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CONTRACTS I
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 1090)
(3 credits)
This course deals with the formation, avoidance and discharge of contract obligations. Cases and materials selected for study reflect the influence that present-day industrial labor and economic conditions have exerted on the law of contracts. Attention is also directed to the remedies available for breach of contract and the rules for ascertaining the damages recoverable. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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CONTRACTS II
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 2000)
(3 credits)
This course deals with the formation, avoidance and discharge of contract obligations. Cases and materials selected for study reflect the influence that present-day industrial labor and economic conditions have exerted on the law of contracts. Attention is also directed to the remedies available for breach of contract and the rules for ascertaining the damages recoverable. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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INTERNATIONAL LAW
(INTERNAT'L AND COMPARATIVE LAW - 1040)
(3 credits)
The International Law course surveys that system of jurisprudence dealing with the precepts and principles that govern the community of nations in their mutual dealings as they have developed from early history to modern times. After an analysis of the nature and sources of international law, the course will examine topics such as recognition, succession, territory of states, sovereignty, jurisdiction, extradition, state immunity, international agreements, international claims, human rights and use of force. Grades are based upon a final examination and class participation.
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NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE LAW
(INTERNAT'L AND COMPARATIVE LAW - 2040)
(3 credits)
This course examines the role of law in protecting U.S. national security from threats posed by state and non-state actors. Policy responses to these threats include homeland security policy, war fighting, counterterrorism, intelligence operations, and law enforcement activities. The course will examine how law and lawyers are involved in defining or regulating these tasks. The course will be organized around three major topics (a) the domestic and international legal regulation of the use of force; (b) law and overseas operations such as war fighting and intelligence gathering; and (c) counterterrorism and homeland security. Grades will be based on 3 written memoranda, class participation in discussions and an in-class simulation, and a final examination. Students are encouraged, though not required, to complete Criminal Procedure I and/or International Law prior to enrolling in National Security and the Law.
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PUBLIC INTERNAT'L LAW SEMINAR
(INTERNAT'L AND COMPARATIVE LAW - 1070)
(2 credits)
The Public International Law Seminar will be an advanced examination of doctrines, principles and leading cases in international law. Each student will make an oral presentation and write a term paper. It is required that the student, in lieu of a written examination, submit a term paper which examines and discusses an important area, event or crises of great significance in the history and development of international law. Grades are based upon a research paper and an oral class presentation of the term paper.