| source UC Davis (X) |
level |
department Law, School of (X) |
Discussion—1 hour. Introduction to basic concepts of the law, the historical roots of common law and equity, the precedent system in its practical operation, the modes of reasoning used by courts and attorneys, and the fundamentals of statutory interpretation. (S/U grading only.)
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Discussion—2 hours. History and fundamental principles of the United State’s legal system. Important current legal issues, developments and trends. Required for LL.M. students who have not attended a U.S. law school. Fall semester only. (S/U grading only.)
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Discussion—4 hours. A study of doctrines and concepts of property law with primary emphasis on real property. Course coverage includes: the estates in land system; the landlord-tenant relationship, conveyancing, and private and public land use control.
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Discussion—5 hours. Examines sorts of promises that are enforced and the nature of protection given promissory obligations in both commercial and noncommercial transactions. Inquiry is made into the means by which traditional doctrine adjusts or fails to adjust to changing social demands.
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Discussion—5 hours. A study of the fundamental and recurrent problems in civil actions including the methods used by federal and state courts to resolve civil disputes.
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Discussion—5 hours. Familiarizes students with legal rules, concepts and approaches pertinent to the recovery for personal injuries, property damages and harm done to intangible interests.
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Discussion—4 hours. The principles, doctrines and controversies regarding the basic structure of and division of powers in American government. Specific topics include judicial review, jurisdiction, standing to sue, federalism, federal and state powers and immunities, and the separation of powers among the branches of the federal government.
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Discussion—3 hours. Study of the bases and limits of criminal liability. Coverage of the constitutional, statutory, and case law rules which define, limit, and provide defenses to individual liability for the major criminal offenses.
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Discussion/laboratory—2 hours. This fall semester course taught by Wydick Fellowship Program faculty is an integrated legal research and writing skills course. Basic legal research resources and strategies are introduced and practiced.
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Discussion—1 hour. A description of the evolution and use of sources of law and secondary authority. LL.M. students only.
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Discussion—2 hours. Focuses on persuasive writing and oral advocacy. Students will complete integrated research and writing assignments, including a complaint, a strategic defense office memorandum, a motion to dismiss in federal court, and an appellate brief, with oral arguments by all students.
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Discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 274 or consent of instructor. This course covers all essential aspects of patent law: patentable subject matter, novelty, utility, nonobviousness, enablement, prosecution, infringement, and remedies.
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Seminar—2 hours. This course compares U.S. criminal procedure with that of other countries, particularly the differing roles of the prosecutor, defense counsel, and the judge. Limited enrollment.
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Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: Prior social theory or criminal procedure knowledge not required; completion of course 227A strongly recommended. Analyze the legal, historical, and sociological aspects of the growing private sector provision of criminal justice services traditionally assumed by government, including prisons, policing, and adjudication. Limited enrollment.
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Discussion—2 hours. Theoretical and empirical approaches to negotiation for the purposes of making deals and resolving legal disputes. Limited enrollment.
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Discussion—3 hours. Mental illness, the regulation of mental health professionals, the patient-professional relationship, mental health professionals as expert witnesses, and deprivation of liberty and property based upon mental disorder. With the prior written approval of the instructor, the advanced legal writing requirement may be satisfied by the research paper required for this course.
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Discussion—2 hours. This course will consider the many ways in which society seeks to establish and maintain quality in patient care.
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Discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 205; course 206. Will examine the laws responses to a particular aspect of globalization, transnational crime. The course will explore the phenomenon of transnationality and how it affects the power of nationstates, acting alone or together, to prosecute certain crimes.
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Discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 220; course 221 recommended. Fundamentals of federal transfer taxation, including the estate tax, the gift tax, and the generation-skipping transfer tax.
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Discussion—4 hours. Legal rules and concepts applicable to business associations, both public and closely held. Corporate form of organization, partnerships and other associational forms.
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Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 215. Advanced issues in the governance of publicly held corporations. Separation of ownership and control and how the law has addressed this issue at the theoretical level and in the context of topics such as the duties of corporate directors, shareholder voting rights, and competition among states to attract corporate charters.
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Discussion—4 hours. This course provides a broad survey of the legal rules and concepts applicable to business associations, both public and closely held. Principal attention is given the corporate form of organization, although partnerships are also treated briefly. Topics surveyed include the planning of business transactions, the process of incorporation, the financing of corporations, and role of managements and shareholders, the federal securities laws, and social responsibility.
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Discussion––2 hours. Federal constitutional law relating to religion. Interpretation and application of the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. State constitutional law. Federal and state statutes relating to religion.
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Discussion—3 hours. Economic and administrative regulation of telephony, radio and television broadcasting, and video technologies such as cable and direct broadcast satellites. Emphasis on the recently enacted Telecommunications Reform Act and the role of the Federal Communications Commission, as well as other sources of regulation such as related antitrust law and state public utility regulation.
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Discussion—4 hours. This course principally covers the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause.
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