areas of law. Topics include: jurisdiction in admiralty, carriage of goods by sea, salvage, general average, collision, maritime torts for personal injury and death and environmental law on navigable waters.



Credits: 3

LAW 7001 - Advanced Topics in the Law of War (JAG)

The course studies the law of war by considering and comparing U.S. and international perspectives on the law of war, including views of U.S. allies, the United Nations, the ICRC and NGOs. Topics include sources of contemporary law of war, the principles of the law of war and targeting, battlefield status, regulation of internal armed conflicts, human rights law, and enforcement mechanisms. 



Credits: 2

LAW 7002 - Agency and Partnership

This course deals with the agency relationship and its consequences, focusing on such topics as contractual authority, vicarious liability, and fiduciary obligation. Using litigated cases, students will learn how to help clients structure their affairs in a manner consistent with their business goals, including minimizing unwanted liability.



Credits: 3

LAW 7003 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

This course covers dispute resolution processes alternative to litigation, including negotiation, mediation, mini-trial, and others. Particular emphasis will be given to arbitration, its theoretical and statutory foundations, and its procedures.



Credits: 2

LAW 7004 - Analysis of the Military Criminal Legal System (JAG)

This course provides an in-depth critical examination of the military criminal legal system. A comparative and historical approach is used to explore the military justice system’s divided loyalty between constitutional safeguards and the military mission. Discussion of possible changes that might improve the system is encouraged.



Credits: 2

LAW 7005 - Antitrust

This class studies American efforts to prevent the private subversion of free competition. In addition to analysis of the statutes and case law, students consider the history of antitrust regulation and the economic assumptions that drive much of its application.



Credits: 3

LAW 7006 - Alternative Dispute Resolution: Negotiation and Mediation

This course will explore a broad range of concepts in the study of alternatives to the litigation model of dispute resolution, with a strong emphasis on negotiation and mediation. The objective is for students to develop effective dispute resolution skills. Topics will include styles of handling conflict, ethics, influence of personality differences, and strategies for non-adversarial problem solving.



Credits: 2

LAW 7007 - Bankruptcy

This course will explore in detail some of the legal, theoretical, and practical issues raised by a debtor’s financial distress. Principal emphasis will be on how the Federal Bankruptcy Code uses or displaces otherwise applicable law as the provider of rules that govern the relationships among debtors, creditors and others.



Credits: 3

LAW 7008 - Bioethics and the Law

This course explores the intersection among medicine, technology and the law. Topics may include human reproduction and birth, human genetics and the privacy and ownership of genetic information, death and dying, research involving human subjects, organ transplantation, and public health and bioterrorism.



Credits: 3

LAW 7009 - Criminal Procedure Survey

In this course, we will explore the constitutional rules that constrain executive actors when they investigate crime and prosecute criminal defendants. Specifically, we study the degree to which the Fourth and Fifth Amendment limit police investigations and the ways in which constitutional guarantees of due process, equal protection, and trial by jury affect criminal prosecutions. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7018 and LAW 7019.



Credits: 4

LAW 7010 - Communications Law

This course surveys the field of electronic communications. Major themes of the course include how to manage a “scarce” resource, the conflict between firms and between media, the conflict between competition and monopoly, the conflict between free speech and regulation, the conflict between self governance and regulation, and, the conflict between different regulators.



Credits: 3

LAW 7011 - Comparative Constitutional Law

The seminar will explore the issues entailed in the drafting and uses of a constitution. To what extent do constitutions reflect universal values (such as human rights), and to what extent are they grounded in the culture and values of a particular people? How much borrowing goes on in the writing of a constitution?



Credits: 3

LAW 7012 - Comparative Democratic Constitutionalism

This course examines the constitutions and constitutional jurisprudence of the United States, Germany, Canada and South Africa. Students in this course will engage in comparative constitutional analysis, through study of relevant provisions of each nation’s constitution, as well as selected cases and secondary materials.



Credits: 3

LAW 7013 - Complex Civil Litigation

This course addresses the dramatic expansion of civil litigation in our society in recent years, and the accompanying development of new and often innovative procedural mechanisms for coping with that expansion. The class action will be given primary attention; other topics will include discovery, judicial control of complex cases, trial, and preclusion.



Credits: 3

LAW 7014 - Conflict of Laws

This course examines the rules and principles that govern the resolution of multi-jurisdictional conflicts of laws in the United States. The central issue throughout the course is, simply, what law governs a multi-jurisdictional dispute? It considers various theoretical bases for choice of law principles, as well as the principal constitutional limitations on choice of law.



Credits: 2 to 3

LAW 7015 - Constitutional History I: American Revolution to 1865

This course traces the history of American constitutional law development from the Articles of Confederation through the Civil War. Topics include the framing and ratification of the Constitution, the Alien and Sedition Acts, the landmark decisions of the Marshall Court, the constitutional ramifications of slavery, and various constitutional issues raised by the Civil War.



Credits: 3

LAW 7016 - Constitutional History II: The Twentieth Century

This course examines, from a historical perspective, constitutional developments from the enactment of the Civil War amendments to the Brown decision involving school desegregation.



Credits: 3

LAW 7017 - Constitutional Law II: Religious Liberty

This course examines the two clauses in the Bill of Rights which define and safeguard religious freedom - the one barring laws “respecting an establishment of religion” and the other protecting the “free exercise of religion.”



Credits: 3

LAW 7018 - Criminal Adjudication

This course looks at the way the judicial system operates once criminal charges are filed. Topics include bail and preventive detention, the right to the effective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining, the right to trial by jury, appeals from criminal convictions, and habeas corpus review.



Credits: 3

LAW 7019 - Criminal Investigation

This course examines the constitutional jurisprudence that regulates the government’s investigation of crime and apprehension of criminal suspects. In particular, the course will focus on the doctrines by which the judiciary polices the police, including the primary remedy (suppression of evidence) for police misconduct.



Credits: 3

LAW 7020 - Disputes and Remedies I & II (JAG)

This course focuses on contract litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, using an actual Army Contract Appeals Division case file as the basis for all graded and ungraded exercises. Course topics include jurisdiction, pleadings and motions, written discovery, depositions, hearings, brief writing, ADR and settlement agreements, and post-hearing procedures and appeals.



Credits: 4

LAW 7021 - Duty to Obey

This course examines debates concerning our (alleged) moral duty to obey the law, and, more generally, our “political obligations.” It explores the justifications that have been offered for the various kinds of legal disobedience. Readings are from contemporary sources in political philosophy and legal theory.



Credits: 3

LAW 7022 - Employment Discrimination

This course focuses upon the principal federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race or sex, especially Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also examines the federal constitutional law of racial and sexual discrimination, primarily as it affects judicial interpretation of the preceding statutes.



Credits: 3

LAW 7023 - Employment Law: Contracts, Torts, and Statutes

In contrast to the traditional labor law course, this course is an introduction to the diverse body of law that governs the individual employment relationship. The course examines a selection of the important issues that employment lawyers face in practice.



Credits: 3

LAW 7024 - Banking and Financial Institutions

LAW 7025 - Employment Law: Health and Safety

This course examines legal responses to work-related health and safety issues. The worker’s compensation system and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) are studied in some detail.



Credits: 3

LAW 7026 - Entertainment Law

This course offers an introduction to legal, business, and creative issues in film, television, and music production and distribution, and the role of the entertainment lawyer. This course will provide an overview of “standard” contract clauses in film, television, and music contracts and some of the leading cases and legal issues related to those businesses.



Credits: 3

LAW 7027 - Regulation of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste

In this course we explore the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or Superfund, which assigns liability for the cleanup of contaminated sites and accounts for the bulk of federal environmental litigation, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which establishes “cradle-to-grave” regulation of hazardous waste. We will also explore the regulation of toxic substances.



Credits: 2

LAW 7028 - European Legal Systems

This course traces the development of European legal systems and methods from Roman law to modern civil codes (Austrian, French, German, Swiss, Dutch). It will include a study of contemporary scholarly doctrine and jurisprudence of the courts. The course will also examine the ongoing harmonization of private law in the European Union.



Credits: 2

LAW 7029 - European Union Law

This course offers a comprehensive survey of the constitutional and legal structure of the European Union. After a brief historical introduction, the course will explore such fundamental structural features as sources and forms of European Union acts, the role of the Court of Justice and of fundamental rights, as well as current problems in European integration.



Credits: 2

LAW 7030 - Family Law

This course focuses on the law surrounding intimate relationships between adults. In particular, we will focus on the institution of marriage and its changing scope and social meaning, divorce and its financial consequences, and the parent-child relationship, including establishing parenthood, adoption, child custody, and child support.



Credits: 3

LAW 7031 - Federal Criminal Law

This course explores the scope and structure of federal crimes. The course covers the jurisdiction of the federal government over crime, including constitutional limitations; the emerging law of federal mens rea; four crimes that illustrate the enormous reach of the federal criminal law; and RICO, the most important organized crime statute in history. Broader policy issues are discussed.



Credits: 3

LAW 7032 - Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers

This course is an introduction to the federal taxation of gratuitous transfers made by individuals during life and at death.



Credits: 3

LAW 7033 - First Amendment Freedoms

This elective sequel to the required introductory course focuses significantly on First Amendment doctrine and theory, including free speech, freedom of the press, and religion.



Credits: 3

LAW 7034 - Food and Drug Law

This course considers the Food and Drug Administration as a case study of an administrative agency that must combine law and science to regulate activities affecting public health and safety.



Credits: 3

LAW 7035 - Foreign Relations Law

This course examines the constitutional and statutory doctrines regulating the conduct of American foreign relations.



Credits: 3

LAW 7036 - Contemporary Political Theory

In the latter half of the twentieth century, political liberalism has been the most influential theory of the state in the Western world. Philosophers, economists, legal academics, feminists, critical race scholars, and historians have sought to explain and justify the scope and limits of political coercion by debating the merits of liberalism.



Credits: 3

LAW 7037 - Habeas Corpus

This course will explore remedies available to challenge criminal convictions. We will also examine systemic causes of faulty convictions such as: unreliable eye witness identifications, faulty forensic science, inadequate defense counsel, fabrication of evidence, suppression of evidence, and false and coerced confessions.



Credits: 3

LAW 7038 - Health Care Law

This course provides an introduction to the landscape and government regulation of the healthcare market. The course first examines the three groups - healthcare providers, health insurers, and patients - around which the modern U.S. healthcare system is organized. It then examines how the government regulates relationships within and between these groups.



Credits: 3

LAW 7039 - Health Care Reform

The goal of this seminar is to understand the need and potential for health care reform in the United States and to critically evaluate various alternatives now being discussed. The first half of the seminar will present an overview of current health financing and operations in the U.S. and other major developed countries.



Credits: 3

LAW 7040 - Health Care Structure and Financing

This course will provide an overview of the structure and financing of the American health care system. It will provide a broad overview of American law and regulation as it applies to these areas.



Credits: 2

LAW 7041 - Criminal Law and the Regulation of Vice

LAW 7042 - Immigration Law

This course introduces the complex substantive provisions of U.S. immigration laws and the procedures used to decide specific immigration-related issues. Attention is given to underlying constitutional, philosophical, and historical issues, and to the interaction of Congress, the courts, and administrative agencies regarding major public policy issues on immigration, including current anti-terrorism policy.



Credits: 3

LAW 7043 - Insurance

This course provides a working knowledge of basic insurance law governing insurance contract formation, insurance regulation, property, life, health, disability, and liability insurance, and claims processes. The emphasis throughout is on the link between traditional insurance law doctrine and modern ideas about the functions of private law.



Credits: 3

LAW 7044 - Survey of Patent, Copyright, Trademark

This is a survey course for students seeking a general introduction to intellectual property as opposed to concentrating on one or more of its special subjects. The main focus will be on Patent, Copyright and Trademark with a brief treatment of Trade Secrets and some common law treatments of intellectual property outside the realm of specially designed property rights.



Credits: 4

LAW 7045 - Education Law, Policy, and Inequality

This course considers law and policy pertaining to elementary, secondary, and higher education focusing on how educational systems respond to inequality. Issues of race, gender, and class, which dominate legal and policy discussions of educational inequality, are the most prominent features of the course.



Credits: 3

LAW 7046 - International Patent Law and Policy

This course will provide an introduction to key aspects of the international patent system and to concerns animating a variety of controversies regarding patents in areas such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and software.



Credits: 3

LAW 7047 - Trademark Law

This course studies the law governing how brands may be legally protected. Topics include: trademarks as distinguished from other forms of intellectual property; searching and clearance; federal and state registration; common law origin of trademark protection in the law of unfair competition; trademark infringement; Internet domain names; international treaties relating to trademarks.



Credits: 3

LAW 7048 - Trademark and Unfair Competition Law

This course will survey the theory and the law of trademarks and unfair competition. Topics include the acquisition of trademark rights; registration of trademarks; loss of trademark rights; infringement; false designation of origin; advertising; author’s and performers’ rights of attribution and publicity; dilution; Internet domain names; trademarks as speech, and remedies for trademark infringement.



Credits: 3

LAW 7049 - Foundations of Climate Change Law and Policy

LAW 7050 - International and Foreign Legal Research

The main objectives of this course are to introduce students to the components of a complex international legal problem; develop research skills using print sources, online databases and the Internet; offer strategies for finding the law and information. Topics include public and private international law, arbitration, human rights, intellectual property, environmental law, and trade law.



Credits: 2

LAW 7051 - International Business Transactions

This course deals with domestic and international regulations that affect transnational business transactions. Topics include choice of law and forum; international sales law; letters of credit and other payment mechanisms; business forms; technology transfer; foreign direct investment and its regulation.



Credits: 3

LAW 7052 - International Civil Litigation

This course examines the distinctive issues that arise when civil litigation takes on an international dimension, including personal jurisdiction, choice of law, enforcement of judgments, sovereign immunity, the developing law of human rights. Arbitration and discovery outside the United States are also considered.



Credits: 3

LAW 7054 - International Deal Making: Legal and Business Aspects

This course will focus on the application of legal and business knowledge to real-world transactions in the international context. The course will enroll students who are interested in applying their knowledge to deal structuring, legal and business concerns, negotiations, documentation, and deal closing.



Credits: 2

LAW 7055 - International Human Rights Law

This course focuses on the theory and practice of international human rights law including the basic principles as well as the international mechanisms and institutions established in the past half-century to protect human rights. The difficulties involved in converting those principles into practice and the effectiveness of different ways of using international human rights law to further human rights protection will also be explored.



Credits: 2 to 3

LAW 7056 - Criminal Law in the Supreme Court

The course will consider several unedited United States Supreme Court opinions so that each case can be studied in its full procedural context. In addition to the substantive issues for which the cases have been selected, attention will be paid to Supreme Court practice and lower federal court procedures as they impact issues decided by the Supreme Court.



Credits: 3

LAW 7057 - Judicial Role in American History

A survey of leading American Supreme Court judges from Marshall through the Burger Court. The course consists of lectures and readings, along with discussions of topics on contemporary issues.



Credits: 3

LAW 7059 - Labor Law

This course is designed to provide a general introduction to the practice of law under the National Labor Relations Act from the late 1800s through passage of the Wagner Act (1935) and its modification by the 1947 Taft-Hartley amendments. We will review the Act’s concept of concerted, protected activity, unfair labor practice or “ULP” and the way ULPs are processed through the Board and courts.



Credits: 3

LAW 7060 - Land Use Law

This course will explore the regulation of land use, with an emphasis on the constitutional and environmental dimensions of land use law. The course will begin with the basic elements of the land development and regulation process, including the basics of planning and zoning. We will also address public ownership and private alternatives to regulation.



Credits: 3