Course Descriptions - Catalog of Studies - University of Arkansas

Course Descriptions
LAWW7212 Jurisprudence Seminar (FA, SP, SU)
Structured philosophies of the law, nature and function of the
common law judicial process.
LAWW7222 LAW & ENVIRONMENT (FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7232 International Environmental Law
Seminar (FA, SP, SU) Study of regulations, treaties, conventions,
and other international law dealing with conservation
of natural resources and pollution of the environment;
enforcement and compliance problems; dispute resolution;
and individual rights and remedies.
LAWW7243 Health Law (FA, SP, SU) An examination
of the role of the law in determining access to and regulation
of the quality of services provided by the health care industry.
LAWW7252 Freedom of Information Seminar (IR)
Examination of federal and state laws governing public
access to records and meetings, as well as constitutional
issues pertaining to such access. The process of obtaining
access, including litigation, is also considered. A research
paper is required.
LAWW7302 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANS-
ACTIONS (FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7343 Law and the Internet (FA, SP, SU) A
survey course dealing with an array of legal issues surrounding
the Internet, including contract, crime, copyright, free
speech, and privacy.
LAWW7352 Privacy Law: Selected Topics (FA, SP,
SU) Focus on areas of current concern and issues that are
emerging in the law of privacy. Specific topics vary from year
to year. These include such subjects as the nature of the individual’s
right to privacy, protection of privacy under the constitution
and by private remedy, impacts and intrusions upon
the right caused by governmental activities and technological
developments (such as computer and data bases).
Comparisons with other legal systems are made. Completion
of the Constitutional Law courses is highly recommended.
LAWW7502 LEGISLATIVE PRACTICE (FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7513 Mass Communication Law (FA, SP,
SU) Legal problems involving the mass media including federal
regulation of broadcasting; cable television; differences
between broadcast and print media; limits on speech in such
areas as defamation, privacy, election campaigns and pretrial
publicity. Not offered every year.
LAWW7512 Mass Communications Law Seminar
(IR) Study of problems involving the mass media. Topics will
vary but may include the constitutional protection for speech
and press, defamation, invasion of privacy, access to government
information, publicity and the courts, copyright, and liability
for emotional and physical harm. A research paper is
required.
LAWW7603 Bankruptcy - Business
Reorganizations (FA, SP, SU) Examines the rules and
tactics governing the reorganization of a struggling business
or farm under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Students
will reorganize a hypothetical failing business as a part of the
course.
LAWW7612 Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy
(FA, SP, SU) Study of recent developments in the law of
bankruptcy as it applies to consumers and nonconsumers
transactions. Prerequisite: LAWW 6602.
LAWW7662 American Indian Law (FA, SP, SU)
Study of the domestic federal law of the United States as it
applies to Native Americans and their tribes. The general
concept of tribal self-determination is the unifying theme of
the course. Particular topics include tribal sovereignty and
government; American Indian civil rights; administration of
justice on and off the reservation; American Indian land
claims; land, hunting, and fishing rights; water rights;
American Indian health, education, and welfare; Bureau of
Indian Affairs; state taxation; individual and tribal treaty rights;
federal Indian policy; and zoning and environmental controls.
LAWW770V Master’s Thesis in Agricultural Law
(1-4) (FA, SP, SU) Research in a specialized area of agricultural
law and development of a scholarly paper containing
the results of this research.
LAWW771V Independent Research in
Agricultural Law (1-2) (FA, SP, SU) Independent
research in agricultural law conducted under the supervision
of a faculty member.
LAWW7723 International Agricultural
Transactions (FA, SP, SU) Examination of agricultural
trade policies, import and export laws affecting agricultural
products, negotiation of international agricultural trade agreements,
and the international aspects of financing of trade in
agricultural commodities.
LAWW7722 Colloquium in Agricultural Law (FA,
SP, SU) Presentation and discussion of papers and topics
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
by graduate students, faculty and guest speakers with an
emphasis on current issues in agricultural law.
LAWW7733 Government Regulation of
Agriculture (FA, SP, SU) State and federal government
regulation of agricultural production, distribution and marketing
with emphasis upon key legislative programs involving
economic regulation of commodity production, pricing and
marketing.
LAWW7732 Regulation of Agricultural Lands (FA,
SP, SU) Selected environmental and resource use problems
in the agricultural sector and the impact of environmental
legislation on management and control of agricultural
lands. Land use planning proposals, soil conservation laws,
pesticide use controls and issues relating to the preservation
of agricultural land also will be included.
LAWW7743 Farm Estate and Business Planning
(FA, SP, SU) Focus on general business and estate planning
issues of special relevance to the farm industry, including
coverage of relevant income, excise, and transfer tax provisions.
LAWW7742 Agricultural Taxation (FA, SP, SU)
Income taxation of the farm business and a review of
accounting and income taxation concepts of particular importance
to the farming enterprise, including provisions relating
to capital gains treatment of agricultural assets, agricultural
“tax shelters”, deferred payment contracts, installment sales,
depreciation of farm assets, and commodities trading.
LAWW7753 Agriculture and the Environment (FA,
SP, SU) Study of the application of environmental law to
agricultural operations. Topics include soil erosion, takings,
pesticide law, the Clean Water Act, the Clear Air Act, common
law nuisance, drainage, wildlife, and endangered
species.
LAWW7752 Agricultural Cooperatives (FA, SP,
SU) Examination of the law governing the organization and
operation of farmer owned cooperatives, with an emphasis
on New Generation value added processing cooperatives.
Among the topics covered are cooperative taxation and
aspects of antitrust and securities law applicable to agricultural
cooperatives.
LAWW7763 Agricultural Finance and Credit (FA,
SP, SU) Study of the legal issues surrounding the financing
of agricultural operations, including credit availability, agricultural
security issues under the Uniform Commercial Code,
and debt restructuring opportunities. Special focus is on lending
options offered by the Farm Service Agency and the
Farm Credit System.
LAWW7773 Water Law (FA, SP, SU) Study of real
property principles governing ownership rights in water and
the federal and state statues controlling the use of water.
LAWW7783 Agricultural Administrative
Procedure and Practice (FA, SP, SU) Focus on
administrative practice before the USDA and the judicial
review of USDA actions involving the federal domestic commodity
programs, federal crop insurance, the Packers and
Stockyards Act, the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act,
and federal marketing Orders.
LAWW7782 Agricultural Labor Law (FA, SP, SU)
Study of the federal laws that govern the employment of agricultural
workers, including wage and hour provisions, laws
impacting migrant and seasonal farm workers, immigration
issues, occupational safety and health, and child labor laws.
LAWW779V Agricultural Law Seminar (1-2) (FA,
SP, SU) Intensive coverage of a specialized topic in agricultural
law not covered in any existing law course. For LL.M.
students only.
LAWW7802 Comparative Law Seminar (FA, SP,
SU) A study of selected foreign legal systems with a focus
on the basic differences between those legal institutions and
the Anglo-American common law system.
LAWW7813 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (FA,
SP, SU) An examination of special problems in the area of
civil rights and civil liberties law. Coverage will vary, with the
focus on an advanced understanding of constitutional guarantees
in areas such as freedom of expression, church and
state, substantive and procedural due process, specialized
approaches to the protection of discrete or insular groups
within society and other related problems. Not offered every
year.
LAWW7822 Corporate Practice Ethics (IR) The
study, preparation, and/or review of materials, documents,
and matters frequently encountered in the organization, operation,
and sale or other disposition of both public and closed
corporations.
LAWW7833 Corporate Acquisitions (FA, SP, SU)
Corporate acquisitions, divestitures and takeovers; corporate
law aspects of buying, selling, and merging businesses with
emphasis on federal and state securities law requirements,
antitrust considerations, and other general business and
management considerations.
LAWW7843 Supreme Court Seminar (FA, SP, SU)
An examination of the unique role and responsibilities of the
Supreme Court of the United States, including its jurisdiction
and procedures, theories of judicial review, and the political
and social role and impact of the Court.
LAWW7852 Forestry Law and Policy (FA, SP, SU)
Introduces legal and policy problems associated both with
public and private forest and rangeland holdings, including a
brief history of the public timber and range resource; federal
timber policy; modern forest management law; emphasis on
legal problems of private “tree farming,” timber contracts; federal
income tax and the timber owner.
LAWW7862 Food Law (IR) Current problems in federal
regulation of food products, drugs, and medical devices, with
strong emphasis on statutory analysis. Examines issues such
as cancer-causing chemicals in the food supply and the marketing
of unsafe and ineffective medical products, as well as
the process by which food additives and drugs are licensed
for marketing. Not offered every year.
LAWW7873 Civil Rights Legislation and
Litigation (FA, SP, SU) An intensive survey of the various
means by which individual rights and liberties are protected,
and in particular those approaches based upon and
derived from statutory guarantees. Included within this will be
an examination of the substantive and procedural aspects of
litigation initiated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, 1983,
1985, and 1988 as a means of encouraging litigation
designed to protect individual rights.
LAWW7883 Agricultural Tax Planning (FA, SP,
SU) focus on the specific provisions of the Internal Revenue
code relating to farmers and ranchers; accounting methods;
tax “shelters,” deferred payment contracts, depreciation of
farm assets; commodities trading; business associations in
agriculture; unique problems in farm estate and business
planning.
LAWW7892 Commodities Trading and Regulation
(FA, SP, SU) Federal regulation of commodities trading
with an emphasis upon the rules of the Commodities Futures
Trading Commission, litigation involving commodities fraud,
and the remedies of participants in commodities markets.
LAWW7902 LAW & TECHNOLOGY (FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7912 GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF
AGRICULTURE (FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7922 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RIGHTS (FA, SP,
SU)
LAWW7931 Agricultural Law Colloquium (FA, SP,
SU) Topical presentations and discussion of readings by
graduate law students, faculty, and guests with an emphasis
on history of agricultural law, current legal problems of various
sectors of the agriculture industry, and general policy
issues. For LL.M. students only, on a credit/no credit basis.
LAWW7941 Research Seminar in Agricultural
Law I (FA, SP, SU) Instruction in advanced legal
research techniques with a focus on issues in agricultural
law. Initial or refresher LEXIS and WESTLAW training.
Experience documents, general agriculture materials, and
statistical studies. Lectures and research exercises. Non-thesis
students are expected to select paper topics and prepare
initial draft. Thesis-option students are expected to select a
thesis topic, do a literature search, and prepare an outline.
Open to LL.M. students only, on a credit/no credit basis for
thesis option students; non-thesis option students graded
upon completion of 7951.
LAWW7952 CONSCIENCE AND THE STATE (FA,
SP, SU)
LAWW7951 Research Seminar in Agricultural
Law II (FA, SP, SU) A continuation of 7941 Research
Seminar in Agricultural Law I for non-thesis LL.M. students
only. Further drafts and completion of research paper
required. Presentations of papers at seminar meetings with
faculty in attendance.
LAWW7972 AGRICULTURAL TAX PROBLEMS
(FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7982 AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
(FA, SP, SU)
LAWW7992 NATURAL RESOURCES SEMINAR
(FA, SP, SU)
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