Search

• 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.
  ShareLAW 7100 - Law and Ethics

• 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.
  ShareLAW 7110 - Law, Justice and the Family

• 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.
  ShareLAW 7120 - Law and Environment

• 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.
  ShareLAW 7130 - Law, Policy, Agency Management

• 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.
  ShareLAW 7200 - Law and Policy Sexual Offenses

• LAW 7210: Law and Policy Forensics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  An interdisciplinary course covering law, criminal justice, technology in the evidentiary arena. Coverage in the course provides a broad based assessment of expert witnesses, microanalysis, pathological evidence, admissibility and investigatory practice, ballistics, fingerprints, vascar/radar, and photographic techniques. Contrasted with criminalistics, subject matter of this course is primarily evidentiary. More particularly, course will delve into the rules of evidence that guide the admissibility of forensic evidence in a court of law. Examination includes threshold tests for reliability and admissibility, qualification of witnesses competent to testify; scientific rigor required for admission and case law determinations on the use and abuse of scientific evidence.
  ShareLAW 7210 - Law and Policy Forensics

• LAW 7220: Jurisprudence of Crime

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  In this course, students examine jurisprudential principles and issues in the design and application of criminal law.
  ShareLAW 7220 - Jurisprudence of Crime

• LAW 7300: International Law

  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.
  ShareLAW 7300 - International Law

• LAW 7310: Law and Policy Natl Security

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The goal of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the strategic, political, legal and organizational challenges associated with the defense of the U.S. homeland, the efforts that are under way to meet these challenges and possible policy options. The course starts by examining the range of potential threats to the U.S. homeland, focusing on potential terrorist acts. The course then examines strategies and means for addressing these threats, including both military and non-military options. The course goes on to analyze organizational issues and impediments to effective policy coordination. Finally, the course addresses the implications of homeland security challenges and policies for constitutional rights, legal protections and civil liberties.
  ShareLAW 7310 - Law and Policy Natl Security

• LAW 7320: Law Policy Intel Natl Security

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines threats, vulnerabilities, objectives, strategy, instruments of national power, resources, and risks associated with ensuring homeland defense. Students will have the opportunity to fully address and create policy, and discuss organizational and substantive issues regarding homeland security intelligence support. An overview of diverse intelligence disciplines and how the intelligence community operates will be discussed. Course emphasis will be on issues affecting policy, oversight and intelligence support to homeland security and national decision-making.
  ShareLAW 7320 - Law Policy Intel Natl Security