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Fall 2013 Courses
This list is a DRAFT, and courses listed here are subject to change. Please keep visiting for updates to this list. For course descriptions and availability, visit SPIRE.
Remember that we also offer fall classes online. Please visit our online courses page.
| Class Nbr | Subject | Catalog | Section | Comp- onent |
Description | Enroll- ment |
Credits | Instructor | Meeting Times | Course Description |
| LEGAL | 250 | 01 | LEC | Intro Legal Studies | 4.00 | Lauren McCarthy | Tues, Thurs 2:30PM - 3:45 PM |
Interdisciplinary exploration of basic issues of law's relationship to contemporary society, in which law affects almost all human activity...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 252 | 01 | LEC | Law and Personal Freedom | 3.00 | Alan Gaitenby | Tues, Thurs 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
This course will explore the nature of freedom in the United States...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 375 | 01 | LEC | Human Rights and Wrongs | 3.00 | Lauren McCarthy | Tues, Thurs 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | Introduction to humanitarian law. Topics include theory and history ...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 391U | 01 | SEM | S-Due Process/ Criminal Trial | 3.00 | Judd Carhart | Tues 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | The course will focus on the impact of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments in criminal trials...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 394FL | 01 | LEC | Law at First Sight (IE course) | 3.00 | Alan Gaitenby | Tues, Thurs 1:00 PM - 12:30 PM | |||
| LEGAL | 394SI | 01 | LEC | Law,Societies,GlobalJustice (IE course) | 3.00 | Judith Holmes |
Tues, Thurs 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | Explores themes that span the legal studies curriculum and many other courses on campus....Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 397G | 01 | LEC | Law, Crime, and Society | 3.00 |
Robert Samet | Tues, Thurs 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM |
This course will explore issues of inequality within the construction and application of the law. Why are some actions defined...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 397I | 01 | LEC | ST-Alternative Disp Resolution | 3.00 | Leah Wing | Tues 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM | This course explores the historical origins of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 397N | 01 | LEC | Law & Public Policy |
3.00 | Steve Arons | Tues, Thurs 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Examines ways in which law, especially constitutional law pronounced by the courts, influences the adoption, political realities...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 450 | 01 | LEC | Legal Research and Writing | 3.00 | TBD | Tues, Thurs 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | This course is designed to help students improve their ability to analyze and write...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 450 | 02 | LEC | Legal Research and Writing | 3.00 | TBD | Tues, Thurs 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | This course is designed to help students improve their ability to analyze and write...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 491C | 01 | LEC | S- Law and Conscience | 3.00 | Steve Arons | Wed 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Small seminar requiring substantial participation and regular writing. Uses major literary...Read More | ||
| LEGAL | 491G | 01 | LEC | Gangs and Youth Violence | 3.00 | Robert Samet | Mon, Wed 4:40 PM - 5:55 PM | |||
| LEGAL | 497I | 01 | LEC | The Irish Peace Process | 3.00 | Leah Wing | Thurs 4:40 PM - 5:55 PM | This course will examine the complex origins and manifestations of the conflict and peace on the island of Ireland...Read More |
Spring 2013 Courses
| Class Nbr | Subject | Catalog | Section | Comp- onent |
Description | Enroll- ment |
Credits | Instructor | Meeting Times | Course Description |
| 10960 | LEGAL | 250 | 01 | LEC | Intro Legal Studies | 162 | 4.00 | Daniel LaChance | Tues, Thurs 2:30PM-3:45 PM |
Interdisciplinary exploration of basic issues of law's relationship to contemporary society, in which law affects almost all human activity...Read More |
| 24220 | LEGAL | 297G | 01 | LEC | Law, the Military and Society |
30 | 3.00 | Daniel Burland |
Tues, Thurs 2:30PM-3:45PM |
The first part of the course will cover the history of Military Law. We will study its roots in the medieval code of Chivalry...Read More |
| 24221 | LEGAL | 391G | 01 | LEC | S-Women and the Law | 25 | 3.00 | Diana Yoon | Tues, Thurs 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | How have legal scholars addressed the status of women in society? ...Read More |
| 10983 | LEGAL | 391M | 01 | LEC | S-Law @ First Sight (IE course) | 25 | 3.00 | Alan Gaitenby | Tues, Thurs 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | |
| 10962 | LEGAL | 391U | 01 | SEM | S-Due Process/ Criminal Trial | 40 | 3.00 | Judd Carhart | Tues 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | The course will focus on the impact of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments in criminal trials...Read More |
| 24272 | LEGAL | 394SI | 01 | LEC | Law,Societies,GlobalJustice (IE course) | 25 | 3.00 | Judith Holmes |
Tues, Thurs 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Explores themes that span the legal studies curriculum and many other courses on campus....Read More |
| 24693 | LEGAL | 397G | 01 | LEC | Law, Crime, and Society | 40 |
3.00 |
Robert Samet | Tues, Thurs 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM |
This course will explore issues of inequality within the construction and application of the law. Why are some actions defined...Read More |
| 10963 | LEGAL | 397I | 01 | LEC | ST-Alternative Disp Resolution | 25 | 3.00 | Leah Wing | Tues 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM | This course explores the historical origins of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)...Read More |
| 25158 | LEGAL | 397LC | 01 | LEC | Law, Labor& Capitalism in US History | 40 | 3.00 | Daniel MacDonald | Mon, Wed, Fri, 10:10-11:00 AM | This course surveys law and society literature from the perspective of how law helps to define and reproduce power relations...Read More |
| 24222 | LEGAL | 397N | 01 | LEC | Law & Public Policy |
50 | 3.00 | Steve Arons | Tues, Thurs 9:30AM -10:45AM | Examines ways in which law, especially constitutional law pronounced by the courts, influences the adoption, political realities...Read More |
| 10982 | LEGAL | 397P | 01 | LEC | ST-Makin' It & Fakin' It | 25 | 3.00 | Alan Gaitenby | Tues, Thurs 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Law assumes facts, creates entities, and conceals aspects of its operation in order to extend or limit the power...Read More |
| 10964 | LEGAL | 450 | 01 | LEC | Legal Research and Writing | 22 | 3.00 | Daniel Burland |
Tues, Thurs 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | This course is designed to help students improve their ability to analyze and write...Read More |
| 10980 | LEGAL | 450 | 02 | LEC | Legal Research and Writing | 22 | 3.00 | Daniel Burland |
Tues, Thurs 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | This course is designed to help students improve their ability to analyze and write...Read More |
| 24223 | LEGAL | 485 | 01 | LEC | Death Penalty in America | 25 | 3.00 | Judith Holmes | Tues, Thurs 11:15AM -12:30PM | Examines the roots in law and society of contemporary use of the death penalty...Read More |
| 24777 | LEGAL | 491F | 01 | LEC | Policing the Americas | 40 | 3.00 | Robert Samet | Mon, Wed 4:40PM - 5:55 PM | |
| 10987 | LEGAL | 491P | 01 | SEM | Borders, Immigrants and Refugees | 25 | 3.00 | Diana Yoon | Tues, Thurs 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM | Movements of bodies, ideas and goods have been a constant part of history...Read More |
| 24689 | LEGAL | 497N | 01 | LEC | Environmental Justice | 25 | 3.00 | Leah Wing | Thurs 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM | This course examines the U.S. environmental justice (EJ) movement...Read More |
All winter courses are offered online. Please visit our online courses page.
