This four-unit, single-semester course examines civil wrongs not arising from a breach of contract. It explores several theories for holding such wrongdoers liable - including intentional torts, negligence and strict liability - and the defenses that may be asserted in response. For each theory and defense, it analyzes the law's substantive bases, evidentiary requirements, historical antecedents and policy implications. It covers topics as diverse and important as duty, standard of care, causation, harm, intent, privilege, deterrence, punishment, compensation and loss spreading.

This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of property law with emphasis on real property law. Course coverage includes: adverse possession, landlord-tenant, possessory estates, future interests, concurrent ownership, sale of real property, recording statutes, conveyancing, zoning, and other land use controls. Takings may also be included.

This course examines the lawyer's individual and professional obligations to clients, to other lawyers, to the courts, and to the larger society. Special attention is given to the lawyer's role as a professional and the concomitant obligations and conflicts that the professional role creates. The course also canvasses the means by which the professional role is defined, including professional codes of conduct, professional traditions and history, ethical philosophy, and social and cultural expectations of lawyers and the legal system.

This course examines constitutional doctrines regarding the powers of police and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of crimes. Topics covered in the course include limitations on arrest, search and seizure based on the Fourth Amendment, rules governing confessions based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, and the enforcement of these doctrines through the exclusionary rule.

This course emphasizes both the common law of crimes and the major statutory and case law changes which reflect present legislative and appellate court attitudes. Offenses against the person, property, and habitation are intensively covered, and the concepts of individual and group responsibility are explored. Special attention is also devoted to the corpus delicti, causation, limitations on criminal capacity, special and general defenses, and those mental states which are of importance to the substantive criminal law.

This course involves the study of the formative process of contracts; mutual assent, consideration, effect of the statute of frauds, and parole evidence rule; the remedial process applied to contracts, including measure of damages and other remedies; and the examination of problems of breach of contract, anticipatory breach, and exploration of defenses to contract actions, including conditions, impossibility of performance, frustration of purpose, and discharge. Emphasis is also placed on the Uniform Commercial Code.

This course provides a study of the institution of judicial review, the limitations on federal judicial power, and the constitutional roles of the legislative and executive branches. Due process and individual rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also reviewed.

This course of study spans the entire process of bringing a civil action to trial, the trial itself, and the appellate review of that trial. It deals with such fundamental concepts as the formulation of the claim (pleadings), trial preparation (discovery), important pre-trial motions, and the basic procedural devices employed during the trial. Considerable time is also devoted to the concepts of personal and subject matter jurisdiction as well as to the special question of federal jurisdiction.

This course examines the law and practice of multiple owner business organizations. It begins with an examination of basic agency law, followed by a study of the fundamental structure and most important legal doctrines regulating general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, small closely-held corporations, and large publicly-traded corporations. The course concludes with a brief survey of the most important aspects of federal securities regulation and a review of basic concepts of corporate finance.

This class will introduce you to some of the major business and legal issues that arise in the production, distribution and other exploitation of music in the international marketplace through retails sales of recordings, streaming, licensing, public performance, live touring and otherwise.