LAW 6000 - Law and Public Policy

Institution:

Pennsylvania Western University

Subject:

Law

Description:

The cornerstone course of the graduate degree comprises this program of study. Exactly how law plays out in a multitude of settings, from political and legal institutions, to schools and educational entities, to business and free enterprise forms, in social structures and cultural institutions, should be a perpetual concern for the policymaker. How the law impacts individuals also receives some needed attention and course participants will weigh and gauge the effects of proposed and implemented legislation in a wide array of contexts including: police and the citizenry, correctional institutions and the incarcerated, government benefit plans and targeted recipients, entitlement programs and the public treasury, tax policy and the incentive based model, charitable giving and the law's role in fostering giving, to name a few. Measuring impacts and effects on individuals and institutions stands in the forefront of course delivery.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pennwest.edu/

Phone Number:

(724) 938-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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