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2006-2008 Catalog - Roane State Community College

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7111-<strong>Roane</strong>StCommColl 6/16/06 2:58 PM Page 225<br />

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

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