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36COMMERCIAL LAW L LAW 648.A study of the financing and distribution of goods from manufacturer toultimate consumer, with special emphasis given to the financing of salestransactions (Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) and to the processesfor payment of sales-generated obligations (Articles 3. 4 and 5 of theUniform Commercial Code).CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. LAW 6339.Survey of procedures applicable in the criminal justice system from arrestthrough post-convietion remedies.EVIDENCE. LAW 644.An examination of the problems of proof, including study of the admissionand exclusion of information on the basis of relevancy, economy, policy.and protection of the individual or the slale; the examination of witnesses,substitutes for evidence, and procedural considerations.INCOME TAXATION. LAW 641.The purposes of this course are to give a basic understanding of federalincome taxation relating to individuals, trusts. partnerships. and corporationsand to teach the use of complex statutes and regulations.PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. LAW 6223.Familiarizes the students with the ramifications of the Code of ProfessionalResponsibility and the Canons of Judicial Ethics in the context of thepractice of law and examines the machinery available for the improvementof the practice.WILLS AND TRUSTS. LAW 643.A study of the devolution of property by descent, wills and trusts, includ­Ing a study offuture interests and related constructional problems.Advanced Elective CoursesACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS. LAW 6215.A study of accounting and accounting concepts. particularly as dealt within statutory law. judicial decisions. and administrative law. Designed to providea background for advanced study in corporate finance and taxation.ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. LAW 6310.Examines the role of the administrative process in our society. fonnal andinformal, and emphaSizes the powers and procedures common to all administrativeagencies and the relationships among the legislative. judicial.and executive branches in the development of public policy.ADMIRALTY LAW 6242.An examination of the historical development of admiralty and maritimeJurisdiction; the nature and source of substantive maritime law in the contextof particular topics, and problems of admiralty Jurisdicllon in a federalsystem.ADVANCED COMMERCIAL CODE SEMINAR. LAW 6243.A study of selected problems in the field of commercial transactions. Twoillustrative areas are commercial problems involving the farmer-rancher.ADVANCED ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR LAW 6283.A number of advanced estate planning problems are considered and solvedby Ihe sludents in a seminar selling. including buy-sell agreements for dispositionof business interests, problems arising at divorce. use of insurancetrusts, the multi-state and multi-country estate and the immigrating client,liquidity, fact-gathering, valuation, and working with other members of theestale planning team.ADVANCED INCOME TAXATION. LAW 6323.A study of ta.xation principles applicable to formation, management. reoorganization. and dissolution of business entities with particular emphasiSupon the corporation-shareholder relationship in both closely held andpublicly owned corporations.ANTITRUST. LAW 6311.A study of the national antitrust policy under the Sherman, Clayton. Robinson-Patman,and Federal Trade Commission acts and the application of theselaws to individual action and restrictive agreements involving price flXing.market division, resale price maintenance, price discrimination, trade boycolisand refusals to deal, exclusive arrangements, patents, monopolies andindustrial concentration, public and private remedies.APPELLATE ADVOCACY. LAW 611.Research and writing of briefs and participation in competitive rounds oforal arguments in appellate cases. designed to develop writing and advocacyskills and to increase the student's understanding of the relationship be.tween precedent and policy in the resolution of legal controversies.ARBITRATION. LAW 6244.An examination of the resolution of grievances arising under collectivebargaining agreements. Primary emphasis is placed on the procedural aspectsof labor arbitration. In addition to traditional classroom work, students participatein simulated arbitration hearings and write arbitration awards.BANKING LAW. LAW 6345.A survey of the history, structure. and regulatory scheme of the American~Oa~ii~::~s:~"ba:~~ha~~~:t~~I~r::~~~~n~~:ankactivities, trust powers.BUSINESS TORTS. LAW 6335.An examination of interferences with intangible business and economic~nterests, including misrepresentali~nof competitor's products (trade libel).mterfen:n'7 with contractual relations. false and misleading advertising,appropriation of trade values. copyright and trademark infringement.CIVIL LITIGATION. LAW 6275.Students prepare and file pleadings, prepare for trial. and litigate legalaid cases in court under the supervision of a clinical professor. Instructoranalysis of student trial perfonnance and evaluation of tactics employed isprovided.COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. LAW 6262.A study of the collective bargaining process, administration of the collectivebargaining agreement, and arbitration.COMMERCIAL LAW II. LAW 6286.A study of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code which covers thelaw of sales. Included are the requirements for formation of a sales contract,problems in enforcement, and determination of remedies for breach of con.tract.COMPARATIVE LAW. LAW 6238.A comparison of methods and sources of common law and civil law. Em.phasis is placed upon procedure and private law in the civil system andforeign law problems encountered in domestic legal practice. Efforts to unifyand hannonize legal systems will be examined.CONFLICT OF LAWS. LAW 6324.The law relating 10 transactions or occurrences when some or all of theoperative facls arise in more than one state; jurisdiction of courts, enforce­":,ent of foreign judgments and decrees; choice of conOicting law in situahansinvolving torts, contracts, property. marriage, divorce. and proceduralproblems.39