2006-2008 Catalog - Roane State Community College
2006-2008 Catalog - Roane State Community College
2006-2008 Catalog - Roane State Community College
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ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 225<br />
LAW<br />
LAW 101—Intro to the Legal Profession & Legal Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Philosophy and history of law; legal decision making; the American judicial system; business organizations;<br />
civil procedure; role of legal assistants; and ethical and professional standards. F<br />
LAW 102—Survey of American Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Legislation, administrative process; government regulation of business, anti-trust, and consumer<br />
law; torts; contracts; investigations; domestic relations; wills, estates, trusts, real property,<br />
etc. Sp<br />
LAW 140—Legal Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Legal bibliography including codes, administrative regulations, reporters, digests, encyclopedias,<br />
citators, law reviews, treatises and West law analysis and synthesis of cases. F, Sp<br />
LAW 150—Legal Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Legal writing skills including precision and clarity, legal citation, and format; drafting of law<br />
office and trial memoranda, trial court brief, appellate brief, and abstracting depositions; analysis<br />
and synthesis of legal materials. (Prerequisite: LAW 140 or permissions of the program director)<br />
F, Sp<br />
LAW 160—Torts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Non-contractual obligations which an individual in society owes others according to common<br />
law and statue; emphasis on intentional acts violating legally protected interest. (Prerequisite:<br />
LAW 101 and LAW 102 or permission of the program director) F<br />
LAW 170—Criminal Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Substantive aspects of criminal law including general principles of criminal liability, specific<br />
analysis of particular crimes; substantive defenses to crime. (Prerequisite: LAW 101 and LAW<br />
102 or permission of the program director) Sp<br />
LAW 201—Domestic Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Laws, procedures, and documents involved in domestic relations; breach of promise to marry;<br />
marriage, annulment; divorce; adoption; child custody/support. (Prerequisite: LAW 101 and<br />
LAW 102 or permission of the program director) F<br />
LAW 211—Business Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and other business vehicles; formation of various<br />
types of business entities; preparations of appropriate documents. (Prerequisite: LAW 101<br />
and LAW 102 or permission of the program director)<br />
LAW 215—Child Support Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
This course will give the student an overview of child support law in Tennessee with an emphasis<br />
placed upon the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines: child support establishment; child<br />
support enforcement; and Title IV-D offices. (Prerequisite: LAW 101 and LAW 102 or permission<br />
of the program director)<br />
LAW 221—Civil Trial and Appellate Practice I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Procedural law; preparation and use of pleadings and other documents involved in the trial and<br />
appeal of a civil action. (Prerequisite: LAW 101 and LAW 102 or permission of the program<br />
director) F<br />
LAW 222—Civil Trial and Appellate Practice II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Procedural law; preparation and use of pleadings and other documents involved in the trial and<br />
appeal of a civil action. (Prerequisite: LAW 221)<br />
LAW 231—Estates and Trusts I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits<br />
Effects of various types of ownership upon passage of property at owner death, with or without<br />
a will; administration, taxation of estates and inheritances; basic requirements for trusts,<br />
wills, guardianships, and conservatorships; administration of a decedents estate including income<br />
tax consequences; case analysis; preparation of necessary documents. (Prerequisite:<br />
LAW 101 and LAW 102 or permission of the program director) F<br />
Course Descriptions