University of Maryland School of Law : Catalog, 1988-1989

the federal securities laws, brokerdealer
liability, going-private transactions,
investment banking issues
and state securities statutes. The
seminar should be helpful to students
who seek to practice in the
business law area, whether it be in
an adviser or litigator context.
C: Business Associations. R: Securities
Regulation.
Evening (LAW 558 H)— Mr. Steinberg.
Soviet, Chinese and Western
Approaches to International
Law Seminar* (3)
This seminar attempts to analyze
the approaches of the Soviet
Union, China, the Third World
and Western countries to international
law in general and to specific
problems of international law.
It deals comparatively with theory
and practice relating to treatment
of aliens, recognition, treaties, foreign
investment, law of the sea
and ocean development, detente,
disarmament, the Helsinki Declaration,
East-West trade relations
and other selected issues of current
interest.
Day (LAW 590 C)—Not offered
1988-89.
Special Topics in Law (2)
Content for Special Topics in Law,
taught as a limited enrollment
seminar but not satisfying the writing
requirement, will vary from
year to year. In 1988-89 several
sections of this course will be offered.
90
Professor Hoffmann's section,
subject to curriculum committee
approval, is a survey course of Critical
Issues in Health Care and will
be open to students at all of the
professional schools at UMAB and
graduate students in relevant departments
at UMBC. The goal of
the course is to offer students from
the different disciplines an opportunity
to share information and
perspectives with one another. A
case study approach will be utilized
to explore the legal, ethical and
policy questions that arise in the
areas of medical malpractice, rights
of patients to refuse treatment, informed
consent and substituted
consent in medical decisionmaking,
regulation of medical research,
cost containment in the health
care system and the impact of the
increasing for profit health care
system on the delivery of health
care.
Professor Hornstein's section
will investigate film as a medium
more expressive of popular culture
than perhaps any other save television.
An examination of its treatment
of law should present an accurate
reflection of the views of
the culture. Professor Hornstein's
section will provide students with
an awareness of these views and
provide a forum for an examination
of their accuracy. Through that examination
students can explore
their own positions on the meaning
of law and what it might mean
to live a life in the law.
The section will meet once
every two weeks for a total of seven
or eight meetings. Several days before
each meeting a time will be
scheduled at which participants
can screen the film to be discussed.
The film will be available
at other times for those who do
not attend the scheduled screening
or who wish to see the film more
than once.
Two students will be assigned
to lead the discussion of each film
and will be required to submit a
discussion guide a few days before
the scheduled class meeting. This
should encourage collaborative
work and encourage students to
take a deeper look at the ideas presented.
Each student (save the two responsible
for leading the discussion
of the film to follow) will be required
to submit a brief (approximately
1,000 word) essay following
each film. Thus, no student will
be preparing to lead a discussion
on one film while writing an essay
on a different film; but for each
film two students will both lead
the discussion and prepare an essay.
Professor Hornstein's section
satisfies the perspective requirement,
but cannot be used to satisfy
the writing requirement. Enrollment
is limited to ten students.
Professor Keller's section will
explore the consequences of Maryland's
existing tax system in terms
of fairness, neutrality, simplicity
and yield. Students will write papers
on a variety of subjects. Students
intending to take this section
in the spring semester are encouraged
to take State and Local Taxation
in the Fall semester.