600 Taxation (3 or 4) Federal tax statutes, technical issues and social problems involved in tax planning, tax litigation, and reform of the tax laws.

601 Taxation of Foreign Persons and Foreign Income (2 or 3) Application of United States tax laws to transactions which cross national borders; comparison of U.S. and foreign tax policies concerning concepts of residence for tax purposes, source rules, the "effectively connected" concept, the foreign tax credit, tax status of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates of United States persons and the effect of tax treaties.

602 Criminal Procedure (3) Criminal procedure in the courts, and the regulation of law enforcement by the courts through rules of evidence and interpretation of the Bill of Rights.

603 Business Organizations (3 or 4) Organization of economic activity -- especially the modern corporation -- as institutions of social power. The roles of managers, owners, and public regulatory agencies in shaping processes of decision-making.

605 Real Estate Transactions (4 or 5) The land transfer process: arrangements between buyers and sellers, brokers, escrows, recorders, title companies. Real estate financing through mortgages and other land security devices.

606 Land Use Controls (3 or 4) The regulation of land development through planning, zoning, subdivision controls and private devices. Mechanisms for coordinating regional development and financing new urban infrastructure.

607 Gifts, Wills, and Trusts (3 or 4) Gratuitous transfer of wealth, especially the transmission of wealth from one generation to the next as a settlement of family affairs. Comparative analysis of the legal mechanisms of gifts, wills, and trusts. Introduction to problems of fiduciary administration.

608 Evidence (3 or 4) The purpose and character of trial. Problems of adversary presentation and the nature of proof. The basis for admission and exclusion of evidence in judicial proceedings.

609 Torts II (2 or 3) Remedies of the law for injuries to an individual's personal integrity or to his reasonable economic expectations, including the torts of misrepresentation, defamation, and assault.

611 Banking Law (1-4) Law and regulation of banks and other financial institutions. Focus on federal and California banking law.

612 Agency Reading Course (2 or 3) The law concerning the agency relationship, so-called, in which one person, the agent, agrees to represent or act for another, the principal; the principal, by virtue of this agreement, is legally responsible in certain respects for what the agent does. No formal classroom attendance required; the student undertakes directed reading and takes a final examination.

613 Advanced Legal Research (2-4) This course will build upon basic research skills and expose the student to printed and online sources utilized by researchers in several specialized areas of law.

614 Accounting for Lawyers (2) The lawyer's skills needed to understand the financial affairs of a business client.

615 Election Law (1-4) Consideration of legal regulation of the right to vote and otherwise to participate in the electoral process.

616 Advanced Torts: Products Liability (2-4) Exploration of products liability law with special attention to its historical genesis and normative justification.

617 The History of American Legal Theory (2 or 3) Historical development of the contemporary American legal system; examination of the relation of law to main currents in political, social and economic thought.

618 Educational Policy and Law (2-4) Consideration of issues relating to education law and policy. Possible topics include academic freedom, affirmative action, privacy issues and freedom of expression.

619 Employment Law (2-4) Examination of the evolving role of work in our society and the nature and scope of legal regulation of the employment relationship.

621 Gender Discrimination (1-4) Analysis of the constitutional and statutory debates about the meaning of equality, and the recognition and accommodation of difference.

622 Foreign Tax II (2-4) Basic examination of federal tax treatment of foreign income of U.S. based corporate taxpayers: qualification of foreign taxes of U.S. credit treatment, establishment and operation of FSC and formation of foreign corporations.

623 The Family and the Law (3 or 4) Creating, regulating and dissolving family relationships. Explore moral and power relations among men, women, children and the state. Develop skills to help clients in families.

624 Law and Society in China (2-4) Development of the indigenous Chinese legal tradition, in the context of Confucian, Legalist, and Taoist philosophy.

625 Legal and Equitable Remedies (3 or 4) Comparison of the remedial goals of contracts, torts, and property and the impact of procedural devices in law and equity. Damages, injunctions, specific performance and restitution. Remedial theory and transactional application.

627 Mental Health Law and Criminal Justice Systems (2-4) Examination of the issues at the intersection of the mental health and criminal justice system. Topics discussed will include the insanity defense, disposition of insanity acquittees, competency to stand trial and competency to be executed.

628 Legal Issues of Music Production (2-4) Consideration of the business and legal issues arising in music production.

629 Real Estate Finance (2-4) A survey of the major types of financing used for real estate and the basic techniques used to make real estate investment and financing decisions.

630 Uses of Social Science Evidence (2-4) Consideration of both practical and normative issues that arise when lawyers and courts use social science evidence. A systematical review of the variety of methods that are used to generate social science evidence.

631 Feminist Legal Theory (1-4) The first half of the course will survey major arguments and key writings of feminist legal theory. The second half, seminar participation, will organize discussions that focus on significant legal decisions to investigate the fit and helpfulness of the various theoretical approaches.

632 What Lawyers Should Know About Business (2-4) This course introduces law students to the tools, concepts, and language of business. It is premised on the belief that to excel as a business lawyer, one must understand the business world from the perspective of the clients one counsels and assists. The course will cover, in compressed form, the basic subjects from the M.B.A. program which are most useful to lawyers.

634 Advanced Torts: Modern Accident Law (2-4) This course will focus primarily on product liability law, with some attention to mass torts, including environmental and toxic torts, and no-fault accident schemes. Moral and economic justifications for, and criticisms of legal rules in these areas will be emphasized along with the study of formal legal doctrine.

635 Alternative Dispute Resolution (1-4) An introduction to the variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms now in use. Opportunities to observe, critique and participate in actual or simulated dispute resolution proceedings, and to meet with dispute resolution practitioners from the L.A. area will be included.

636 Labor Law (3 or 4) The interrelation of labor, business, and government in collective bargaining, federal regulation of union and management practices and pressures, especially through the Taft-Hartley Act.

637 International Trade Policy (1-4) Examination of the institutions and laws that regulate international economic relations. Students will be introduced to the major international agreements and national laws that regulate international trade goods, services and capital.

638 Negotiations (2-4) This course is designed to improve students' negotiating skills through the study of modern negotiation theory and by the application of that theory in a variety of in-class and out-of-class exercises and simulated negotiations.

639 Law and Literature Pilot (1-4) Exploration of the meaning of basic sociolegal institutions through the double lens of literature and law. Focus will be on institutions associated with the rise of market, including private property, contract, notions of profit and interest and the role of lawyers, litigation and legal forms.

640 Legal Conceptions of Maternity and Paternity (1-4) Exploration of the legal definition of a parent. Who is a parent, according to the law (rather than, what rights does a parent have), will be the fundamental question.

641 Commercial Law (2 or 4) Commercial transactions involving secured financing (other than land). Government regulation of such sales and borrowing through Article 9 of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other recent legislation.

642 Secured Transactions (2-4) This is a course on Chattel paper and secured transactions involving personal property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and some related bodies of law.

644 Corporate Tax (2 or 3, FaSp) Tax principles and practice applicable to business, especially problems of formation, liquidation, and reorganization.

647 Bankruptcy: Debtors and Creditors I (2 or 3) Bankruptcy of the poor, imprudent or unlucky, and of unsuccessful businesses. The mechanisms of our law for distributing the debtor's property and discharging his obligations.

649 Insurance (2 or 3) The pooling of risks and distributing of losses. Actuarial foundation and contract problems of insurance.

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