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44eerning the particular problem will also be examined. Examples of problemswhich might be used include air pollution. water pollution. oil pollution. useand abuse of public lands, conservation of scarce resources, the energy crisis,and regional or statewide land use planning and management for environmentalpurposes.PRODUCTS UABILITY. LAW 6276.A comprehensive study of the civil action for harm resulting from defectiveand dangerous products. including lhe historical development of thistheory of liability and its component parts, the problems concerning verticaland horizontal privity, defectiveness, proof, available defenses, damages,and remedies.PROSECUTING CRIMES AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCIES. LAW 6241.Clinical training in the criminal district attorney's office involving the investigation,preparation, and trial of adult crimes and adjudication of juveniledelinquencies, and the supervision of juveniles placed on probation andparole.PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW. LAW 6337.A comprehensive study of the impact of law upon public education inAmerica, emphasiZing the diverse relationships existing between students,teachers. administrators, governing bodies. legislatures, and the public. andhow these relationships are affected by law expressed in regulations,statutes, judicial decisions, state constitutions, and the United States Constitution.REAL PROPERTY FINANCING AND TRANSACTIONS. LAW 649.A study of real property security and financing. Creation and enforcementof mortgages. equitable liens. merchanics' liens, and other fonns of realproperty security: assignments and priorities. Financing and security devicesused in connection with land acquisition and development such as leaseholdmortgages, sale and leaseback, real estate investment trusts, and syndication.Study of commercial leases. shopping center leasing. and condominiums.REMEDIES. LAW 6312.FOnDS of legal and equitable relief a court is equipped to grant by way ofredress to those who have been or may be injured, including alternativechoices and the tactical advantages of each.SECURITIES REGULATION. LAW 6334.Federal and state (particularly Texas) regulation of the issuance and saleof corporate securities; antifraud provisions, broker-dealer registration andmarket regulation. securities registration. administration and enforcement,civil liability and rescission, exemptions. financial reporting. disclosure, insidertrading, and proxy regulation.SEX DISCRIMINATION AND THE LAW. LAW 6268.A study of sex discrimination in American law. emphasiZing the origins,extent, and oonsequences of sex discrimination and recent legislative, judicial,and constitutional developments. The proposed Equal Rights Amendmentand legal remedies for sex discrimination are also considered.STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION. LAW 6234.A study of selected problems dealing with the power to tax and limitationsplaced upon such power by the federal and state constitutions; the chiefsources of state and local tax revenues: and problems of conflict betweentax systems in a federal stale.TAX POUCY. LAW 6281.A study of the fundamental philosophical, political, economic, and legalprinciples and tools of analysis regarding tax policy.TAX PROCEDURE, PENALTIES. AND PROSECUTION. LAW 6282.A study of the procedural aspects of federal taxation matters. includingaudits. settlement procedures, court jurisdiction and procedure, and criminalprosecutions. and of civil and criminal penalties proVided by statute.TEXAS LAND TITLES. LAW 6250.Contracts for sale of land~ forms of deeds: desaiptlons~ warranty andother covenants of title; escrows: recording statutes~ practice in drafting~acquisition of title to land through adverse possession.TEXAS PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE. LAW 6277.A study of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to pre--trial procedureconcerning parties, actions res judicata. venue, courts and subject matterjurisdiction, in personam and in rem jurisdiction, pleading, discovery. summaryjudgment. problems of time, court of trial, and disposition withouttrial.TEXAS TRIAL AND APPELLATE PROCEDURE. LAW 6338.A study of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to trial and appellateprocedure conceming the jury, presentation of the case, motions for instructedverdict. the court's charge, the verdIct, trial hefore the court, posttrialmotions and procedures, final and appealable judgments, appellatejurisdiction, perfection of appeal, the courts of civil appeal, the SupremeCourt of Texas, and original proceedings in appellate courts.TRIAL ADVOCACY. LAW 6228.A practical course involving demonstrations and student practice in allaspects of the trial of civil and criminal cases which provide significant opportunitiesfor jury persuasion, instructor analysis and commentary respectingstudent performance and evaluation of trial tactics.WATER LAW. LAW 6344.The course covers a variety of topics including the private law systemsfor allocating water among users, the public law systems of allocation,groundwater management, development of new water supplies, interstatedisputes, and water pollution.BOARD OF BARRISTERS.LAW REVIEW.RESEARCH.SKILLS DEVEWPMENT.45LAW 715.LAW 712, 722.LAW 711, 721.LAW 716.
46Prelaw AdvisersListed below are the official prelaw advisers on variouscampuses in Texas who have authorized us to include theirnames in the interest of disseminating the most complete informationabout the study of law. For additional information,you may wish to see the official Pre-Law Handbook, 1978·79edition, published in the fall of 1978 and prepared by the LawSchool Admission Test Council and the Association of AmericanLaw Schools. It may be obtained at college bookstores or orderedfrom Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.Texas Tech UniversilyProfessor01arles E. Dale, College of Business AdministrationProfessor Paul J. Woods, Department of HistoryAbilene Christian UniversityProfessor Gaston Welborn, University AttorneyAngelo State UniversityProfessor 8111 Henderson, Head. Department of GovernmentProfessor Walter Noelke. Department of GovernmentAustin CollegeProfessor Kenneth W. Street, Department of Political ScienceBaylor UniversityProfessor David Guinn. School of LawBishop CollegeProfessor Manuel Aldana. Department of Political ScienceCorpus Christi Slate UniversityLee Baker, Career Placement OfficeEast Texas State UniversityProfessor Charles P. Elliott, Department of Political ScienceHardin-Simmons UniversityProfessor Virginia Annstrong. Department of Political ScienceHoward Payne UniversityProfessor Don L. Smith, Department of Political ScienceLamarUniversilyProfessor Boyd L. Lanier, Department of GovernmentMcMurry CollegeProfessor Mohammed EI Attrache, Department of Political ScienceProfessor Henry Doscher, Division of Business AdministrationProfessor Robert Sledge, Department of HistoryMidwestern State UniversityProfessor Leo M. Sabato, Chairman, Department of Political ScienceProressor Warren Moeller, Chairman, School of Business AdministrationNorth Texas Stole UniversityProfessor CloY is C. Morrisson, Jr., Department of Political ScienceRice UniversityProfessor M. V. McEnany, Department or Undergraduate AffairsSt. Mary's UniversityBrother Rodney Novasad, S.M., Director of CounselingProfessor O. H. Rechtschaffen, Chairman, Public Justice DepartmentSam Houston State UniversityProfessor John W. Phillips, Department of Business AdministrationSouthern Methodist UniversityProfessor Ann Thomas, Department of Political ScienceSouthwest Texas State UniversityProfessor Randall W. Bland, Department of Political ScienceProfessor Francis Rich, Department of Political ScienceSouthwestern UniversityProfessor B. Joe Colwell, Department of Business Administration andEconomicsStephen F. Austin State UniversityProfessor Joe Ellis Ericson, Head, Department of Political ScienceSui Ross State UniversityProfessor Dale B. Christophersen, Head, Department of Political ScienceTarleton State UniversityProfessor O. A. Grant, Department of Social SciencesTexas A&l UniversityProfessor Darvin Hoffman. Department of BusinessProfessor Mary R Mallingly, Department of Political Science47
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