James E. Rogers College of Law, Courses Summer 2000

Summer 2000 Course Descriptions
Key to Course Descriptions

Courses listed below are approved UA courses as of Summer 2000. Not all approved courses will be offered during this term. For course offerings/availability during a specific term, see the Schedule of Classes. Each course number below links to the Schedule of Classes.

James E. Rogers College of Law (LAW ) College Info

LAW 540 Correctional Policy and Theory (3) II (Identical with PA 540, which is home).

LAW 562 Mental Health Law and Policy (3) [Rpt./ 3] I II (Identical with PSYC 562, which is home).

LAW 584 Development of Federal Indian Policy (3) I II (Identical with POL 584, which is home).

LAW 596G Philosophy of Law (3) I II (Identical with PHIL 596G, which is home).

LAW 596H Law, Psychology and Policy (3) I II (Identical with PSYC 596H, which is home).

LAW 600 Contracts (5) I

LAW 601A Introduction to Legal Process and Civil Procedure (3) I

LAW 601B Introduction to Legal Process and Civil Procedure (2) II

LAW 602 Criminal Procedure (4) I II

LAW 603A Research and Writing: First-year Legal Research (1) I

LAW 603B Research and Writing: First-year Legal Writing (1) II

LAW 604A Torts (2) I

LAW 604B Torts (3) II

LAW 605 Property (5) II

LAW 606 Constitutional Law I (3) I

LAW 607 Appellate Practice and Moot Court (1) II

LAW 608 Evidence (4) I II

LAW 609 The Legal Profession (2-3) I II

LAW 610 Health Care Law (3) I II

LAW 611 Employment I (3) I II

LAW 611A Employment I (3) I II

LAW 611B Employment II (1-3) I II Course will examine a variety of topics in employment law and state and federal perspectives.

LAW 612 Family Law (3) II

LAW 613 Law and Medicine (3) II

LAW 614 Disability Law (2) I

LAW 615 Constitutional Law II (4) II

LAW 616 Corporations I (3-4) I II

LAW 617 Corporate Finance (2) II P, LAW 616.

LAW 618 Antitrust Law (3) II

LAW 619 Estates and Trusts (3-4) I

LAW 620 Immigration Law (3) I

LAW 621 Administrative Law (3) II

LAW 622 Law Review (1-3) I II

LAW 623 Conflict of Laws (3) II

LAW 625 American Legal History (2-3) I

LAW 626 Jurisprudence (2-3) I

LAW 627 Mexican Law (2) II

LAW 628 First Amendment and Religion (1) This course will address first amendment issues including religion.

LAW 629 Sexual Orientation (2-3) I II This course will analyze the law's effect on gay men and lesbians as a class and may include such areas of legal regulation as military, child custody, and marriage laws. Recent United States Supreme Court cases will be examined, as well as state and federal statutes relating to sexual orientation.

LAW 630 Scientific Evidence (3) I

LAW 631A Federal Indian Law I (3) I II (Identical with AIS 631A).

LAW 631B Federal Indian Law II (3) I II P, LAW 631A. (Identical with AIS 631B).

LAW 632 Federal and State Taxation of Multinational Transactions (2-3) I P, LAW 646.

LAW 633A UCCI Sales (Article 2) (3) I

LAW 633B Electronic Fund Transfers and Payment Systems (Art. 3 and 4) (3) II

LAW 633C Secured Transactions Article 9 (3-4) I II This course will cover Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which deals with secured transactions.

LAW 634 Corporations II (2-3) II P, LAW 616.

LAW 635 Insurance Law (3) I

LAW 636 Professional Responsibility of Tax Attorneys (1-3) II The course will focus on the special ethical and professional responsibilities of those lawyers who are engaged in federal tax practice, all derived from the Internal Revenue Code, U.S. Treasury Department Regulations, and the standards and traditions of the legal profession and the tax bar. In addition, we will examine the relationships developing between lawyers and accountants in so-called multi-disciplinary practice, both their possibilities and problems.

LAW 637 Federal Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (2-3) I

LAW 638 Real Estate (2-3) II

LAW 639 Community Property (2) I

LAW 640 Mining and Public Land Law (2) I

LAW 641 Water Law (3) I

LAW 642 Federal Courts (3) II

LAW 643 The Legislative Process (1) I II This course will address the congressional process of appropriations and authorizations relating to Acts of Congress.

LAW 644 Remedies (2-3) I

LAW 645A Trial Advocacy: Basic Trial Advocacy (2-3) I P, LAW 608, LAW 609.

LAW 645B Trial Advocacy: Advanced Trial Advocacy (2-3) II P, LAW 608, LAW 609, LAW 645A.

LAW 646 Federal Income Taxation (3-5) I

LAW 647 Corporate Taxation (3) II P, LAW 646.

LAW 648 Estate and Gift Taxation (3) I P, LAW 619.

LAW 649 Torts II (3) II

LAW 650 Criminal Law (3) II

LAW 651 Environmental Justice (2-3) I II Explores issues of justice in the context of environmental law and policy. It considers whether environmental burdens are evenly distributed; whether governmental decision makers adequately take into account the circumstances of communities of color and low income communities in setting environmental standards; and whether the institutions of environmental law and policy provide equal access to all. It examines the role of the law in remedying the inequalities of deficiencies identified.

LAW 652 Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (2) II P, LAW 619, LAW 646.

LAW 653 Advanced Appellate Practice and Moot Court (2) II

LAW 654 Environmental Legislation (2) I II

LAW 655A Intellectual Property Law: Unfair Trade and Competition (3) I

LAW 655B Intellectual Property Law: Copyright Law (2-3) II

LAW 655C Intellectual Property Law: Patent Law (3) I

LAW 656 Sentencing Law (2) II

LAW 657 Partnership Taxation (3) II P, LAW 646.

LAW 658 Securities Regulation (3) II

LAW 659 International Human Rights (3) I (Identical with LA S 659).

LAW 660 Land-Use Planning (3) II (Identical with PLN 660, which is home).

LAW 661A Moot Court Board: Moot Court National Team (2) I

LAW 661B Moot Court Board (2) II

LAW 662 Bankruptcy and Related Issues (3) I

LAW 663 Individual Income Tax (3) I

LAW 664 Law and Social Science (2) II

LAW 665A Interviewing and Negotiating: Interviewing (1) I

LAW 665B Interviewing and Negotiating: Negotiating (1) II

LAW 666 Law of European Union & NAFTA (2-3) I II To provide the basic fundamentals of both legal systems of the European Union and NAFTA and examine certain areas, such as the institutions, mechanisms for achieving intra-regional free trade and dispute settlement, in a detailed comparative fashion. (Identical with LA S 666).

LAW 667 Law and Economics (3) II

LAW 668 Pretrial Litigation (3) I II P, LAW 608.

LAW 669 Environmental Law (3-4) II

LAW 670 Public International Law (2-3) I II (Identical with LA S 670).

LAW 671 Law and Humanities (2) II

LAW 672 Legal Analysis and Legal Reasoning (1-2)

LAW 673 Law of Mass Media (2) I

LAW 674 Law of "White Collar Crime" (2-3) I

LAW 675 State and Local Government (3) I

LAW 676A Juvenile Law (2-3) I II

LAW 676B Law of Child Abuse and Neglect (2-3) I II

LAW 677 Statutory Interpretation (2) I II This course will consider a subject that has stimulated great scholarly and professional interest in recent years; the role of the courts in the interpretation of statutes. After an overview of basic themes, we will focus on such questions as: theoretical approaches to the task of interpretation; the significance of background norms and of "canons of construction"; the relevance of context; the treatment of legislative history; the relationship between courts and administrative agencies; problems of obsolescence; and the oroper limits of judicial creativity in reading and applying statutory texts.

LAW 678 Jessup Moot Court (2) II

LAW 679 International Civil Litigation (2) I II

LAW 680A Mediation (1-2) I

LAW 680B Mediation (1-2) II

LAW 681 Business Planning (2) I II The course overview is tax, securities, corporate, accounting, financial and economic problems in planning business enterprises, choice of entity, financing, operating, acquiring and merging, dividing, reorganizing and liquidating the enterprise will be covered.

LAW 682 CyberLaw (2-3) I II The nature and scope of the Internet and the World Wide Web, including the role of web browsers as both search and transaction tools, the proposed national information infrastructure; the general impact of technology on law and law on technology; encryption, anonymity and privacy.

LAW 684 Law of the Elderly (2) II

LAW 685 Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (2) I P, open to LL.M. students or with consent of instructor.

LAW 686 International Law Journal (1-3) [Rpt./ 5 units] I II P, selection to Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law Board.

LAW 687 The European Community (1) II

LAW 688 Energy and Natural Resources (3) II (Identical with AIS 688).

LAW 689 Advanced Legal Research (2-3) II S P, LAW 603.

LAW 690 Law Practice Management and Technology (3) I II

LAW 693 Internship (1-10) [Rpt./] S

LAW 695B Gender and the Law (2) I II (Identical with W S 695B).

LAW 695C Class and the Law (2) II Is there such a thing as class in modern America? Does the American legal system have anything to do with what class is or is not, and how class is or is not understood by Americans?

LAW 695D Supreme Court in the History of the United States (1) II

LAW 695E Judicial Clerking Program (1-2) I II

LAW 695F ASUA/Legal Aid Interviewing Program (1) I II

LAW 695G High School Teaching Program (1) I II

LAW 695H Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2-3) I II

LAW 695I Ares Fellows (1-2) I II

LAW 695L Civil Rights Laws (2) II

LAW 695N Women in the Criminal Justice System (2-3) I II This course will examine the role of gender in various areas of the criminal justice system. Our study will be interdisciplinary, multi-cultural and international. We will analyze the criminal law's view of the role of gender through cases, statutes and commentaries, as well as through sociological, historical, literary and other courses.

LAW 696A Estate Planning (2-3) S P, LAW 619, LAW 646, LAW 648.

LAW 696B Legal Intervention - Domestic Violence (1-3) I II This will cover an in-depth study of the domestic violence issue.

LAW 696C Clinical Practice (2-6) I II P, LAW 608, LAW 609.

LAW 696D Tribal Law Clinic (2-3) (Identical with AIS 696D).

LAW 696E Capital Punishment (3) II

LAW 696F Legal Ethics (3)

LAW 696G International Investment and Technology Transfer (2) II

LAW 696H Sports Law (2) I II

LAW 696I International Environmental Law (3) I

LAW 696J Intellectual Property (2-3) I II This course will explore various theoretical approaches to intellectual property. Particular attention is paid to how changing theoretical perspectives expose the shortcomings of other theories and lead to different policy prescriptions.

LAW 696K Asylum and Refugee Rights Law (2-3) I The course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in asylum and refugee rights law.

LAW 696L International Trade Law (2-3) I II

LAW 696N Advanced Writing Seminar (2-3) II

LAW 696O Therapeutic Jurisprudence (2) II

LAW 696P Laws Governing Transportation and Logistics (1) I II This course will offer an indepth look at laws governing and the logistics of truck and rail transportation. Terminology, Interstate Commerce Act, common carriage vs contract carriage, transportation contracts/bills of lading, liabilities, etc.

LAW 696Q Tax Policy (3) I II

LAW 696S Information Technology and the Judicial System (2-3) I II

LAW 696V Regulated Industries (2-3) I II

LAW 696Z AIDS and the Law (2) I II

LAW 697A Intermediate Legal Research (1-3) I II This course will build on the fundamentals of legal research concepts introduced in the first year legal research course, and will involve students in an intensive, hands on course of concentrated legal research in primary and secondary sources, including treatises, digests, legal periodicals, legislative history, and internet and other on-line research. The goal of the course is to develop legal research skills to enable students to work independently in a legal setting.

LAW 697B Globalization and Preservation of Culture (1-3) I II Workshop on globalization and preservation of culture. (Identical with AIS 697B).

LAW 697C Privacy Law (1-3) I II This course will involve in depth examination of any of a variety of issues in regards to privacy law.

LAW 697D Constitution, Government and Law of Arizona (1-3) I II An interdisciplinary survey of Arizona's constitutional law, governmental organization and those common law principles peculiar to Arizona and its governance.

LAW 697E International Intellectual Property (1-3) I II Workshop on advanced topics in intellectual property.

LAW 697F Advanced Topics in Professional Responsibility (1-3) I II This course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in professional responsibility and legal ethics.

LAW 697G Advanced Topics in Civil Rights (1-3) I II This course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in civil rights law.

LAW 697H Advanced Topics in Environmental Law (1-3) I II The course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in environmental law.

LAW 697I Advanced Topics in International Law (1-3) I II Course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in international law.

LAW 697J Advanced Topics in Criminal Procedure (1-3) I II An in-depth examination of any of a variety to topics in criminal procedure will be involved in this course.

LAW 697L Advanced Topics in Family Law (2-3) I II

LAW 697M Advanced Topics in Tax Law (1-3) I II This course will involve an in-depth examination of any of a variety of topics in tax law.

LAW 697N Advanced Topics in Tort Law (1-3) I II This course will cover an in-depth examination of the topics in tort law.

LAW 697O The Corporation in Thought and Practice (2-3) II The seminar will place the development of corporate law and theory during the 20th century in a broad intellectual milieu. Particularly, we will attempt to discern the relationship between the development of different visions of the corporation and a variety of economic, social and political concerns. After a brief review of corporate law in the 19th century, the first part of the term will be devoted to the rise of modern corporation and the transformation of democratic theory during the turn of the 20th century (1880s-1930s). During the later part of the course, focus will be made on developments in corporate law since the 1960s. Exploring the ways in which contemporary approaches to corporate law (law and economics, critical legal studies or communitarian visions) draw on earlier paradigms.

LAW 697P Comparative Commercial Law (3) II This course will examine the different approaches taken to commercial law in several representative legal systems, including the United State Uniform Commercial code. The implications for international commercial transactions will be examined and explored.

LAW 697S Law and Political Theory (2-3) I II This course will cover the history of legal and political theory from antiquity through the Middle Ages, to the modern period and thereafter and will focus on debates in political philosophy that address legal issues; law versus equity, natural law, positivism, inalienable rights, rights theory and the critique rights of the rule of law debate, and contemporary issues in jurisprudence.

LAW 697T Natural Resources Law (2-3) I II This course examines the management of specific resources found on public lands; wilderness, timber, water, wildlife, grazing, minerals. It will also analyze the interrelated roles of various branches of government in determining the use of public lands.

LAW 697W Accounting for Lawyers (1) This course will introduce law students to the basic concepts of accounting and finance. Topics include: introduction to generally accepted accounting principles, the basic components of financial statements, basic concepts of accounting, basic principles of valuation including the time value of money and the legal and professional responsibilities of accountants and lawyers in the auditing process.

LAW 697Z Patent Practice (2) I II This course would instruct students in all aspects of patent applications. It would build on the theoretical concepts covered in Patent Law and involve both analysis of sample (existing) patent applications and drafting of new ones. The key elements of patent applications will be emphasized and detailed examination of the requirements of a successful patent application undertaken.

LAW 699 Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./]

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