| source University of Washington (X) |
level |
department Law E (X) |
Independent research and writing project supervised by a faculty member. Projects are structured to develop skills in research, analysis, and writing. Offered: AWSpS.
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Focuses on currently emerging issues in local government, such as municipal regulation of land use, the initiative process, technology and privacy, governmental responses to urban social problems and regional challenges. Production of publishable paper by student satisfies the advanced writing project requirement.
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Examines how economic deregulation, financial restructuring and technological change affect contracts in Asia. Topics include licensing, franchise and e-commerce contract in Japan, China, and Taiwan; contract law and practice in Vietnam and Indonesia; cultural norms in contracting; convergence toward "global standards;" and the role of lawyers and other agents.
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Explores the legal, ethical, and financial issues involved in providing legal services to moderate income persons. Uses a combination of lectures and interactive discussion. Credit/no credit only.
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Survey of the legal origins of the European Union and the synthesis of the major European legal traditions achieved. Focus on the process of harmonizing national laws of the member states and economic integration in the area of competition law and free movement of goods and services.
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An interdisciplinary workshop that examines the role of multinational corporations in a global society. Topics include the legal construct of the multinational corporation, the multinational and the state, the multinational and human rights, and the multinational in the international arena. Offered: jointly with SIS 562.
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Examines laws generally applicable to nonprofit corporations and legal issue relating to cooperatives, credit unions, and thrift/mutual associations. Attention given to the Washington Nonprofit Corporations Act with comparable statutes and model legislation.
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Covers the formal charging, trial, and appellate stages of criminal proceedings, including grand jury proceedings, prosecutorial discretion in charging, pretrial release and detention, charging and venue joinder and severance, double jeopardy assistance of counsel, discovery, and disclosure, criminal trials appeals, and collateral post conviction remedies. Prerequisite: LAW A 505; LAW B 515.
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Introduction to the regulatory regime governing foreign trade and investment in China and in-depth coverage of key aspects of the regime, with focus on issues faced by U.S. businesses. Covers specific regulations, their implementation in practice, as well as the political and economic background. Offered: jointly with SISEA 517.
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Explores jurisprudence as "the jurist's quest for a systematic vision that will order and illuminate the realities of the law" and legal philosophy as "the philosopher's effort to understand the legal order and its role in human life." Examines various texts, emphasizing works of one or more proponents and critics of liberalism.
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Prerequisite: LAW A 526, LAW E 547, or LAW A 546. Offered: S.
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Credit/no credit only.
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Overview of legal issues affecting poor people, including relevant background readings on poverty and access to justice, and selection problems such as housing and homelessness, education, employment issues of low-wage workers, income support and welfare reform, consumer law, family law, and child care.
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Clinical training protecting rights of low-income people who stand to lose their vehicles under Seattle's Driving While License Suspended (DWLS) car impoundment law (akin to a forfeiture program) without having been convicted of DWLS. Counsel walk-up clients at Seattle Municipal Court, conduct legal research on possible challenges to vehicle seizure.
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Clinical training in appellate litigation with both seminar and practical components dealing with appellate procedure, strategy, and applicable substantive law. Students represent clients in state appellate court, writing at least one appellate brief and participating in oral argument.
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Offers clinical training in substantive areas of law implicated in representation of Native American tribal court criminal and dependency proceedings. Open to third year students in the JD program. Recommended: LAW A 565; LAW B 503; LAW B 515; and LAW B 520, which may be taken concurrently, Offered: AWSp.
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Analyzes sports cases and materials that cover multiple disciplines, including contracts, torts, constitutional, antitrust, labor and employment, intellectual property, and criminal law. Participation in problem solving exercises and drafting and negotiations sessions, which explore areas like player and coaching contracts, investigation of NCAA rules infractions, and possible sanctions against universities.
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Explores international human rights law through a rigorous curriculum including both human rights philosophy and practice. Topics include aspects of human rights with various disciplines from environmental law and public health to business. Prerequisite: LAW B 596; LAW A 574, both of which may be taken concurrently.
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Basic federal income tax principles, how the tax law impacts a wide variety of business and personal transactions and decisions, and what a reformed tax law might look like.
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Credit/no credit only.
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