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  • LAW 6001: Law, Civ Lib, & Constitution

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The place of the Constitution and Supreme Court in American policy, using both empirical and case materials is the primary purpose of this course. Focus also includes the structure and powers of national government, with special emphasis on the Supreme Court as a policy-making institution. Civil liberties and corresponding constitutional protections will be examined in depth including a close up of the Bill of Rights and Civil War Amendments. Issues of jurisdiction, search and seizure, police powers, free speech, privacy and its penumbras, state action, eminent domain, states rights, and other constitutional issues will be fully analyzed. Even more attention will be given to questions involving discrimination whether based on race, disability or gender.
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  • LAW 6002: Law and Legal Method

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    A review of the American legal system, including the courts and the legislatures, role and functions of its personnel, form and substance of law from a procedural and substantive perspective, and primary and secondary sources of the law. Students will be exposed to federalism, the function of law making, and dispute resolution in the judicial system. The course also surveys the processes of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches and the role of administrative agencies. Another facet of the course is dedicated to the mastery of legal method and the research tools essential to that success including: judicial reports, including federal and state court reports and citation forms; case finding aids, including federal, state and Supreme Court digests and encyclopedias; citators such as Shepard's Citations; digests; annotated law reports; legal periodicals, including periodical indexes and research procedure; the nature, function and characteristics of treatises; research procedures; state and federal administrative law; federal, state and local court rules; miscellaneous research aids and non-legal research aids. The student will also be exposed to the various types of law including crimes, civil actions, contract and business actions as well as other typologies of law. Course participants will have ample opportunity to hone and develop critical legal skills by argument, advocacy, interpretation and preparation of legal documents.
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  • LAW 6003: Law and Civil Litigation

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    A comprehensive review of civil action and remedies that are part and parcel of the American legal system is the central focus of this course. Civil actions, in the law of torts and contracts, and in the arena of administrative process, impact the justice system in varied ways. From litigation to court docketing, to enforcement and fines, as well as other legal responses, civil litigation consumes the resources of the justice model. In the law of torts and damages, the civil system provides intentional causes of action, from assault to defamation, from invasion of privacy to false imprisonment, to injured parties. Negligence delivers remedies to those injured by a lack of due caution and expected behavior from the reasonable person. Covered, too, will be the principles of strict, product and vicarious liability in particular relationships such as employer/employee, parent/child or product manufacturer/consumer. Methods and issues of damage awards will be fully critiqued, as well as the current debate over reform in the law of torts, workers compensation and other no-fault claim processes.
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  • LAW 6004: Law and Admin Agencies

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Course exposes participants to administrative law theory and the practical aspects of administrative law practice, both within and outside the administrative agency. Coverage equips the student with the necessary skills to understand, apply, and research relevant statutory and regulatory provisions at the federal and state level; to read, interpret and draft proposed rules and regulations; to become familiar with the process known as the administrative law hearing, the concept of administrative discretion and corresponding remedies. Preliminary drafts of documents, briefs, and opinions relative to the appellate stage of an administrative law proceeding will also be covered.
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  • LAW 6005: Law, Business & the Workplace

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Course content includes the various business entities and the steps necessary for creation and operation, from initial and amended articles of incorporation, state filing requirements, stock certificates and securities, stock ledgers and books, resolutions, dividends and stock splits, employment agreements, as well as introducing other business forms from partnerships to limited liability corporations. In the employment sector, coverage will examine constitutional and statutory protection related to employee rights from benefits and pensions to discrimination remedies. Collective bargaining and other labor questions will be keenly assessed as well as emerging workplace questions involving maternity and family leave, wages and compensation, COBRA, free expression and religious rights and novel forms of disability claims.
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  • LAW 7100: Law and Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An inquiry into the interplay of law, morality, ethical reasoning and Western Legal tradition. The course exposes the tradition and foundations of the American legal system with special emphasis on its jurisprudential foundations. Questions of right, justice, equity, law as moral command and order, natural law reasoning and the dignity of the human person are central to the instruction. The course delivers a critical look at how our legal and justice institutions have come about and provides a method for dealing and delving into perennial legal and moral problems that plague cultures. Overview of the major legal theories about the nature of law and its place in the political system. Among the issues considered is the origin of law, its relationship with divine law, obligations of obedience and disobedience, and the relationship between political sovereignty and law.
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  • LAW 7110: Law, Justice and the Family

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    A survey of the law of domestic relations from a statutory and common law perspective is the course's chief aim. Special emphasis will be given to the diverse controversies inherent in the law of the family including annulment, divorce, separation, and other temporary and permanent dissolution agreements. In addition, course coverage weighs and evaluates the controversies and practical difficulties inherent in the division of property, custodial and equitable dissolution awards, and the judicial oversight of parent child relationship. Other topical concerns are visitation, adoption, proof of paternity, questions of incorrigibility and delinquency, adoption, and the diverse forms of litigation tactics so often witnessed in the law of domestic relations. Contemporary dilemmas related to the family will be thoroughly scrutinized and include gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, the rights of grandparents, state's right to intrude in family life in matters of medical care and worship, and other controversial claims.
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  • LAW 7120: Law and Environment

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Surveys the major federal statutes and regulatory schemes relating to environmental quality and analyzes and compares the contrasting approaches to regulation that have been used in judicial settings. Focuses on the interaction of law and policy and considers the role of Congress, the regulatory agencies, and the courts in defining and implementing environmental mandates. Focused attention is given to air quality and its regulation, water and pollutants, the control and dissemination of toxic substances, management of hazardous materials, and the debate around the government's role as protector of the environment.
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  • LAW 7130: Law, Policy, Agency Management

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    In this course, students critically examine the legal and policy dynamics that structure and impact how governmental agencies are managed. These include the functional concepts of the administrative process as well as the principles of organizing, controlling, planning and leadership.
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  • LAW 7200: Law and Policy Sexual Offenses

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The investigation of sexual offenses requires both the humanity of the investigator and the technical expertise of those remaining at the crime scene. How the forensic sciences play out in these forms of investigation is crucial to course purpose and content. How evidence is collected, identified and processed, as well as its suitability for use in the field, and its subsequent admissibility into court, are central themes throughout the course. Students are also exposed to case law and statutory materials dealing with sexual offenses and actual case studies for application and critique.
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