The Bulletin - George Washington University Law School

76 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLCommercial LawCommercial law regulates the operation of the marketplace, including transactions betweenbusinesses and between a consumer and a business. Three courses focus on variousportions of the Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions (Articles 2A and9), Commercial Paper—Payment Systems (primarily Articles 3, 4, and 4A), and Creditors’Rights and Debtors’ Protection (state law debt collection and bankruptcy). Advancedcourses focus on consumer transactions, the banking industry, and international commercialtransactions.Foundation CoursesSecured Transactions (6280)Commercial Paper—Payment Systems(6282)Creditors’ Rights and Debtors’ Protection(6284)Business Bankruptcy and Reorganization(6285)Banking Law (6290)Advanced CoursesVenture Capital Law (6259)Regulation of Derivatives (6261)E-Commerce (6283)Consumer Protection Law (6286)Constitutional Law and Civil RightsAdmiralty (6293)Sports and the Law (6295)Insurance (6298)Entertainment Law (6475)International Business Transactions (6522)International Commercial Law (6524)International Finance (6541)International Banking and Investment Law(6542)Introduction to Transactional Islamic Law(6557)International Business TransactionsSeminar (6564)Consumer Mediation Clinic (6620)This major field deals with the proper role of various branches of government and theprotection of individual rights and liberties. Building upon the required course on federalpowers, Constitutional Law I, the courses in this practice area explore the constitutionalstructure of our federal government and its relationship to the states. A related setof courses addresses the protection of individual civil rights.Foundation CoursesFederal Courts (6232)Conflict of Laws (6234)Constitutional Law II (6380)Legislation (6416)Advanced CoursesFamily, Child, and State (6349)Domestic Violence Law (6350)Federal Sentencing Seminar (6374)Law of Separation of Powers (6384)Voting Rights Law (6387)Civil Rights Legislation (6388)Employment Discrimination Law (6390)Gender Discrimination and the Law(6392)Law and Religion (6393)Sexuality and the Law (6394)Constitutional Law and the Supreme Court(6395)Federal Indian Law (6397)The Law of Democracy (6398)Constitutional Law Seminar (6399)Communications Law (6412)Lawyers, Lobbying, and the Law (6421)Law in Cyberspace (6485)Immigration Law I (6538)Immigration Law II (6539)History of the U.S. Constitution (6594)Race, Racism, and American Law (6595)Law of Race and Slavery (6596)Immigration Clinic (6630)Disabled People and the Law (6635)Legal Activism (6637)