200xg Law and Society (4) Sources and structure of law; history of Bill of Rights emphasizing effect on criminal justice system; limits of law in solving problems in American society. Not available for major credit.
201xg Law and Politics: Electing a President (4) Examination of the rules and realities of American politics, and the role politics plays in American life and culture. Not available for major credit to law students.
502 Procedure I (4) Consideration of the participants in litigation -- private and public plaintiffs, defendants, and courts. Information exchange, process, outcomes, and costs of law suits.
503 Contracts (4, Fa) The interpretation and enforcement of promises and agreements.
504 Criminal Law (3) The crime problem and the legislative response to it through substantive criminal law; administration of criminal justice through police, prosecutorial, sentencing, and penological discretion.
505 Legal Profession (3, Sp) Functions of the lawyer in modern society; history and organization of the legal profession; conflicting duties; the adversary system; equal access to justice; other problems of ethics and professional responsibility.
507 Property (4) The idea of property as understood through economic and philosophical concepts. Rights in land, water and other natural resources. Forms of shared ownership (e.g., landlord and tenant), and a survey of mechanisms for controlling land use.
508 Constitutional Law I (4) The function of the American Constitution; allocation of authority among branches of the national government; division of authority between the nation and the state; limitations of government control of the individual. The process of constitutional interpretation and the role of the United States Supreme Court.
509 Torts I (4) Individual's obligation not to harm others; bases for compensating persons who are harmed, either by holding responsible whoever is at fault or by invoking other principles of liability, including the efficiency of resource allocation and the spreading of losses.
510 Legal Research (0) Examination of the basic sources of law for federal and California jurisdictions; utilizing a vast array of sources from books to computer-assisted research and analyzes research methodology and techniques.
511ab Introduction to Lawyering Skills (1-4; 1-4) Two-semester course focuses on developing analytic and communication skills. Lawyers will analyze legal principles and incisively apply them to facts.
512 Law, Language, and Ethics (3) Law as the mind's attempt to define, direct, and administer human experience. Examination of theories of knowledge, language, meaning, mental process, social organization, personal responsibility and freedom which underlie legal thought and judicial decision-making.
568 The Rights of Groups (4) (Enroll in REL 568)
599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8)
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