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• LAWL 120: Personal Legal Decisions

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines of the areas of the law that are likely to have a direct bearing on a person's life. Student participation required in considering the legal issues associated with citizenship (the court system, law making process, jury duty, and individual rights and responsibilities), public and private wrongs (criminal, tort-personal injury) relationships (marriage, divorce, adoption), finances (rental and credit card agreements, mortgages, insurance), work (employment contracts and liability), and the hereafter (wills and trusts).
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• LAWL 231: Law & Legal Env

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Covers the structure of the American legal, constitutional, and regulatory systems, the nature and sources of law, the courts and dispute resolution, and the principles of law applicable to business, including administrative law, the common law of contracts, torts and products liability, property, intellectual property, crimes.
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• LAWL 332: Business and Commercial Law

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Presents basic principles of commercial law (Uniform Commercial Code-UCC), agency and such topics as debtor/creditor relations, business organizations and securities regulation, bankruptcy and ethics. Prerequisite:    LAWL231 OR BUS4410 OR LWLE331 OR MANG302
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• LAWL 336: Legal Aspects Fraud

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Covers the practical, legal and ethical considerations involved in the conduct of a fraud examination addressing the rules of evidence and civil and criminal procedure; rules concerning proof of intent and obstruction of justice; and the major federal statutes relevant to fraud investigation. Professional standards of fraud examiners will be studied and, current cases examined. LAW231 is highly recommended, but not required.
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• LAWL 340: Law and Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores legal themes from a literary perspective across a range of novels, essays, plays, and other narratives. Examines literary devices such as point of view, irony, allusion, and symbolism as well as rhetorical strategies to achieve a richer understanding. Provides legal, historical, and political context as necessary to discern the intention of the author, establish the characteristics of trials, contracts, wills, and other law-related concepts in literature, and compare them with contemporary legal climate.
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• LAWL 350: Environmental Law and Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces environmental law and policy, emphasizing the origins, purposes and methods of contemporary environmental law, its scientific, ethical and global context, and its impact on business and society. Topics include: common law and statutory foundations (NEPA); the regulatory toolkit; constitutional law issues (e.g., property rights); citizen participation in environmental litigation; and the major acts and treaties, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation Recovery Act and CERCLA (Superfund), and NEPA.
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• LAWL 360: Employment Discrimination

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores discrimination and personal bias in general and in the employment context. Surveys major federal equal opportunity in employment laws and focuses on types of discrimination outlawed by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Legal and ethical issues relating to affirmative action are discussed as well as state and local laws addressing employment discrimination and the advisability of further antidiscrimination regulation.
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• LAWL 475: Negotiation & Alt Dispute Res

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines the most commonly used forms of dispute resolution including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and online methods. The examination includes the steps and procedures for each method, along with discussions of how to select the appropriate form. Course also includes a skill building component designed to improve each student's negotiation skills through the use of negotiation techniques, exercises and critiques of videotaped negotiation sessions. Prerequisite:    LAWL231 OR BUS4410 OR LWLE331 OR MANG302
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• LAWL 550: Law, Ethics & Public Policy

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  A practical case-based approach to key areas of the law from the perspective of a management-level consumer.
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• LIBR 200: Peer Research Consult Trng

  1.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces peer research consultants to the position, peer tutoring practices, and library research. Students will learn theories and practices to apply to sessions with other students.
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