Registrar
Description of Courses
The faculty of the College of Law reserves the right to change the nature of any course offering in any fashion that it adjudges proper at any time, including the right to establish new required courses, to change current required courses to electives, and the decision as to when and how often any course described below is offered.
LAW 5000 - CIVIL PROCEDURE I
Civil Procedure I - An introduction to the basic concepts of the law of civil procedure as a foundation for advanced study in both civil procedure and other areas of substantive law. It provides the student with an overview of procedure in a civil action and examines in detail the traditional bases of in personam, in rem, and quasi in rem jurisdiction of state and federal courts; the constitutional mandate of due process as it relates to notice of actions and the opportunity to be heard in them; federal question and diversity jurisdiction in the federal courts; venue of actions; modern systems of pleading and their historical antecedents, including the complaint, the answer, challenges to the pleadings, amendments, and the joinder of claims and parties. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5001 - CIVIL PROCEDURE II
Civil Procedure II - This course builds upon the foundation established in Civil Procedure I and exposes the student to the discovery process, the pretrial order and the trial of cases in civil matters, including jury selection and considerations bearing on non-jury trials; the scope and order of trial and the presentation of evidence; opening and closing arguments and instructions to the jury; and attacks on verdicts and judgements. The course concludes with a consideration of the fundamental principles of appellate review and the binding effect of decisions (res judicata, collateral estoppel, and the law of the case). 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5010 - CONTRACTS I
Contracts I - A two-semester examination of the law of contractual obligations covering the formation and interpretation of contracts, legal limitations on the bargaining process, claims and defenses related to breach of contract, and remedies for breach. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5011 - CONTRACTS II
Contracts II - See Law 5010. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5020 - CRIMINAL LAW
Criminal Law - An examination of the common law origins and modern day codification of the criminal law and defenses thereto. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5030 - LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Legal Bibliography - Instruction in effective legal research skills through lecture and research exercises including the use of library materials, computerized legal research systems, LEXIS and WESTLAW. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 5050 - PROPERTY I
Property I - A two-semester introductory investigation of the validity of concepts underlying the Anglo-American system of property. The capacity of the system to accommodate public needs and private desires for allocation and use of land is studied through intensive examination of the doctrine of estates, private restrictions on land use, public controls of land use, and modern landlord-tenant relations. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5051 - PROPERTY II
Property II - See Law 5050. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5060 - TORTS I
Torts I - This semester we consider the theories and policies underlying liability based on intent, negligence and strict liability. The focus is on intentional interference with persons and property, strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities, and negligence: duty, standards of care, proof of breach, factual and proximate causation, and affirmative defenses. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5061 - TORTS II
Torts II - A comprehensive, two-semester course that considers the legal principles underlying the law of civil obligations. This semester we complete our study of negligence liability. The basic theories and policies underlying tort law are then applied to actions in products liability, nuisance, defamation, misrepresentation, and invasion of privacy. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 5070 - RESEARCH, WRIT & ADVOC I
Research, Writing and Advocacy I - The first of two courses dealing with legal research, legal analysis, legal problem solving, and appellate advocacy. Legal research and writing skills are emphasized. This course introduces the use of the legal memorandum as a format for analyzing and discussing legal issues. Each student produces several short papers based on assigned cases and a substantial research memorandum of law dealing with an assigned problem. 1.500 Credit Hours
LAW 5071 - RESEARCH, WRIT & ADVOC II
Research, Writing and Advocacy II - The second of two courses dealing with legal research, legal analysis, legal problem solving, and appellate advocacy. Legal research and writing skills are emphasized. This course examines the basic techniques of written and oral appellate advocacy including the appropriate structure of the appellate brief, formulation of issues, and analysis. Each student is required to prepare a written brief and to participate in a "Moot Court" oral argument. 1.500 Credit Hours
LAW 6000 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I
Constitutional Law I: Federalism - A study of the nature and distribution of federal power and of state-federal relationships, including judicial review, the Commerce Clause and state regulation of commerce, the Tenth Amendment, separation of powers, and the taxing, spending and appropriations powers. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6010 - EVIDENCE
Evidence - Explores the rules for fact finding in the judicial process, with particular emphasis on the federal rules of evidence. Topics covered include judicial notice, real and demonstrative evidence, relevance, authentication, competence and examination of witnesses, impeachment, expert testimony, hearsay, privileges, and burdens of proof. 4 Credit Hours
LAW 6020 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Professional Responsibility - Examines the rules and problems unique to the practice of law. Concentration is on confidentiality, conflicts of interest, advertising, and solicitation, and the ethics of the adversary system. Particular emphasis is placed on the Code of Professional Responsibility and Model Rules of Professional Conduct. 2 Credit Hours
LAW 6030 - LITIGATION
Litigation - Prerequisite: Law 6010. Law 6020 must be taken concurrently. This course provides students with an introduction to the lawyer skills required in representing a client from the initial interview, through discovery and pre-trial motions, to a jury trial. The course is taught by practicing trial lawyers and focuses on skills training. The course combines written assignments and in class performances. The course is graded pass/fail but at least two students in each section will earn a grade of "A" (a 90 or the student's previous semester cumulative average, whichever is higher). 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6050 - CAPITAL DEFENDERS CLINIC I
Capital Defenders Clinic - A three-hour clinical course taught in partnership with Georgia Capital Defenders, a new state agency responsible for representing all indigent defendants statewide in capital cases at trial and on direct appeal. Students will assist in the representation of clients of Capital Defenders and will work on all aspects of the representation, including fact investigation, witness interviewing, legal research and drafting, and generally assisting in preparing cases for trial and sentencing hearings. Students will be supervised by the professor and attorneys in the office. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. Permission of the professor is required. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6051 - CAPITAL DEFENDER'S CLINIC II
Capital Defenders Clinic II - Continuation of Capital Defenders Clinic I. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6060 - TURNER ENVIRONMENTAL CLINIC
Turner Environmental Law Clinic - Prerequisite: All 1st-year full time courses including Torts and Civil Procedure. Preferred but not required: Law 7200. The Turner Clinic handles a wide variety of environmental legal matters brought to the clinic by environmental groups and citizens seeking legal advice. The exact content of matters handled by the clinic and student attorneys varies depending on client needs but it is likely to include initial case investigative work, legal research, work on proposed legislation or local ordinances, participation in local, state or federal administrative proceedings, and litigation conducted in conjunction with outside counsel. Students are required to work a minimum of 140 hours for three credits or 100 hours for two credits. Students must accumulate these total hours over a period of at least the 7 week GSU Summer term but may seek permission to work beyond 7 weeks as a way to reduce the weekly hourly committment. Students who are selected must discuss this scheduling issue with the director of the Clinic, Emory Professor Julie Mayfield. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6061 - BARTON CHILD LAW CLINIC-EMORY
Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic (Emory School of Law) - . Prerequisite: Students must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in the 2-credit class Child Advocacy: the Law, the Policy & the Players, taught by Professors Karen Worthington and Mary Margaret Oliver at Emory University School of Law. The Barton Clinic is an in-house legal policy clinic dedicated to providing research, training and support to the public, the child advocacy community, and the legislature of Georgia. Students work on issues before the state legislature, complete research for publication, participate in local and statewide advocacy events, and help inform the discussion on child welfare issues with their own ideas or projects. Four to seven law and other graduate students are selected each semester to participate in the clinic. Applications are accepted prior to pre-registration. Students submit a resume and statement of interest with the professor. Detailed information is available at the clinic website: http://www.childwelfare.net. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6070 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC I
Criminal Justice Clinic - Client Representation and Trial Practice I Prerequisites: Ability to be sworn in under the Third Year Practice Rule (will have completed 60 hours of the 90 required for law school graduation). This course may be taken by a limited number of third year students. Consent of the Professor is required. Application and information are available on the course web site at http://law.gsu.edu/ccunningham/CJC/ This clinic will be taught by Professor Cunningham in partnership with one or more organizations providing representation to indigent defendants. Students may represent indigent defendants in all aspects of their cases, including conducting all portions of court hearings and trials, under the direct supervision of the professor and co-operating attorneys. Students work in teams of two and typically assume primary responsibility for client representation. The clinic will require a minimum of 12 hours per week, including a weekly two hour class and regular office hours at least two days per week at the clinic office, which will be located off- campus. Students must have flexible schedules to accommodate the court schedules where students will be practicing. Personal transportation is required. Grading will be pass/fail. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6071 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC II
Criminal Justice Clinic: Client Representation and Trial Practice II - Prerequisite: Law 6070. This course is a continuation of Criminal Justice Clinic: Client Representation and Trial Practice I. This course may be taken by a limited number of third year students. Consent of the instructor is required for enrollment. Grading will be pass/fail. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6080 - FULTON COUNTY JAIL CLINIC I
Fulton County Jail Clinic I - FULTON COUNTY JAIL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CLINIC I This clinic will target substantive and procedural problems occuring in the Fulton County Jail. The clinic will be supervised by a full-time professor of the College of Law, who will determine the specific area of focus in a given semester. Enrollment is limited to fifteen second and third year students. A classroom component of three class meetings is required, as are individual meetings with the professor. Written reports of inmate interviews, negotiations with the District Attorney's office, and depositions of cases are also required. Students will work in teams. Students who are qualified under the third-year practice act may appear in court under the supervision of the professor. Grading is pass/fail. Permission of the professor is required to enroll. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6081 - FULTON COUNTY JAIL CLINIC II
FULTON COUNTY JAIL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CLINIC II See Law 6080 - Grading is pass/fail. Permission of the professor is required to enroll. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6090 - HEALTH PARTNERSHIP I (HeLP)
Health Law Partnership (HeLP) - Legal Services Clinic I Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all first-year law courses and a minimum GPA of 73. Limited enrollment. The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) is an interdisciplinary community collaboration among Georgia State's College of Law, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (Children's), which operates children's hospitals in Atlanta. Clients of the clinic are low-income children and their families who are obtaining health services through Children's-operated hospitals and who are referred to HeLP for legal assistance. Focusing on social and economic barriers to optimum health which are faced by low-income children and families, the clinic exposes students to substantive legal areas related to children, families, poverty, and social welfare. The clinic explores federal and state laws and policies that can affect children's health and well-being, such as public benefits, income support, health insurance, family law, employment, housing and education. The clinic offers students the opportunity to develop basic lawyering skills, such as client interviewing, counseling, and representation; negotiation; research and drafting; and case management. Students must be able to travel (public transit or otherwise) to the Children's hospitals. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 6091 - HEALTH LAW PARTNERSHIP II
Health Law Partnership (HeLP) - Clinic II Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Law 6090 and a minimum GPA of 73.00. Limited enrollment. This is the continuation of HeLP Clinic I. Students will handle the more advanced aspects of the cases developed in HeLP Clinic I. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7005 - ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS
Accounting for Lawyers - This course emphasizes the legal content of accounting problems which may face the lawyer. The focus of the course will be on financial statements, bookkeeping, and generally accepted accounting principles, including accountant liability. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7010 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Administrative Law - Law 6000 is recommended but not required. An introduction to general administrative law and procedure. This course surveys the roles, functions, and processes of federal administrative agencies through an examination of the adjudicative, investigative and rule-making functions of federal agencies, the relationship of administrative agencies to other branches of government, and the right and scope of judicial review of agency actions. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7020 - ADMIRALTY
Admiralty - The study of federal admiralty and maritime jurisdiction (U.S. Constitution, Art. III, Sec.2) including the practice and procedure of federal courts in admiralty cases and state courts under the "saving to suitors" clause (28 U.S.C. sec 1333). The course surveys the substantive law applicable to admiralty and maritime matters including international law-treaties and conventions, conflict of laws rules, and federal laws dealing with the topics of maritime liens and ship mortgages, charter parties, carriage of goods, remedies for personal injury and wrongful death for injured seamen and maritime workers (including the Jones Act and Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act), collision, salvage, general average contribution, marine insurance, and limitation of shipowner's liability. When possible, the class will tour the Georgia Ports Authority terminals in Savannah, Georgia, during the semester. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7025 - ADV CRIM LAW & PROCEDURE SEM
Advanced Criminal Law and Procedure Seminar - Prerequisite: Law 7165. A seminar on selected problems in crimina law and procedure. A paper is required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7031 - ADVANCED CRIMINAL LITIGATION
Advanced Criminal Litigation - Prerequisites: Law 6000 and Law 6030. Limited enrollment. A simulation course addressing the substantive knowledge and advocacy skills essential to the trial of a felony criminal case. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7036 - ADVANCED EVIDENCE
Advanced Evidence - Prerequisite: Law 6010. Limited enrollment. This course combines classroom demonstrations and exercises in the application of the rules of evidence with analysis and discussion of currently troublesome evidentiary issues. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7041 - ADVANCED INCOME TAXATION
Advanced Income Taxation - Prerequisite: Law 7095. Concentration on one or more areas of current interest in income taxation. Topics will vary from year-to-year. Format will vary and may be offered as a seminar. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7045 - ADV TRIAL ADVOCACY SEM
Advanced Issues in Trial Advocacy Seminar - Prerequisites: Law 6010 and Law 6030. Limited enrollment. Utilizing both traditional and more innovative methodologies and course readings, students will address selected advanced topics pertaining to the art and science of trial advocacy. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7050 - ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Advanced Legal Research - Limited enrollment. The course will concentrate on advanced legal research techniques using computer technology and book resources. Topics covered by the course include research in legislative histories, administrative law, tax, and labor. Project required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7051 - ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING
Advanced Legal Writing - Prerequisite: all first-year full-time courses. In this course, students build on the skills developed in Research, Writing and Advocacy I and II (Law 5070 and Law 5071), performing research and preparing a number of legal documents, both objective and persuasive. Particular emphasis on logical organization, clarity of expression, and overall effectiveness of written communication to achieve the writer's goal. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7053 - ADVANCED PATENT LAW
Advanced Patent Law - Prerequisite: Law 7270. An in-depth study of patentability and patent infringement under the federal patent statute. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7060 - ALT DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR). Limited enrollment - The objective of this course is to educate students about the dispute resolution mechanisms that provide a viable alternative to litigation and the appropriate uses and limitations of each model. Specific topics include conciliation, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, mini-trials, summary jury trials, rent-a-judge, and the use of the ombudsman. Policy, practical and ethical issues raised by these alternatives are examined through the case law and the relevant statutes. Videotapes of simulated mediations and negotiations, as well as lectures by experienced guest ADR practitioners, are used to complement classroom instruction. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7061 - ADV ALTERNATE DISPUTE RES
Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution - Prerequisite: Law 7060. Limited enrollment. An advanced study of the mechanisms that provide alternatives to litigation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7062 - MEDIATION
Mediation: Law and Practice - Recommended: Law 7060. This course provides an in-depth exposure to the mediation process by focusing on both theory and skills. In addition to learning the theoretical and legal framework supporting institutionalized mediation, students will learn how to mediate and how to represent parties in mediations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7063 - AMER CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
American Constitutional History - A study of the history of the United States Constitution and the role of the Supreme Court in constitutional adjudication. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7065 - ANTITRUST LAW
Antitrust Law - A study of the implementation of federal trade regulation statutes focusing on the competitive tensions of the contemporary economy and the relationship between economic theory and antitrust policy. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7075 - APPELLATE ADVOCACY I
Appellate Advocacy I - Preparation and argument of an appellate brief in the GSU Moot Court Competition. This competition constitutes the first step in the selection process for Moot Court. S/U grade. A minimum grade of 73 in the RWA sequence, and a passing grade in Legal Bibliography are required for Moot Court Board candidacy. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7076 - APPELLATE ADVOCACY II
Appellate Advocacy II - Prerequisite: By invitation upon completion of Law 7075. These students are candidates-in-training for positions on the Moot Court Board and on competition teams. During the semester, certain students will represent the College of Law in the Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition and in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. By the completion of the semester, students will become members of the Moot Court Board and assume responsibility for running the GSU Moot Court program. S/U grade. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7078 - APPELLATE PRACTICE & PROCEDURE
Appellate Practice and Procedure - Suggested: Law 6010, Law 7010, Law 7165. The course will cover both federal appellate practice and procedure, as well as issues pertaining to the state law applicable to the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Procedurally, it will pick up with the entry of judgement in the trial court. The course will address specific rules of appellate procedure and their interpretation, but the emphasis will be on the systhesis of judicial authorities and statutory interpretation, strategic thinking and planning, and the application of theory in the practical settings faced by the practitioner. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7079 - ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW
Arts and Entertainment Law - A study of specific substantive areas of the law as they relate to the arts. Areas expected to be covered include, but are not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, tax, contracts, agency, antitrust, and the continental doctrines of "droit moral" (moral rights) and "droit de suite" (resale royalties to the original artist or author). In addition, the recently enacted Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 and the effect of the recent signing of the GATT Implementation Bill will also be discussed. There will either be an in-class or a take-home exam. Enrollment is limited only by the availability of the classroom space. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7089 - ADV BANKRUPTCY REORGANIZATION
Advanced Business Reorganization - Prerequisites: Law 7091, Law 7095 and Law 7395. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7091 - BASIC BANKRUPTCY
Basic Bankruptcy - An intensive study of the substantive and procedural bankruptcy issues confronting consumer or business debtors seeking financial liquidation under Chapter 7 and financial reorganization under Chapter 11 or 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Among the issues to be considered are the extent of property exemptions, the requirements for liquidating non- exempt assets, the allocation of creditors' claims between secured and unsecured positions and the comparative benefits of the Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 discharges. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7092 - BASIC CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY
Basic Consumer Bankruptcy - This course will focus upon consumer debtors' options under the Bankruptcy Code. As they choose between financial liquidation under Chapter 7 and an attempted financial reorganization under Chapter 13, a number of determinative issues arise. These questions include the extent of property exemptions, the allocation of creditors' claims between secured and unsecured, including priority, positions and a comparison of the benefits afforded by the Chapter 7 and the Chapter 13 discharges. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7093 - BANKRUPTCY & TAX SEMINAR
Bankruptcy and Tax Seminar - Prerequisites: Law 7090 and Law 7095. This seminar is devoted to exploration of the interface between bankruptcy and tax. The seminar will examine not only the often times conflicting policies embodied in both codes, but also substantive topics including the treatment and priority of tax claims and liens, the taxation of debtors and bankruptcy estates, the tax consequences of bankruptcy reorganizations, the carry over of tax attributes in bankruptcy, and bankruptcy court jurisdiction over tax matters. This course may satisfy the College of Law writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7095 - BASIC FEDERAL TAXATION I
Basic Federal Taxation I - An introduction to federal income taxation, with emphasis on fundamental doctrines and major structural aspects of the Internal Revenue Code. Includes: definition of income, basic rules relating to the deduction of items, limitation on deductions, and introduction to capital gains and non- of taxation of entities such as corporations and introduction to taxation of estates and trusts. recognition transactions, and an introduction to tax accounting. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7096 - BASIC FEDERAL TAX II
Basic Federal Taxation II - Prerequisites: Law 7095. A continuation of Basic Federal Taxation I, with emphasis on more sophisticated provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that apply to individuals. Includes: limitation on tax shelters, advanced tax accounting concepts, advanced capital gains and loss provisions, and an introduction to alternative tax entities such as corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, estates and trusts. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7098 - BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW
Biotechnology Law, Policy and Ethics - (2-3 credits) This course provides an introduction to the legal, policy, and ethical issues surrounding biotechnologies. The course surveys a variety of federal and state laws and international treaties addressing biotechnology research, patenting, and applications. The course will examine the distinctive legal, policy, and ethical issues associated with biotechnologies in selected topic areas, which may include genetically modified foods, nanotechnology, xenotransplantation, patenting of genes/patenting of life, stem cell research, gene therapy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, sex-selection reproductive technologies, germline genetic engineering of human beings, and human reproductive cloning. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7099 - BIOETHICS AND THE LAW
Bioethics and the Law - This course exaimes contemporary interdisciplinary issues that arise at the intersection of law, medicine, and ethics. Its primary focus is on life and death. It provides an introduction to bioethics and addresses medical, legal, ethical, and policy isssues in genetics and biotechnology, human subjects research; human reproduction and decision making at the beginning of the life; dying and decision making at the end of life; and rationing health care. Interdisciplinary readings will draw from the legal medical and ethics literature. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7100 - UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ASSC.
Agency and Partnership - Basic problems of the law of agency, partnership (including limited partnerships), and unincorporated associations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7101 - CORPORATIONS
Corporations - A survey of the state and federal laws governing the formation and operation of corporations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7105 - BUSINESS PLANNING
Business Planning - Prerequisites: Law 7101 and Law 7095. A planning course involving the application of the law of corporations and of federal taxation to planning business operations in partnership and corporate form. May be taught in seminar format. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7110 - BUSINESS TAXATION
Business Taxation - Prerequisite: Law 7095. An introduction to the income taxation of C corporations, S corporations and partnerships. In conjunction with this study, the tax status of limited liability companies will be covered. The course is intended to integrate the three different tax regimes, and it will encourage a comparison of the advantage and disadvantage of each. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7113 - CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LAW
Capital Punishment Law - This course will examine various legal and policy issues surrounding the death penalty, including racial discrimination, the right to effective counsel, limitations on executing the mentally retarded and juveniles, and the use of "victim impact" evidence. It will emphasize the relationship between Supreme Court doctrine and real-world practice in state courts in the South. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7116 - CONSTITUTIONAL TORT LITIGATION
Constitutional Tort Litigation - Prerequisite: Law 6000. An examination of major civil rights statutes, with focus on 42 U.S.C. 1983, the relationship between 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment, the defenses and immunities of individuals and governmental entities, the relationship between state and federal courts in civil rights actions, and the remedies for violations of constitutional rights. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7117 - CON LAW II: INDIV LIBERTIES
Constitutional Law II: Individual Liberties - Prerequisite: Law 6000. An examination of substantive due process, procedural due process, equal protection, state action and selected aspects of the Bill of Rights. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7121 - COMMERCIAL PAPER
Commercial Paper and Payment Systems - The study of Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code which govern the rights and liabilities of parties to promissory notes, checks, and other negotiable instruments and the law concerning the use of credit cards and electronic funds transfer. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7123 - COMMERCIAL LEASING SEMINAR
Commercial Leasing Seminar - Prerequisites: Law 5050, 5051, Law 7435. In-depth coverage of selected issues related to the negotiation and drafting of long term office and retail leases. Among the topics to be explored are the rent obligation and method of calculating the rent, use clauses, financing issues, subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements, and defaults and remedies. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7125 - COMPARATIVE LAW
Comparative Law - This course introduces the student of the common law to the general principles, both procedural and substantive, of the civil law prevailing in continental Europe and Latin America. It provides an overview of the historical evolution of the civil law and the position of the code in foreign legal systems; an examination of the patterns of court systems which administer it; and a specific consideration of delictual and contractual obligations under the code. It also considers the treatment of foreign law in the United States courts. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7137 - COMPUTER LAW
Computer Law - Prerequisite: Law 7270. This course is a survey of the unique legal problems arising from the creation, transfer and use of computer software and hardware, including intellectual property rights in software (copyright, patent, trade secrets, and trademarks), licensing, contracts for the acquisition of computer systems, and tort liability for system and software failures. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7138 - COMPUTERS & THE LAW SEM
Computers and the Law Seminar - A study of specific substantive areas of the law as they relate to both computer hardware and software. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents, misappropriation of trade secrets, antitrust, contracts, and "anti-hacking" laws. Class enrollment is limited to 15 students, with instructor approval. Ideally, the students should have some background in either copyright law or in computer science. A substantial paper evidencing sufficient research is required. There will also be an exercise in software licensing. There will be no final examination. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7140 - CONFLICT OF LAWS
Conflict of Laws - The study of issues in choice of law including techniques for ascertaining applicable law from among competing state laws when a legal transaction (e.g., contract, tort, U.C.C., descendents' estate divorce, child custody) has a nexus with two or more states or foreign countries. The course includes consideration of federal constitutional issues of due process, full faith and credit as they affect the application of state laws, conflicts between federal and state law, and federal court practice and procedure in conflict of laws. Applicable international law, treaties, and conventions are also treated. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7145 - CON LAW: SURVEY OF 1ST AMEND
Constitutional Law: Survey of First Amendment - Prerequisite: Law 6000. A study of the federal constitutional protection afforded expression and religion by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7151 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SEMINAR
Constitutional Law Seminar - Prerequisite: Law 6000 A seminar on selected problems in constitutional law. A paper is required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7153 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION LAW
Construction Law - A study of the legal problems common to the construction industry focusing on the structure and negotiation of construction contracts, claims procedures, arbitration and litigation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7155 - CONSUMER PROTECTION
Consumer Protection - An examination of consumer rights and remedies related to advertising, deceptive trade practices, debt collection, consumer credit and truth-in-lending. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7157 - CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY PROBLEMS
Advanced Problems in Consumer Bankruptcy - Prerequisite or Corequisite: Law 7091. This course will focus upon the strategic issues that consumer debtors are required to face by the 1978 Bankruptcy Code. In order to select between the Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 options, such debtors must make a series of complicated choices. Issues that will be covered include exemption options, vulnerability to exceptions to discharge, and an understanding of the Code's impact upon preexisting marital obligations. An examination is required. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7158 - COPYRIGHTS
Copyrights - Analysis of federal copyright law as it pertains to works of art, motion pictures, music, literature, and computers. In addition to case law, both the Copyright Acts of 1909 and 1976 will be covered, as well as recent legislative developments. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7161 - CORPORATE FINANCE
Corporate Finance - Prerequisites: Law 7101 or Law 7470. Enterprise and securities evaluation, capital structure and senior securities, dividends, mergers, and disclosure requirements. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7162 - SEMINAR IN CORPORATE LAW
Seminar in Corporate Law - Prerequisites: Law 7101. This writing seminar requires substantial research and the preparation of a paper. The topics would be limited to the area of corporate law. Either federal or state law problems would be appropriate. Insider trading and tender offers would be typical federal law topics that might be covered. Directors' liability for negligence or breach of fiduciary duty, the business judgment rule, and special problems of the closely held corporation are appropriate state law problems that might be covered. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7163 - ADVANCED CORPORATE LAW
Advanced Corporate Law - Prerequisite: Law 7101. This course will provide an opportunity for in-depth study of one or more areas of corporate law, for example: theories and consequences of the corporate form and limited liability; the rights of various claimants such as bondholders, preferred shareholders and holders of common stock; corporate finance (including capital structure, leverage, and valuation); the duties of loyalty and care and the business judgment rule; "other constituency" statutes; other corporate agents, including attorneys, accountants, and investment bankers; proxy regulations; and struggles for control. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7164 - SEM ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Seminar on Corporate Governance - Prerequisite: Law 7101. This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to explore issues of corporate governance, examining how publicly held corporations are organized internally and regulated externally. Topics could include: the composition of the board, and the functions and powers of directors and officers in publicly held corporations; the composition and functions of board committees, such as the audit committee; the scope of the duty of care and the business judgement rule problems of reliance on others, etc.; the role of directors and shareholders in transactions in control and tender offers; and derivative actions. The particular focus of the seminar may vary; accordingly, academic credits awarded will range from two to three semester hours depending upon the scope and depth of the research subject selected by the instructor. A written research paper will be required, which will satisfy the writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7165 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I
Criminal Procedure I - An examination of the constitutional dimensions of the investigatory and adjudicatory phases of the criminal justice process. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7167 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE II
Criminal Procedure II - Prerequisite: Law 7165. An investigation of advanced topics in criminal procedure, such as prosecutorial misconduct, jury tampering, etc. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7168 - CRIMINAL TRIAL PRACTICE
Criminal Trial Practice - Prerequisite: Law 5020 and Law 6010. This course offers students the practical, hands-on, experience (real and simulated) in the function and role of the prosecution while also assuring that they are exposed to substantive materials and ethical considerations peculiar to the prosecutorial function in a setting that is conducive to reflection and research. Limited to third year students eligible for certification under the Law School Public Prosecutor Act. Permission of the District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit must be obtained. This course is a two-semester commitment worth three hours per semester. This course is certified by the Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia. S/U grade. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7170 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE: LAW REFORM
Criminal Justice: Fieldwork and Law Reform - Open to a limited number of second and third year students. Consent of instructor required. Students must submit an application and be available for a possible interview. Students will learn about the criminal justice system as it actually operates in metropolitan Atlanta and develop a law reform proposal about a specific aspect of that system. The course will use a wide variety of teaching methods including assigned readings drawn from both the legal scholarship and social science research, classroom lectures and discussions, and group fieldwork at locations such as police stations, jails and courthouses. Each student will select some aspect of the criminal justice system for independent research out of which will develop a written project proposing improvement or reform. The project must demonstrate mastery of applicable substantive criminal law and procedure and application of that knowledge to data gathered through the student's own fieldwork. Examples of fieldwork would be carefully documented court-watching, analysis of data collected from public records, and interviews of relevant participants in the criminal justice system. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7176 - SECURITY INTERESTS AND LIENS
Security Interests and Liens - This course explores the rights, liabilities, and remedies of debtors and various creditors. Among the creditors studied are general creditors, judgment creditors, governmental creditors, statutory creditors, and secured creditors under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7180 - DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination on the Basis of Handicap - An examination of legal approaches to discrimination on the basis of handicap. Topics may include autonomy, education, institutionalization, deinstitutionalization, housing, employment, accessibility, and health care. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7183 - DOMESTIC LITIGATION
Domestic Litigation - Prerequisite: Law 7216. Through reading and simulations, this course will comprise a start-to-finish examination of a domestic relations case, including the client interview, pleadings, discovery, negotiations and settlement, child custody matters, mediation, and trial. The course will also involve contact with personnel from the Neighborhood Justice Center or other similar agency. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7184 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW
Domestic Violence Law - This course is an introduction to the legal, social, and policy issues involving domestic violence. The course will examine federal and state laws addressing domestic violence, as well as explore the social, psychological, and cultural issues that are involved in domestic violence and that affect the legal representation of parties in domestic violence cases. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7186 - EDUCATION LAW
Education Law - A study of the role that law plays in shaping basic education in the United States. The course will examine the interrelationship of law and education policy, the part played by the courts in school governance, and the role of the federal government in the educational system. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7190 - SEMINAR IN EDUCATION LAW
Seminar in Education Law - An in-depth study of selected topics in education law. Students will explore legal issues through assigned readings, class discussion, collaborative exercises, class presentations, and individual written papers. Topics may include issues related to early childhood, K-12, and higher education. The course may be used to satisfy the writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7191 - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Employee Benefits - Prerequisite: Law 7095. Survey of the taxation and other legal principles applicable to the basic forms of retirement plan arrangements, including qualified and non-qualified plans, defined benefit and defined contribution plans, individual retirement arrangements, and multi-employer plans. When taught in the three-hour format, course will include a study of employee welfare benefit plans, including medical benefit plans and cafeteria plans. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7193 - GENERAL EMPLOYMENT LAW
General Employment Law - Examines the expanding body of state and federal law as it affects the modern employment relationship and the conflict between traditional employer prerogatives and individual employee rights. This course will not duplicate the coverage in labor law or employment discrimination. Each of these courses is freestanding and may be taken without the others. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7195 - EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
Employment Discrimination Law - A study of the major federal laws barring discrimination in employment, with emphasis on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The course will examine the procedures, methods of proof and defenses in discrimination cases, and address special problems in the areas of affirmative action, testing, gender discrimination, and remedies. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7196 - LAW AND ECONOMICS
Law and Economics - A survey of law and economics as a school of jurisprudence with an emphasis on the use of economic methods to understand legal problems. Topics to be discussed include the roots of Law and Economics in Legal Process and Legal Realism; the meaning of efficiency with applications to common law judicial decision making and statutory interpretation; theories of distributive justice and fairness; the role of market and political processes in determining legal rights; and the relationship between legal method and economic model. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7197 - THE LAW OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
The Law of Electronic Commerce Prerequisites - All 1st Year Full-Time Courses This course explores the legal issues involved in conducting electronic commerce. Topics include the following: Setting up a web site from which to conduct business, obtaining a domain name, determining liability for content, and complying with legal requirements of privacy and security. Students learn the law which regulates electronic transactions including sale of goods, licenses of software and information, and electronic payments. The course also examines issues which arise when disputes occur, such as jurisdiction, choice of law, and alternative dispute resolution of on-line disputes. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7200 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Environmental Law - A survey of legal principles and policies relating to the development, protection, and enhancement of the physical environment. Attention will be given to the judicial review of agency decision making, pollution control, hazardous waste and resource management, energy development and allocation, and conservation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7201 - INT'L ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
International Environmental Law - This course is concerned with the international legal response to environmental problems. The course covers comparative environmental law, major multinational treaties (and their enforcement regimes) addressing global environmental problems, and the issues concerning the "conflict" between international trade and international and domestic environmental and natural resource protection. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7203 - NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Natural Resources Law - This course will provide an overview of present and future law and policy issues relating to the utilization of natural resources. Both federal and state materials will be utilized. Particular attention will be focused on law and policy issues relating to (1) mineral resources, (2) timber resources, (3) public lands and waters, (4) coastal zone management, and (5) public outdoor recreation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7204 - URBAN ISSUES IN ENV. LAW SEM
Urban Environmental Law Seminar (2-3) - Prerequisites: One of the following courses: Law 5051, Law 7200 or Law 7203. This seminar will examine the range of environmental issues facing urban areas, exloring the extent to which it is appropriate to legislate and regulate solutions for urban environmental problems differently than for non-urban (rural, agricultural. e.g.) areas. To this end, the seminar not only will study topics like improving air quality and providing clean water in urban areas, but also the inter- relation of such goals with transportation and growth management, and urban and public health planning. Additional topics will include lead poisoning, indoor air pollution, brownfield reclamation, environmental justice and emergency preparedness for environmental contamination. Federal and state statutes and regulations will be evaluated throughout the seminar, as will local ordinances. To the greatest extent possible, the seminar will evaluate the Atlanta metropolitan area as a case study for the topics covered. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7205 - ESTATE AND GIFT TAXATION
Estate and Gift Taxation - Survey of estate and gift taxation with primary emphasis on federal tax law in these areas. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7206 - COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Comparative Environmental Law - Urban Issues Examines Brazilian legal and regulatory responses to issues such as urbanization and it's threat to the biodiversity of the Atlantic Rainforest, water and wastewater management in a less developed country, the use of international and legal instruments to improve urban air quality, ecosystem conservation, and environmental education. Brazilian experience and efforts will be compared to U.S. and other legal responses where relevant. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7207 - ENV. HEALTH LAW & POLICY
Environmental Health Law & Policy - Comparative Perspectives Examinines a range of legal and policy reponses to questions of environmental health law and policy in Rio de Janeiro. In conjunction with graduate students in public health, students are asked to consider appropriate legal, regulatory and policy responses to a range of environmental health challenges, from the effects of pesticides on consumers to efforts to control communicable and insect-born disease. Because this course is offered abroad, students are also asked to consider the appropriate role of foreign lawyers and policymakers in formulating appropriate responses to the environmental health challenges studied. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7208 - INT'L DISPUTE RES IN CC COMM
Cross-Cultural Communication in International Dispute Resolution - Taught in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Surveys the impact that culture has on international dispute resolution processes. This course will explore cultural differences in social customs, business practices, religious and ethical values, and language in the context of various dispute resolution processes through classroom discussions, simulations and role plays. Students will develop and enhance their skills in critical thinking, listening and cross-cultural communications and will have the opportunity to learn about and observe the use of these skills with lawyers and other professionals in Rio. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7209 - CREATIVE CONFLICT PREVENTION
Creative Conflict Prevention and Community Improvement - Taught in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Will study creative responses to community conflict in Rio and other Brazilian communities and will examine their impact on law and society. The course will offer students the opportunity to examine and discuss the dispute resolution design process with professionals and to visit Brazilian community programs to observe first-hand active conflict prevention programs. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7210 - ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR
Estate Planning Seminar - Prerequisites: Law 7510 and Law 7205. In-depth coverage of selected topics related to the planning of estates, including planning for intrafamily transfers, use of the marital deduction, charitable giving, retirement plan benefits, life insurance, owners of closely held businesses, estate- freezing techniques, postmortem planning, and international estate planning. Student writing project is designed to satisfy the legal writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7216 - FAMILY LAW
Family Law - Prerequisites: Law 5011 and Law 5051. Recommended: All full-time required first-year courses. A study of the law relating to the creation, functioning, and dissolution of the family as a unit, with a focus on marriage, family obligations, divorce, annulment, child custody, and property division. Other topics may include adoption, legitimacy, and procreation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7220 - FAMILY LAW SEMINAR
Family Law Seminar - Prerequisite: Law 7216. A seminar on selected problems in family law. A paper is required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7225 - FEDERAL COURTS
Federal Courts - The study of the federal constitutional and statutory provisions establishing and regulating federal courts. Topics treated include the "case and controversy" requirement, federal subject matter jurisdiction and its regulation by Congress, original and removal jurisdiction, the law applied in federal courts in civil actions, and the rules of procedure followed in federal courts. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7232 - FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATION
Fiduciary Administration - This course covers the powers, duties, and liabilities of executors, administrators, and trustees, and other select issues related to the administration of trusts and estates. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7234 - FOOD AND DRUG LAW
Food and Drug Law - This course is an introduction to the regulation of food, drugs and medical devices, and cosmetics in the United States. The course will focus primarily on the body of law and regulations that have developed under the implementation, enforcement, and interpretation of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 by the US Food and Drug Administration and the courts. It will also examine ethical and public policy issues presented by government efforts to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs and medical devices and the safety and purity of foods and cosmetics. The course will explore the impact the food and drug laws have on public health both domestically and internationally. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7236 - GEORGIA PRACTICE & PROCEDURE
Georgia Practice and Procedure - Jurisdiction and practice in the Georgia courts, including coverage of the Georgia Civil Practice Act. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7238 - HAZARDOUS WASTE
Law of Hazardous Waste - This class will explore the laws and regulations governing hazardous waste storage, transport, disposal, and cleanup. Although the main laws of hazardous waste are touched on briefly in the environmental law class, this course seeks to explore the laws and regulations in a more in-depth manner (particularly the liability and damage provisions which are somewhat unique in environmental law), look at their connections with other areas of practice, and discuss some of the real life situations that will face an attorney in practice. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7239 - HEALTH LAW:LIABILITY
Health Law: Liability - This course examines laws affecting the relationships among patient, health care providers and practitioners, and health care payers. Emphasis is placed on tort liability, contractual and other professional arrangements, and bioethics. Topics include medical malpractice, informed consent, hospital privileges, managed care, and various contemporary issues in bioethics, such as medical decision making at the beginning and end of life. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7240 - HEALTH LAW: REGULATION
Health Law: Regulation - This course examines laws affecting the delivery and financing of health care. Emphasis is placed on federal and state regulation of the health care industry. Topics include access to health care, corporate law and antitrust regulation of health care providers and payers, and criminal and civil enforcement actions for fraud and abuse in government health care programs. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7241 - SEMINAR IN HEALTH LAW
Seminar in Health Law - Prerequisite: Law 7239. An in-depth study of current legal issues confronting the health care profession and involving delivery of health care in our society. Students will explore a variety of topics through assigned readings, class discussion, and individual written papers, which may be used to satisfy the writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7242 - GROWTH MANAGEMENT LAW
Growth Management Law - This course will stress the key planning legal techniques for managing the growth of urban areas. State and regional comprehensive land use and transportation planning, impact analysis, and infrastructure finance through developer funding requirements. The consequences of urban sprawl and its avoidance through land use regulations and compensation programs will be used as the unifying theme of the course. The consideration of statutes, cases and programs will be used as the unifying theme of the course. The consideration of statutes, cases, and programs from throughout the United States will be directed toward Georgia specific problems. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7243 - HIV/AIDS AND THE LAW
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LAW 7244 - PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
Public Health Law This course provides an introduction to legal issues in public health practice - It addresses the legal authorities for intervention in public health practice, and surveys a variety of federal, state, and local laws and policies affecting public health. Law's role in preventing disease, injury and disability is explored through particular topic areas, such as reproductive health, environmental hazards, workplace health, sexually transmitted diseases, tobacco- related illnesses, vaccine-preventable diseases, and injury control. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7245 - IMMIGRATION LAW & PRACTICE
Immigration Law and Practice - A study of the immigration, nationality, and naturalization laws of the United States. Among the topics to be discussed are: the immigrant selection system, the issuance of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, grounds of excludability of aliens and of waiver of excludability, grounds for deportation, change of status within the United States, administrative procedures, administrative appeals, judicial review, nationality by birth and by naturalization, revocation, and naturalization and expatriation. appeals, reviewing proposed administrative decisions, and researching in preparation and support of writing appellate briefs and memoranda to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Washington, D.C. Where permissible, third-year students may present selected cases under the supervision of a staff attorney. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7247 - HEALTH LEGISLATION/ADVOCACY I
Health Legislation and Advocacy I Fall Semester (2-3 hours) - This course examines the process by which proposed legislation becomes enacted into law at the state level, including drafting, legislative organization and procedure, ethics and lobbying, and the appropriations process. It will focus on health-related legislation, policy, and advocacy ("health-related" broadly includes issues impacting on the health of individuals, families, communities, and public health), and will address such issues as access to health care, community organization, and health advocacy. The course will also provide an introduction to the major health legislation programs at the state and federal levels (including Medicare, Medicaid, and state health programs). Students will have the opportunity to work with a community partner (such as a non-profit health advocacy group, health- related government agency, or non-profit health-related enterprise) on a written project that relates to upcoming proposed health-related legislation in the Georgia General Assembly, that proposes new legislation, or that involves other legislation-related health policy or advocacy issues. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7248 - HEALTH LEGISLATION/ADVOCACY II
Health Legislation and Advocacy II: Practicum Spring Semester (2-3 hours) - This course is a continuation of Health Legislation and Advocacy I. Under the instructor's supervision, students will work with their community partners to track proposed health-related legislation or policy, provide legal research for use during the General Assembly's session, prepare testimony, briefings or other assistance during the session, and work with the relevant legislative committees and other "players" in the legislative process. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7249 - GENETICS AND THE LAW
Genetics And The Law - This class explores legal and policy issues that arise in the context of the new biotechnologies that incorporate genetic analysis. Topics include the history of genetic research in the United States, the Human Genome Project, genetic privacy, DNA as a forensic tool, and the role of genetics in the new biotechnologies related to reproduction, medical treatment and research, genetic engineering, and pharmacogenetics. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7250 - INCOME TAX OF TRUSTS & ESTATES
Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates - Prerequisite: Law 7095. Coverage in detail of the income taxation of trusts and estates, including taxation of the entity and beneficiaries. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7251 - PUB INTEREST LAW/SOC WELFARE
Public Interest Law and Social Welfare (2-3 credits) - This course is an introduction to the laws and policies that address social welfare and poverty in American society. The course will explore state and federal laws addressing social welfare, including welfare reform, benefit programs, Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, consumer fraud, problems of the uninsured, and access to appropriate education, affordable housing, and safe environments. The course will also include an examination of the nature of poverty, socio-economic inequalities in U.S. society, and the challenges faced by those who provide legal representation to economically disadvantaged and other vulnerable populations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7252 - HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN
Human Rights and Children - This course explores the status of the child under international law, the rights of the child under international and regional human rights conventions, and mechanisms available for enforcing such rights. The course begins with an overview of these issues. The class then will focus on selected issues, including trafficking of children, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child labor, children in armed conflict, juvenile justice, and rights to health care and education. In examining each of these specific issues, we will explore the relevant human rights law, efforts to enforce such law, and shortcomigs in the existing legal regimes. Case studies will be drawn from a number of countries. In addition, special attention will be given to the U.S. approach to child rights generally and to the specific topic issues explored in the course. Students will be evaluated and graded through a paper due at the end of the semester, as well as class participation. 2 OR 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7253 - HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH
Human Subjects Research, Law and Ethics - This class examines legal and ethical considerations in research with human subjects. We will explore in detail the ethical and regulatory framework that governs human subjects research in the United States, including the historical basis that led to the adoption of the regulations, how that history shaped the current regulations, and how new technologies, such as genetic technologies and stem cell research, challenge the regulatory framework. 2 OR 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7255 - INT'L & COMPARATIVE HEALTH LAW
International and Comparative Health Law - This course explores the developing field of international health law. The course will examine the legal, ethical, and political issues that arise in the context of addressing current challenges to global health, and look at the role played by governments, the private sector, and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in meeting the health needs of the world's population. The course will focus on contemporary legal responses to issues such as global disparities in health; public health emergencies; pharmaceuticals and the balancing of trade and public health considerations; health and human rights; and infectious diseases. Students will be evaluated and graded through a paper due at the end of the semester, as well as class participation. 2 OR 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7256 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Independent Research - (No more than two credit hours will be counted toward graduation requirements.) Students may in their senior year undertake a project which involves investigation, research, and scholarship and culminates in a research paper of publishable quality, as determined by their supervising faculty member. Independent research may satisfy the writing requirement, but only if taken for two credit hours. 1 to 2 Credit Hours
LAW 7266 - INSURANCE LAW
Insurance Law - From a perspective of the history and development of the principles governing insurance contracts and the state regulation of the business of insurance, this course will consider the problems associated with no-fault, uninsured motorist coverages, collision insurance, medical payment, liability insurance, hospitalization insurance, and workers compensation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7270 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Intellectual Property Law - A study of the federal copyright, patent, and trademark statutes. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7271 - ADV INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEM
Advanced Intellectual Property Seminar Prerequisite - At least one of the following: LAW 7158, LAW 7417, or LAW 7478. Students will examine selected Supreme Court cases and other relevant developments and write a substantial research paper. The course may include presentations of the works-in-progress. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7273 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
Public International Law - Surveys the basic principles of law governing, primarily, the legal interrelationships of sovereign states within the context of the global legal order. Considered are the origins and the sources of public international law; participation in the international legal order; the legal implications of the doctrine of sovereignty over land, sea, and air; jurisdictional aspects of international law, international obligations; the resolution of international disputes; and the law of international cooperation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7274 - INT'L CRIMINAL LAW
International Criminal Law - Prerequisite: jurisdiction in international criminal law, specific applications (e. g., Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Money Laundering, Terrorism), procedural issues (e.g., mutual assistance, extradition), and international courts. At the discretion of the instructor, International Criminal Law may be offerred as a seminar with a research paper required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7275 - INT'L BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
International Business Transactions - A systematic approach to legal problems arising in transactions that involve entities operating in two or more nations. As well as examining international trade accords and relevant commercial law, this course surveys United States law, practice and procedure relating to the import and export of goods and transnational flow of services. Law 7276 . Seminar in European International Commercial Arbitration. (2-3) This seminar is intended to serve as an introduction to the basic legal concepts, doctrines, and principles that are relevant to the current status of international commercial arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism alternative to litigation in national court systems. Course objectives include familiarizing the student with the basic features of the modern system of international commercial arbitration and examining the transnational framework of international commercial arbitration, including its regulation in selected foreign legal orders. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7276 - SEM IN EUROPEAN COMM ARBITRAT.
Sem In European Comm Arbitrat. - Seminar in European International Commercial Arbitration This seminar is intended to serve as an introduction to the basic legal concepts, doctrines and principles that are relevant to the current status of international commercial arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism alternative to litigation in national court systems. Course objectives include familiarizing the student with with the basic features of the modern system of international commercial arbitration and examining the transnational framework of international commercial arbitration, including its regulation in selected foreign legal orders. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7277 - INT'L HUMAN RIGHTS
International Human Rights - An introduction to international human rights law and institutions. This course deals with the development of the international protection of human rights and focuses on the work of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the role of nongovernmental international human rights organizations and the human rights policy of the United States. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7280 - INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT
International Moot Court - This course is open to those students chosen to represent GSU College of Law in the annual Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7291 - INTERVIEWING/COUNSELING
Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation - This course uses role playing, videotaping, and self critique to develop the skills of legal interviewing, negotiating, and counseling in a variety of different legal contexts, including personal injury, criminal litigation, and domestic disputes. Many exercises are done outside of class. Enrollment may be limited. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7293 - SEMINAR ON JUDICIAL POWER
Seminar On Judicial Power - Seminar On Judicial Power This seminar will explore the subject of judicial power by comparing the United States with other democracies in the world, in particular the world's largest democracy, India. Topics may include judicial activism, especially in regard to the presidential election and impeachment, access to justice, the right to liberty and due process, and affirmative action. The seminar will meet weekly for part of the semester with assigned readings from both U.S. and non-American materials. A final paper (minimum 25 pages) is required. Students are expected to do independent research for the final paper. (Note: all materials relating to the Indian legal system are in English.) Individual instructor- student conferences on paper topic selection may take place at the initiative of either student or instructor. Failure to prepare for and attend class regularly may result in required withdrawal from the course. The course grade will be based on the final paper, class presentations and class participation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7295 - JURISPRUDENCE
Jurisprudence - This course explores selected topics related to the role of law in American society. Particular attention will be given to such issues as the law's authority to compel obedience; the relationship of law and morality; and the meaning of the concept of justice. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7296 - SEM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
Selected Topics in Jurisprudence - This course is designed to teach selected topics in jurisprudence. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7300 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
Juvenile Justice - A study of the juvenile justice system from investigation and detention to adjudication and disposition. The theoretical and practical distinctions between delinquency and criminality are considered. Topics covered include status offenses, diversion, and dispositional alternatives. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7306 - JUVENILE LAW
Juvenile Law - Recommended: All full-time required first-year courses. A course which considers the parent-child relationship, the power of the state to intervene in the lives of parents and children and problems relating to dependency, neglect, delinquency and status offenses. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7315 - LABOR LAW
Labor Law - A study of the law regulating the rights and activities of employers, employees, and labor unions, in the workplace. The National Labor Relations Act is examined in detail with respect to the administrative role of the National Labor Relations Board; union organizing and representation elections; collective bargaining; and the regulation of strikes, picketing, boycotts, and other concerted labor practices. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7320 - LAND USE LAW
Land Use Law - Prerequisite: Law 5051. The principal methods of public control of land use, including judicial control through doctrines such as nuisance, and legislative control through the power of eminent domain, taxation and the police powers. Special emphasis is given to the theory and practice of zoning. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7325 - LAND USE DRAFTING SEMINAR
Land Use Drafting Seminar - Prerequisites: Law 7320 and Law 7375. After introductory classes on the role and methodology of legislative drafters for local government, students draft model ordinances for selected problems and present analyses of those ordinances. Each student prepares two drafting exercises: a comprehensive regulation in the role of government attorney and suggested amendments to another student's regulation in the role of attorney for an interest group. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7330 - LAW AND THE ELDERLY
Law and the Elderly - A study of legal problems that are common to elderly clients, including Social Security, SSI, Medicare, nursing home law, pensions, and age discrimination. This course may also consider issues relating to guardianships, conservatorships, housing problems, voluntary euthanasia, and abuse of the elderly. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7333 - LAW AND THE INTERNET
Law and the Internet - This course will introduce students to use of the Internet as a resource for legal research; to legal issues arising on the Internet (e.g., privacy, censorship, security, e-mail fraud); and to ways to make substantive legal information available to others on the Internet. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7336 - FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW PRACTICE
Fundamentals of Law Practice - Limited enrollment. Consent of the instructor required. Students will learn practice skills and ethical decisionmaking through simulating the work of a small, general practice law firm. The course grade will be based on written work, performance in simulation exercises, and class participation. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7339 - MANAGING CORPORATE INTEGRITY
Managing Corporate Integrity - From Legal Compliance to Corporate Responsibility This course introduces management and law students to the fundamental issues and current best practices in managing legal/ethical compliance and corporate social responsibility Topics and cases will cover both domestic and international business issues. Special attention is given to preparing law and management students to understand and manage the demands on US and international corporations making complex business decisions in the face of increasing expectations for transparency and accountability. Structured around real- world cases that simulate the challenges of today's domestic and global markets, the course equips students to manage and integrate the differing perspectives of lawyers and managers The course uses focused reading in law and management, interactive case-studies, simulations, and class discussions that include presentations by corporate executives. Prior study of Corporations and Professional Responsibility recommended, but not required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7341 - LAW AND PSYCHIATRY
Law and Psychiatry - An examination of the interrelationship of law and psychiatry and the role of psychiatric experts in the legal process. The course will address civil aspects of mental health law such as commitment of the mentally ill, competency, testamentary capacity, and the law of psychic damages; and, criminal aspects of forensic psychiatry including criminal responsibility, competency to stand trail, juristic psychology, dangerousness determinations, and coerced behavioral change. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7346 - LAW & SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR
Law and Social Science Seminar - This course deals with the use in law of social science research data. The course will examine different types of social science research methods, the results of several important studies, and the use of these results in judicial decisions. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7350 - LAW REVIEW
Law Review - (One hour per semester for a maximum of five hours.) For upper-level students who serve on the editorial board or as candidates for the Georgia State University Law Review. (By invitation only.) 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7355 - LAW/SCIENCE/TECH SEMINAR
Law, Science and Technology Seminar - Limited enrollment. This seminar will consider how our legal system regulates the technological and scientific hazards presently facing our society. Principal focus will be on the illustrative topics of genetic engineering and nuclear energy, although other areas may be considered. Intensive classroom participation is expected. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7364 - SEM IN GA LEGAL HISTORY
Seminar in Georgia Legal History - This seminar introduces the student to basic principles of historical methodology and historiography and to selected legal aspects of primary names in Georgia history drawn from sources in the colonial and revolutionary period; the western and expansion of the State and the growth of sectionalism, the War of 1861-1865 and Reconstruction; the embrace of New South ideologies; and the emergence of modern Georgia in the twentieth century. Resources in the seminar encompass a special emphasis on the use of primary and secondary materials traditionally associated with historical inquiry as well as with resources customarily employed in legal research. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7365 - LEGAL HISTORY
Legal History - A study of the origins, development and characteristics of American legal institutions and the basic themes in American law which have shaped practice and jurisprudence. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7375 - LEGISLATION
Legislation - An examination of the legislative process and statutory interpretation, including examination of how legislation is enacted; constitutional limitations upon legislative enactments; amendment, revision and repeal; the interrelationship between courts and legislatures; and the interpretive process and the principles and techniques which guide courts in that process. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7380 - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING SEMINAR
Legislative Drafting and Interpretation Seminar - Prerequisite: Law 7375. The principal focus of this course is on the development of skills in (1) the drafting of statutes and/or ordinances, (2) advocacy in the legislative process, and (3) advocacy in the interpretation of statutes and ordinances. Weekly problems in interpretation and/or drafting will be assigned and discussed in a seminar setting. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7385 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW
Local Government Law - An examination of the legal framework for governing urban or rural localities with emphasis on the relationship of units of local government to one another and to the state and national governments. Among the topics considered are the organization, financing, and operation of local governments; legislative control of local government; and sources and limits of local governing power. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7386 - ADVANCED LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW
Advanced Local Government Law - Recommended: Law 7385 or 7320. This course will provide an opportunity for in-depth study of one or more Local Government Law issues that may include, but are not limited to: public finance, taxation, bond issuance, and revenues; state and local government structures, including municipal incorporation, annexation, regionalism, consolidation, dissolution, and federation; exercise of local government powers, including land use powers; home rule and preemption; intergovernmental conflicts and cooperation; transfer of functions and delegation of governmental power; and privitization of public services and outsourcing. This course may be taught in seminar format. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7390 - MASS COMMUNICATIONS LAW
Mass Communications Law - Topics to be covered may include broadcast and cable rules and regulations, free press and fair trial, libel, privacy and the press, journalist's privilege, the law of news gathering, and access and reply to the press. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7395 - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Mergers and Acquisitions - The law relating to transactions by means of which two or more corporations combine with but one corporate entity surviving, or in which one business entity obtains another by purchase, exchange, or the like. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7397 - COMPARATIVE GROWTH MGT LAW
Comparative Growth Mgt Law - Comparative Growth Management Law This course, taught by distinguished visiting foreign law professors specializing in land use planning and environmental law, will explore the comparative legal aspects of metropolitan growth management and control as it affects the human, built, and physical environments. In Spring 2007, it will be taught by visitors from Columbia, Canada and Poland. Two credits, with a three credit option for those who choose to write a short paper. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7405 - MOOT COURT I
Moot Court Board I - Prerequisites: Law 7075 and Law 7076. (One hour per semester for a maximum of two hours.) For students chosen to serve on the Moot Court Board. Apart from administering the moot court program, board members are eligible to represent the College of Law in regional and national moot court competitions. S/U grade. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7406 - MOOT COURT II
Moot Court Board II - Prerequisites: Law 7075 and Law 7076. (One hour per semester for a maximum of two hours.) See Law 7405. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7407 - MOOT COURT III
MOOT COURT II - no description. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7408 - MOOT COURT IV
MOOT COURT IV - no description. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7410 - MULTI-STATE TAXATION
Multistate Taxation - Prerequisite: Law 7095. An examination of state and local taxation, including requirements of uniformity and equality, ad valorem property taxes, sales and use taxes, due process restrictions, exemption and immunity from taxation, and tax procedures. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7413 - NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
National Security Law - Prerequisite: Law 6000. A seminar exploring contemporary issues and problems in the use of armed force to maintain the security of the nation. The focus on the seminar is on the way in which international, constitutional, and statutory law facilitates and constrains the projection of national policy by means of war and military actions short of war. The course explores through case studies of such actions as Operation Desert Storm (Iraq); Operation Just Cause (Panama); Operation Urgent Fury (Granada); the Vietnam War; the constitutional paradox of the armed forces, an authoritarian institution whose purpose is to inflict destruction and death by the skilled application of military force functioning within an open, democratic society. Specific topics considered will vary according to current events. The coverage of the course will include the international law of armed conflict (public international law constraints on the conduct of war), an introduction to military law and the military justice system, the political control of the military by Congress and the President with special attention to the War Powers Resolution, problem areas of "low-intensity conflict," undeclared and covert war, terrorism, national emergency powers, internal security and access to information involving national security, laws governing service personnel, and regulations of the composition of the fighting force including the draft and related issues such as women in combat roles and service policies regarding homosexuals. Students may elect to write a paper or to take an examination. Papers may satisfy the writing requirement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7414 - NEGOTIATION
Negotiation Students may not enroll in this course if they have taken or are taking LAW 7060 - Alternative Dispute Resolution. This course provides the fundamentals of negotiation. It offers both a theoretical understanding of the negotiation process and practical skills of an effective negotiator. The course combines readings, simulated role plays and exercises, and written assignments. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7415 - PARTNERSHIP TAXATION
Partnership Taxation - Prerequisite: Law 7095. Coverage in detail of the income taxation of partnerships, including planning considerations and some consideration of the use of partnerships as investment vehicles. Includes some comparative coverage of similarly treated entities such as cooperatives and joint ventures. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7417 - PATENT LAW
Patent Law - An introduction to patentability, patent infringement, and patent and trademark licensing. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7419 - ADV ISSUES IN PRE-TRIAL LITIG
Advanced Issues in Civil Pre-Trial Litigation - Prerequisies: Recommended Law 6010, 6020, and 6030. Limited enrollment. Through classroom simulations, short legal research and writing projects, and other exercises and reading, this class addresses selected advanced topics in pre-trial civil litigation practice. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7420 - PRODUCTS LIABILITY
Products Liability - This course will examine the legal responsibility of product suppliers for harms caused by product defects and misrepresentations. Appropriate parties, causes of actions, and varieties of defects will be among the topics discussed. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7425 - PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Public International Law - This course surveys the basic principles of law governing, primarily, the legal interrelationships of sovereign states within the context of the global legal order. Considered are the origins and sources of public international law; participation in the international legal order; the legal implications of the doctrine of sovereignty over land, sea, and air; jurisdictional aspects of international law; international obligations; the resolution of international disputes; and the law of international cooperation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7430 - PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW SEM
Public International Law Seminar - A seminar on selected problems in international law. A paper is required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7433 - RACE/ETHNICITY & THE LAW
Race and Ethnicity and the Law - Prerequisite: none, although Constitutional Law is helpful. Race has played a central role in American law from the Constitutional Convention through the civil rights movement to debates on affirmative action. This course will look at the evolution of "race" as a legal construct and its relation to ethnicity in our legal system. Examining cases, statutes, and analysis from diverse viewpoints, the course will consider the concept of a "colorblind" legal system in light of these historical developments. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7435 - REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Real Estate Transactions - Prerequisite: Law 5051. This is the basic course in conveyancing. The simple transfer of residential real estate is studied: listing agreements, contracts for sale, financing, closing, recording, and warranty obligations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7437 - ADV REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Advanced Real Estate Transactions - Prerequisite: Law 7435. This second-level elective in real estate integrates material from taxation, property law, and other related subjects in the context of major development projects. Typical large commercial developments such as shopping centers or office complexes are studied from acquisition, through construction to final financing arrangements. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7441 - REGULATED INDUSTRIES
Regulated Industries - Governmental regulation of the selected industries not subject to the legal controls applicable to the economy at large: conventional public utilities such as gas, electric, telephone, and pipeline; domestic ground and air transportation; and mass communications. Aspects of these industries to be covered will include control of entry, determination of rates, and regulation of services and practices. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7445 - REMEDIES
Remedies - This course is concerned with the equitable and legal remedies which are available to protect property interests, personal interests, and business interests. In addition to its emphasis on protectable real and personal property interests, the course will also include: (1) examination of public policy considerations relative to urban housing problems, the control of nuisance, and the resolution of ownership controversies and attempts by contracting parties to alter damage rules; (2) remedies in employer-employee disputes; and (3) a miscellany of tortious interest protection including defamation, product disparagement, injury to feelings, and physical injury and death. Damage remedies, restitutionary remedies, and specific performance and injunctive relief will be the focus of the course. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7451 - SALES
Sales - Prerequisite: Law 5011. The study of commercial sales transactions with emphasis on Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7453 - FORENSIC EVIDENCE
Forensic Evidence - This course will examine selected topics in the forensic sciences devoted to the investigation and trial of both civil and criminal cases. Primary attention will be given to the investigation and trial of criminal cases. The course topics will consist of both legal and scientific aspects of the investigative and trial processes. Legal analysis will focus primarily on issues of criminal and civil discovery and the debate over the legal requirements for an area of forensic science to be utilized at trial. Outside speakers may be invited to make presentations. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7460 - SECURITIES REGULATION
Securities Regulation - Prerequisite: Law 7101. The Securities Act of 1933 as well as portions of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Requirements for registration under the 1933 Act as well as the exemptions therefrom. Rule 10(b) (5) liability as well as liability under Sections 11 and 12 of the 1933 Act. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7471 - SEXUAL IDENTITY & THE LAW
Sexual Identity and the Law - This course focuses on issues pertaining to sexual identity and the law. The course will examine topics such as employment issues, military service, domestic relations, and criminal laws as they relate to sexual identity. At the discretion of the instructor, Sexual Identity and the Law may be offered as a seminar with a research paper required. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7472 - SOCIETY & SUPREME COURT SEM
Supreme Court Seminar - This seminar takes an institutional look at the Supreme Court, exploring in detail the different facets of the Court's procedures and operations. The course examines the nomination process; the process by which the court shapes and controls its docket; the process of deciding cases on the merits; and other institutional issues, including the role of the solicitor general, the role of the amici curiae briefs, and the relationship of the Court to the press and the public, etc. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7473 - SPORTS LAW
Sports Law - Selected legal problems of athletes, teams, leagues, and associations will be examined, along with antitrust and other regulatory concerns faced by sports as a commercial industry. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7478 - TRADEMARKS/UNFAIR COMPETITION
Trademarks and Unfair Competition - Analysis of common law and federal trademark law, including the acquisition, maintenance, and enforcement of rights, as well as the remedies available for infringement. Unfair competition law doctrines such as "passing off" and "false designation of origin" will also be covered. The course will also include recent developments in false advertising and an overview of the right of publicity, including the use of "sound-a-likes" and "look-a-likes." 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7480 - TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PROBLEMS
Transnational Legal Problems - This course emphasizes the interdependence of the international legal order and municipal legal systems in their application to transnational commerce and trade. It includes a comparison of the conceptions of law in national systems and the international legal regime; the nature of international tribunals, including the arbitration process; the protection by states of their nationals, both corporate and individual; international minimum standards and due process, with an emphasis on the protection of the person and national expropriation of alien-owned property; the act of state doctrine; and special issues in international litigation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7485 - TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION SEM
Transnational Litigation Seminar - This seminar concentrates on advanced research and writing in the area of cross-border civil litigation, including the study of special jurisdictional problems; the service of process and other judicial documents; the taking of evidence abroad; the enforcement of judgements in foreign states; and special alternative dispute resolution devices available in the arena of international commercial and investment disputes. 1 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7487 - TRIAL ADVOCACY I
Trial Advocacy I - Prerequisite: Law 6010. Students enrolled in these courses will represent the College of Law on teams competing in mock trial competitions, including the Georgia Bar Association Competition, the National Trial Competition, the Atlanta Trial Lawyers Association Competition, the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers Competition and other competitions. Enrollment will be limited. S/U grade. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7488 - TRIAL ADVOCACY II
Trial Advocacy II - Prerequisite: Law 6010. See Law 7487. 1 Credit Hours
LAW 7494 - URBAN FELLOWS PROGRAM
For upper - level students who are selected to serve as Urban Fellows of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth. 1 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7496 - U.S. TAX OF INT'L TRANS
United States Taxation of International Transactions - Prerequisites: Law 7095 and 7110 or consent of instructor. Examines the income tax provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code which affect international transactions and activities, including import, export, and performance of services. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7500 - WATER RIGHTS
Water Rights - Prerequisite: Law 5051. Limited enrollment. This seminar will focus on the issues of law and policy arising in allocation of water resources. After introductory sessions dealing with basic legal principles involved in acquiring, maintaining, transferring, and adjudicating property rights in water, students will present in-class analyses of current topics in water resource allocation. Each student presentation will form the basis of a research paper to be completed within five weeks of the final class. Students are urged to begin consultation with the instructor to identify topic areas during the semester before the course offering. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7506 - WHITE COLLAR CRIME
White Collar Crime - A study of the prosecution and defense of persons for nonviolent crime for financial gain typically committed by means of deception and in the course and under color of legitimate economic activity. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7510 - WILLS/TRUSTS/ESTATES I
Wills, Trusts and Estates I - Basic survey of the legal framework surrounding the transfer of property through intestate succession, wills, and trusts. Includes coverage of powers of appointment and an introductory overview of wealth transfer taxation. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7511 - FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATION
Wills, Trusts and Estates II - Prerequisite: issues relating to the transfer of property through wills and trusts (including coverage of future interests and the rule against perpetuities) and coverage of fiduciary administration and the probate process. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7515 - WOMEN AND THE LAW
Women and the Law - A survey of legal issues relating to women, including criminal law, gender discrimination, family law, special statutory programs, and constitutional law. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7521 - WORKERS COMPENSATION
Workers Compensation - Prerequisite: Law 5061. An examination of common features of state workers' compensation statutes including concepts of accident, course of employment, injuries arising out of employment, and causation as well as related problems. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7522 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION SEM
Workers' Compensation Seminar - Prerequisite: Law 7521. This course will be structured so that students will be given a fact situation that they will prepare for hearing. Each week students will hear a lecture on various aspects of preparing and trying a workers' compensation claim, including the preparation of interrogatories, scheduling and taking of depositions, and settlement negotiations and trial tactics, among other issues. The students will use their new skills to try a claim at the end of the semester in an authentic setting before an administrative law judge. Enrollment will be limited to 12 students who have completed the Workers' Compensation course. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7599 - THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION
The Future of Legal Education: Comparative Perspectives - Limited enrollment. Consent of the instructor required. This is a one-time course linked to the College of Law's 25th Anniversary International Conference on the Future of Legal Education to be held in Spring 2008. Students will learn about the history and structure of American legal education and then evaluate reform proposals by studying innovative law schools in the United States and other countries. A central text will be the 2007 Report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law. Students may apply for an additional 1-2 credit hours of Independent Research in order to write a proposed chapter for the book to be published from the proceedings of the 2008 Conference. A limited number of travel grants will be available for Independent Research students to visit law schools overseas that are the subject of their proposed book chapter and to work with their potential co-authors on the faculty of those schools. The course will be taught in two segments: Summer 2007 and Fall 2007. The Summer segment will prepare students to present Independent Research proposals. Approved IR students will then be encouraged to conduct their fieldwork before Fall 2007 and present their findings in the Fall segment. Students who do not conduct fieldwork will complete their papers using conventional research resources. The course grade will be based on the draft paper submitted at the end of the Summer segment, the final paper submitted at the end of the Fall segment, and on class participation. 1 to 2 Credit Hours
LAW 7600 - TAX CLINIC - TAX COURT I
Tax Law Clinic Tax Court I - Prerequisite: Law 7095 This clinic will permit students to assist individual clients to prepare their cases for presentation before the Small Claims Division of U.S. Tax Court and before the administrative appeals offices of the Internal Revenue Service. Under appropriate supervision, students will provide advice in a wide range of matters arising under the Internal Revenue Code. They will interview clients, research legal issues, analyze facts, prepare protests and petitions. This course may be taken by a limited number of students, and students seeking to enroll must have an overall GPA of 75.00. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7601 - TAX CLINIC - TAX COURT II
Tax Law Clinic Tax Court II - Prerequisite: Law 7095 and Law 7600. This is a continuation of Tax Law Clinic Tax Court I. Students will handle the more advanced aspects of the cases developed in Tax Court I. Their activities will include actual presentation of taxpayer positions before the I.R.S. and arguing cases before the U.S. Tax Court. This course may be taken by a limited number of students, and students seeking to enroll must have a minimum GPA of 75.00. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7630 - BUSINESS & ENVIRON PROTECTION
Doing Business and Environmental Protection - Comparative Perspectives on the Regulatory State in the U.S. and Argentina. This course will examine the regulatory and administrative state in a comparative law context, using U.S. and Argentine administrative law as they affect business regulation and environmental regulation. Co-taught by U.S. and Argentine faculty members, the materials present U.S. and Argentine as well as comparative analysis of both. The course will be divided into three principal sections. First, it will introduce students to the constitutional bases for executive regulation in both legal systems. Second, the course will examine different regulatory responses to environmental protection law and regulation in the U.S. and Argentina. Third and finally, the course will ask students to consider the consequences of those legal and regulatory strategies for the regulation of business, with a focus on trans-national business between the U.S. and Argentina. The foundational U.S. administrative law statute (the Administrative Procedure Act) will be compared to comparable Argentine laws. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7650 - COASTAL LAW
Coastal Law - Three-quarters of the world's population is concentrated on the coasts. Coasts are also the sites of important environmental features, such as estuaries that serve as the nursery grounds for coastal fisheries and mangroves that harbor marine life, serve to protect shorelines and perform important water filtration functions. At the same time, industrial developement tends to cluster along coasts. In this, the U.S. is typical of worldwide trends: thirty coastal and Great Lakes states contain not only most of the population but also a preponderance of U.S. industrial investment. Coastal Law will examine the laws, regulations and policies affecting coastal zone management. Through in-class exercises, Coastal Law will provide students the opportunity to consider options for strengthening and improving coastal zone management regimes. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7651 - SOCIAL EQUALITY AND THE LAW
Social Equality and the Law: A Comparative Consideration of Race, Ethnicity and Class - This course will examine the legal response to (in)equality in the United States and Brazil with a comparative consideration of the treatment of racial, ethnic, and economic status in both nations. Both the U.S. and Brazil are among the most diverse countries in the world; they are also countries with complicated responses to equality questions. Thus, the course will ask whether legal institutions are the appropriate means to assure equality in it's different dimensions, and, if so, how so. The course will examine the ways in which citizens are and have been protected (or not) on the basis of status in both countries and will also consider the efficacy of the protections that exist. Topics for comparison and discussion will include constitutional and statutory status protections, affirmative action efforts and also the cultural limits of legal enforcement. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7652 - PUB HEALTH LAW & POL:PERSPECTI
Pub Health Law & Policy: Global & Comparative Perspectives - Surveys the global, regional and national legal and regulatory frameworks that shape cross-border health issues. The course will examine the international health regulatory structure, including the World Health Organization and it's Millennium Health Goals, as well as proposed legal instruments like the Framework Convention on Tobacco. The course thus focuses on governance and mangement of public health issues against the backdrop of the globalization of the world's legal and regulatory structures, economies, cultures, and production systems; it will examine legal issues raised by this inter-connection in events like the SARS epidemic, polio recurrence, and bioterrorism. The course also will evaluate the intersection of health and trade law policy in documents such as the TRIPS. At a regional level, the course will consider the role of an entity like the Pan American Health Organization and the extent to which it directs national legislation concerning public health in member countries. In 2007, this class will be taught in Rio de Janeiro and as such will focus on public health challenges in Brazil, and the role of foreign legal and public health professionals in resolving them. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7653 - COMP CONCEPTS OF CRIM JUSTICE
Comparative Concepts of Criminal Justice - This course will examine how Brazil and the United States conceive of criminal justice. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7654 - ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT LAW
Ecosystem Management Law - Beginning in the 1970s, the nation federalized environmental protection with a series of major pieces of legislation. Each of these laws focused on the clean up of a single environmental medium, mandating cleaner air, water, soils and so on. Increasingly, however, diverse interests from real estate financing companies to local government officials have called for an integrated approach that combines land use planning techniques and environmental law and regulation. The course is recommended for those students who wish to position themselves for careers in real estate, land use and environmental law. Recommended prerequisites: Law 7200 and/or Law 7320. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7655 - COMPARATIVE ECOSYSTEM MGT LAW
Comparative Ecosystem Management Law - This course, which can only be taken immediately before or after a student enrolls in Law 7565 (Ecosystem Management Law) will be a one-week, intensive comparative law course held between the Fall and Spring semesters. The course will require students to research and write a short research paper related to the comparative legal themes explored in the course. In 2008, it is anticipated that the course will be held in the Dominican Republic or Panama. 1 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7656 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW
Sustainable Development Law - The law of sustainable development, which aims to better integrate international environmental law and international economic law related to development, human rights and labor law, was first enunciated at the highest level in the Rio Declaration, an official call to action coming from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This course surveys the field of sustainable development law as it has grown in importance for more than 15 years, using materials related to difficulties in conducting good governance of selected biodiverse areas as varied as the Atlantic and Amazonian rain forests, as well as fisheries on the high seas. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7657 - COMPARATIVE FAMILY LAW
Comparative Family Law - Comparative Family Law This course will explore and critically examine the intersection of law, family and society. Using various principles of jurisprudence, sociological theory, and empirical research, as well as guest speakers and site visits, to compare and contrast Brazilian and U.S. models of family formation and family dissolution. In addition, this course will examine how race, gender and class mediate relational power in whose family life is defined, regulated, and protected under the law versus whose family is created outside the shadow of the law. Topics include marriage, divorce, parent's and children's rights, "third party" rights, domestic violence, adoption, and reproductive technology. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7658 - INT'L & COMPARATIVE HEALTH LAW
International & Comparative Health Law - This course explores the developing field of international health law. The course will examine the legal, ethical and political issues that arise in the context of addressing current challenges to global health, and look at the role played by governments, the private sector, and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in meeting the health needs of the world's population. The course will focus on contemporary legal responses to issues such as global disparities in health; public health emergences; pharmaceuticals and the balancing of trade and public health considerations; health and human rights; and infectious diseases. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7659 - COMPARATIVE CORPORATE LAW
Comparative Corporate Law: Governance/Transactions/Practice - Compares and contrasts the systems for regulating internal governance and corporate finance in various countries, with a primary emphasis on the United States and Brazil. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7660 - COMP ENVIRON LAW: URBAN ISSUES
Comparative Environmental Law: Urban Issues - Examines Brazilian legal and regulatory responses to issues such as urbanization and its threat to biodiversity of the Atlantic Rainforest, water and wastewater management in a less-developed country, the use of international and national legal instruments to improve urban air quality, ecosystem conservation, and environmental education. Brazilian experience and efforts will be compared to U.S. and other legal responses where relevant. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7661 - COMP MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Comparative Mergers and Acquisitions Law - Compares and contrasts the systems for regulating negotiated and hostile business combinations - mergers, stock purchases (including tender offers), asset transfers, and other available transactions - in various countries. This survey will include examinations of merger and acquisitions laws and regulations on both national and sub-national levels. Emphasis will be placed on underlying policies and the ramifications of those policies on corporate constituencies in and outside the core corporate governance structure (i.e., "other constituences" as well as directors, officers, and shareholders). In this vein, the course will address managerialism and the market for corporate control, as well as evidence of board primacy or shareholder primacy in merger and acquisition regulation in various countries, and identify implications of these themes for corporate governance in particular countries and in the global marketplace. In addition, the course will involve discussions and analysis of: common and civil law traditions; the convergence/path dependence debate; overall social, political, and economic forces that determine acquisition and takeover regulation; whether law matters; and the differing roles of regulatory organizations. Whenever possible, the course also will illustrate and allow for the practice of related legal drafting skills. Recommended courses prior to enrollment: Business Associations or Corporations. 2 OR 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7662 - CONFLICT PREVENTION & COM IMPR
Conflict Prevention and Community Improvement - This course will study creative responses to community conflict in Rio and other Brazilian communities and will examine their impact on law and society. The course will offer students an opportunity to examine and discuss the dispute resolution design process with professionals and to visit Brazilian community programs to observe first-hand active conflict prevention programs. Students will consider the Brazilian models in the context of the institutionalization of dispute resolution/conflict prevention in both legal and extra-legal settings in developed and less developed communities internationally. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7663 - COMPARATIVE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
Comparative Legal Institutions & Institutional Legitimacy - This course will examine, compare and contrast the Brazilian and United States legal systems, focusing in particular on the role of courts and the judiciary. Topics will include the method of judicial selection, retention, and training; and the major social, legal, and political challenges that each country's courts currently face. In addition to a comparative overview of the U.S. and Brazilian civil and criminal justice systems and the Brazilian judiciary, the course will address how the U.S. and Brazilian systems have responded, in the civil and criminal arenas, to two specific challenges -- access to justice and decisional delay (as prompted by caseload volume) -- and how those challenges have impacted the overall objective of accomplishing and maintaining institutional legitimacy. The course will, finally, consider how differences in culture and society affect different outcomes. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7664 - INTL & COMP EQUALITY LAW SEM
International and Comparative Equality Law Seminar - This course examines equality law from a wide range of countries in both the developed and developing world, with a focus on questions of gender equality. The course will first present international women's rights law and crucial debates in that field. Then the course will present comparative perspectives on these same issues, exploring specific issues of gender in various countries throughout the world, including: a) the role gender plays in national legal and political institutions, b) how various governments' responses to gender inequality vary and overlap, and c) what role legal structures play in facilitating (or obstructing) equality movements. 2 to 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7665 - COMPARATIVE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS
Comparative Legal Institutions and Institutional Legitimacy - This course will examine, compare and contrast the Brazilian and United States legal systems, focusing in particular on the role of courts and the judiciary. Topics will include the method of judicial selection, retention, and training; and the major social, legal and political challenges that each country's courts currently face. In addition to a comparative overview of the U.S. and Brazillian civil and criminal justice systems and the Brazilian judiciary, the course will address how the U.S. and Brazilian systems have responded, in the civil and criminal arenas, to two specific challenges -- access to justice and decisional delay (as prompted by caseload volume) -- and how those challenges have impacted the overall objective of accomplishing and maintaining institutional legitimacy. The course will, finally, consider how differences in culture and society affect the different outcomes in these respects. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7670 - BUSINESS & ENV PROTECTION
Doing Business and Environmental Protection - Comparative Perspectives on the Regulatory State in the U.S. and Argentina. This course will examine the regulatory and administrative state in a comparative law context, using U.S. and Argentine administrative law as they affect business regulation and environmental regulation. Co-taught by U.S. and Argentine faculty members, the materials present U.S. and Argentine law as well as comparative analyses of both. The course will be divided into three principle sections. First, it will introduce students to the constitutional bases for executive regulation in both legal systems. Second, the course will examine different regulatory responses to environmental protection law and regulation in the U.S. and Argentina. Third and finally, the course will ask students to consider the consequences of those legal and regulatory strategies for the regulation of business, with a focus on trans-national business between the U.S. and Argentina. The foundational U.S. administrative law statue (the Administrative Procedure Act) will be compared to comparable Argentine laws. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7671 - COMPARATIVE BUSINESS LAW
Comparative Business Law - Comparative Business Law This course offers a comparative survey of various topics of business law of the United States and Argentina. Co-taught by both U.S. and Argentine business law faculty, the materials present U.S. and Argentine law as well as comparative analyses of both. The principal topics addressed will be the legal structure of business entities, issues related to the limited liability of corporate entities, fiduciary duties and liabilities of corporate officials, and government regulation. Because it is a comparative law course, the topics will be addressed from the perspective of both U.S. and Argentine law. Additionally, the course will address related areas of commercial law, principally the rules concerning negotiable instruments and secured transactions. To that end, Articles 3 and 9 of the U.S. Uniform Commercial Code will be compared to the counterpart Argentine statutes and commercial code. 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7700 - CAPSTONE SERIES: WILLS/TAX
CAPSTONE SERIES: Business Succession Planning - Pre-requisites: Law 7095, Law 7110, Law 7510 and Law 6020. This course will integrate and apply the knowledge gathered from Wills, Trusts and Estates; Basic Tax; Business Tax; and Professional Responsibility to a real-life business succession fact pattern. The course will bridge the gap between academic studies and the practice of law. Students will engage in significant experiential learning exercises in which writing and oral skills are developed. 6 Credit Hours
