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BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 3000)
(4 credits)
This course is intended to familiarize students with the nature of business entities. The course begins with a review of Agency Law. Partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures are then examined against the background of the Uniform Partnership and Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Acts. In the examination of corporations, attention is given to the problems of forming and financing the corporation, the federal securities laws and the distinctions between publicly held and closely held firms. Considerable stress is placed on the rights of shareholders and the authority and obligations of directors and officers of a corporation. Consideration is also given to shareholders derivative actions and to the problems involved in the dissolution and combination of corporations. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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COMMUNICATIONS LAW
(ADMINISTRATIVE LAW & GOV'T REG - 1050)
(2 credits)
This course is designed to explore the legal standards and policies affecting electronic communications media. Attention will be given to the licensing and regulation of telephone, broadcasting, cable television services and new developments affecting the communications marketplace. Among the subjects to be treated are: constitutional standards applicable to electronic media, content controls, common carrier regulation, federal preemption of state and local regulation, and deregulation. Grades are based upon a research paper of law review quality on a topic approved by the faculty member conducting the course, assigned memoranda, and class participation.
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PROPERTY I
(PROPERTY - 1020)
(2 credits)
This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of the law of real and personal property. Among the essential topics treated are the nature and significance of possession, adverse possession, bailments, donative transactions, creation, protection and conveyance of estates in land, concurrent interests (including cooperatives) and nonpossessory interests, as well as private and public control of land use. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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RACE AND LAW SEMINAR
(INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS - 1080)
(3 credits)
This course explores how race and law have interacted in American society. Materials for investigation will include Supreme Court opinions, historical accounts, jurisprudence and some interdisciplinary readings. The course will specifically explore the following topics: (1) What is race?; (2) Slavery; (3) Colorism; (4) Colonization of Puerto Rico; (5) Manifest Destiny and Mexican Americans; (6) Asian American Immigration Exclusion; (7) Native American "Trail of Tears"; and (8) Affirmative Action. Enrollment is limited to twenty students. Grades are based upon (1) final exam; (2) autobiography; (3) journal entries; and (4) class presentation.
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REGULATED INDUSTRIES
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 3030)
(2 credits)
In this course, students study the theory of governmental regulation of public utility industries, focusing on the telephone industry. The course will concentrate on the constitutional, antitrust, and public policy rationales underlying such regulation. Specifically, the students will student the legal and public policy issues present in (1) the entry of new competition to a market; (2) the AT&T divestiture; (3) ratemaking; (4) the convergence of technologies between telephone, Internet and cable; and (5) universal service. Grades are based upon a research paper and class presentation.