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40CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SEMINAR. LAW 6233.A study of selected problems in Constitutional Law.CONSUMER LAW. LAW 6259.A oonsideration of the law relating to merchantlconsumer transactions.with special emphasis on the place and operation of consumer credit in oursociety, existing and proposed legislation aerecting alnsumers, and judicialand extrajudicial self.help methods available 10 aggrieved merchants and(Xmsumers.CONSUMER LAW CLINIC, LAW 114. 724.Students are aSSigned 10 the Texas Attorney General's ofrice in Lubbock,Consumer Protection Division, where they perfonn II variety of tasks relatedto consumer problems. investigating consumer complaints, preparing andfiling lawsuits in consumer cases being litigated by the Attorney General, andparticipating as obselVers in the trial of such cases. A weekly one-hour seminaris conducted at the School of Law for Consumer Law Clinic students.CORRECTIONS. LAW 6270.A study of the theoretical lind practical aspects of sentencing, punishment,treatment, and release from prison. Included are the revolutionary developmentsin the field of prisoners' rights.CREDITORS' RIGHTS. LAW 6333.A study of the methods used for the liquidation of debtors' estates. Thenonbankruptcy materials oover individual creditor's rights by attachment,garnishment, execution, creditor's bills, and the like: oommon law composilion:general assignments. The bankruptcy materials oover in the main thefirst seven chapters of the Bankruptcy Act and deal with liquidation.CRIMINAL EVIDENCE. LAW 6237.A study of the critical doctrines of oonstitutional law which affect the admissibilityof evidence in criminal cases, including the specific areas ofsearch and seizure, invasion of privacy, intenogation of suspects, use ofundercover agents, privilege against seU-incrimination, oonfrontation bywitnesses, and others.CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SEMINAR. LAW 6231.A critical study of the criminal law processes at various stages from detentionto appeal. including a study of state and federal rules of criminal procedure,and the oonstilutionally derived procedural rights of persons accusedof crime.DEFENDING CRIMES AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCIES. LAW 6260.Clinical training in the investigation, preparation. and defense of adultcrimes and juvenile delinquincies and in handling post·trial actions.DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. LAW 6288.A study of the oonstilutional. statutory, and regulatory standards foreliminating and prohibiting discrimination on the basis of the individual'srace, color, religion, sex, or national origin in hiring, discharging, classifying,or promoting employees or changing their conditions of employment. Itoovers the procedures necessary for filing an action for discrimination, theEqual Employment Opportunity Qlmmission and how it operates, the standardsset out by the major cases, and EEOC regulations for detennining discriminationand what obligallons employers (public and private). laborunions, and employment agencies are under including the requirement foraffinnative action programs.ECONOMIC REGULATION. LAW 6269.An examination of problems in industries subject to special forms ofgovernment control. Regulatory problems in the gas, electric. telephone,pipeline, railroad, water carrier, motor carrier, domestic air transportation,and radio and television broadcasting industries are considered, as well asvarious broad policy problems, more or less applicable to all.ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. LAW 6328.The respective roles of the federal and state governments in handling suchproblems as air and water pollution. agricultural pollution, use of publiclands, and land use plllDni"3. Federal and state regulatory means to safeguardtbe environment will be oonsidered in detail.ESTATE AND GIFT TAXATION. LAW 6347.The impact of federal transfer taxes (gift tax. estate tax, and generationskippingtransfer tax) on various tyPes of dispositions of property duringlife and at death, the administrative and judicial process in resolVing federalestate and gift tax controversies, and the social and economic implicationsof taxation of distributions of wealth.ESTATE PLANNING. LAW 6227.Techniques of planning and implementing dispositive arrangements, includingboth inter vivos and testamentary dispositions: factors influencingthe choice of one technique over another, including the income and estateand gift tax consequences of a particular course of aclion.FAMILY LAW. LAW 6331.Legal problems related to the establishment, dissolution, and reorganizationof family relationships, including marriage, divorce, annulment, alimonyand child support, custody, adoption, dependancy, child abuse, and injuriesto family relations.FEDERAL CORPORATION LAW. LAW 6271.An advanced study of selected problems and developing areas in federalsecurities law. The emphasis will be twofold. First, there will be an analysisof selected problems and corporate transactions which involve the applica.tion of federal securities laws. Second, there will be study of currently im.portant policy issues and developing areas in federal securities law. including"federal oorporallon law." These will relate to the regulation of publicly heldoorporations, securities litigation. and the regulation of securities tradingmarkets.FEDERAL JURISDICTION. LAW 6332.A. study of the jurisdiction of the federal oourts and of the procedural rulesrelated to jurisdictional mailers, including the law applied by the federalrourts, federal question and diversity jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction. jurisdictionalamount. appellate jurisdiction, and oonflicts between the state andnational judicial systems.FORENSIC MEDICINE. LAW 6240.A study of law and medicine including some medical terminology andconcepts and relevant legal principles as they might be encountered in afuture case or public forum. Particular attention is given to perspectives inlaw and medicine, the medical sciences, the forensic sciences, medical proofin litigation, medical malpractice, hospital liability, public health regulation,medical-moral problems in a changing society, etc.GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. LAW 6285.A review of issues peculiar to oommercial dealings of public bodies in.cluding sovereign immunity. public bidding requirements, mandatory oon.tract clauses, and special disputes procedures.INSURANCE. LAW 6216.The law applicable to the formation, construction. and enforcement ofoontracts for life, casualty, llDd property insurance: government regulationof the insurance industry.INTERNATIONAL BA.NKING AND FINANCE. LAW 621.An examination of practical aspects of financing and investment usingprivate and govemmental institutions. Included are selected topics, such as41
42tax treaties and loan agreements, with varying degrees of emphasis onbusiness.INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. LAW 6348.Legtll aspects of doing business abroad, particularly in developed countries,with emphasis on lax planning, U.S. and European antitrust laws, eJlporting.licensing, and international banking and finance. The course su",e)'s theregulation of multi-national companies, foreign investment. trade wilh Communistcountries, and industrial property.INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW. LAW 6318.An introductory COl.!rse in international legal studies. Special emphasis isgiven to recognizing. analyzing. and solving international and foreign lawproblems as they arise in the practice of law in the United States; the jurisdictionof slales over persons and territory. reoognition of states, governmentalimmunities, the law of treaties and principles of state responsibility;and appraisal of treaties and conventions dealing wilh international economicproblems, natural resources, human rights, taxation, and contracts.JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION. LAW 6346.The course deals with the natu.re of the judil;ial function at trial and onappeal; judicial selection including methods of recroitment and mitigation ofbias; fonnal judidal education; judidal c;areers including tenure, discipline,and promotion; and the appellate process including the work of appellatestarrs and possible consolidation of appeals and post-eonviction remedies.JURISPRUDENCE. LAW 628.An introduction to legal philosophy. The major jurisprudential issues, thedefinition of law, the concept of justice, the relation of law and morality,and the function of legal analysis will be considered independently and inthe light of specific legal theories, induding modem American legal philosophies.JUVENILE PROCESS. LAW 6220.A study of the possible points of contact between individuals and thejuvenile justice process, especially in connection with situations Involvingdelinquency matters and persons in need of supervision. Attention is alsodirected to the matters of dependency and neglect and child abuse.LASOR LAW. LAW 6314.A study of state and federal laws governing the employer-union relationship,organizational rights. the establishment of the collective bargainingrelationship, and the legality of various;Yl:les of concerted activity.LAND USE PLANNING. LAW 6342.The course will consider both private and public means of controlling theuse of land. Emphasis will be placed on the areas of planning and zoning,induding the emerging problem of exdusionary land use controls. Furthertopks that will be discussed include subdivision controls. restrictive deedcovenants. eminent domain pl'Ol;eedings. and urban renewal.LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. LAW 6272.A study of both the practkal and the theoretical aspects of the "insanitydefense" and civil commitment. Particular attention is paid to the conceptof "dangerousness" and to the problems of prediction of harmful conduct.LAW OF CITIZENSHIP, NATURALIZATION, ANDIMMIGRATION. LAW 6269.A study of the Constitution, federal statutes, and case law relating tocitizenship, aliens, and admission into and deportation from the United States.LEGAL AID. LAW 713, 723.Students are assigned to selected legal aid offices in the Lubbock llf1!awhere they participate in legal interviewing and counseling, negotiation,drafting of legal Instruments, and a variety of related tasks involving legalproblems of dients. A weekly one-hour seminar is conducted at the Schoolof Law for legal aid students in all legal aid offices.LEGAL DRAf'TING. LAW 6224.A study of drafting structure and phraseology as it has evolved in modernlegislative drafting lind the application of the resulting principles to thepreparation of documents for private transactions. principally thosse whichdepend on concurrence.LEGISLATION. LAW 629.A study of the dynamics of the legislative process and the role of the legislaturein shaping policy and making new laws; the processes and proceduresinvolved in legislative research. drafting, and deliberation.LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LAW 639.A study of the law relating to the creation of local government units, theirlegislative, fiscal, proprietal')', and administrative powers and functions, tortand contract liability, planning and land use control including zoning andurban renewal. Special emphasis is placed on Texas law.MANAGEMENT OF AIR RESOURCES. LAW 6341.This course will present a multidisciplinary approach to the problem ofmanaging our endangered air resources. Primal')' emphasis will be on theattempts to regulate air pollution under the Clean Air Act Amendments of1970. Other topics indude the role of the courts in this field and causes andcontrol techniques to abate air pollution.MARITAL PROPERTY. LAW 6313.Property rights of husband and wife under the Texas community propertysystem, including coverage of the law relating to homestead.MILITARY JUDICIAL SYSTEM. LAW 6226.A study of the composition, jurisdiction, and procedures of courts-martialconvened in the armed forces of the United States, modes of proof authorized,the elements of military offenses, and defenses which are recognized.with emphasis upon the constitutional rights of accused servicemen.OIL AND GAS. I.AW 6319.A study of the law of oil and gas with emphasis upon the interests thatmay be created in oil and gas. the rights of the landowner, provisions in theoil and gas lease, the rights of assignees, and legislation dealing with productionand conservation.OIL AND GAS PROBLEMS. LAW 6274.An advanced course dealing with particular areas of oil and gas. Thecourse will have a varying content which will be announced. Areas of studymay include federal taxation of oil {Ind gas transactions; detailed study ofpooling. unitization, and regulation of oil and gas; and drafting problemsassociated with oil and gas conveyancing and operations.POVERTY LAW. LAW 6340.A study of the legal problems of the poor including availability of legalservices. securing and retaining adequate housing, establishing eligibility forwelfare benefits. and protecting their rights as consumers and citizens.PROBLEMS IN BANKING LAW. LAW 6222.An examination of special problems of the American Banking System.including those related to regulatlon of bank activities. trust powers, andbank holding companies.PROBLEMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. LAW 6265.The course will focus each semester on a particular problem in environmentallaw. The problem will be studied in depth with emphasis on analysisof legislation (state and federal) relating to it and an evaluation of the regulatOl')'scheme. The functions of administrative agencies and their actions con-43
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