CATALOG 2006-2007 - Syracuse University College of Law

12 | Syracuse University College of Law
upper-level course
descriptions
Accounting for Lawyers
Principles of financial accounting applied to
business entities: proprietorships, partnerships,
and corporations; accounting for and tax
implications of business organizations; and
problems with estates and trusts. Not open
to students who have more than one year of
accounting. Irregular course offering.
Administration of Criminal Justice Seminar
Jurisdictional and procedural rules in context
of complex litigation. Relationship between
procedural rules and the development of
substantive law.
Administrative Law
Nature and function of the administrative process;
procedural constraints on administrative
investigation, adjudication, and rule making;
and judicial review of agency action.
Adoption Law
Legal theories involved in adoption law, the
attorney’s role in adoption practice, and the
various legal documents involved.
Adoption Law Seminar
Focuses on both traditional and non-traditional
domestic adoption. This course enables the
student to understand the legal theories
involved in adoption law, the role of the
attorney in adoption practice, and the various
legal documents involved. Emphasis on legal
research and writing. Irregular course offering.
Advanced Constitutional Law
Selected topics concerning the First
Amendment. Irregular course offering.
Advanced Constitutional Law: First
Amendment
The course surveys the development of the
First Amendment in the 20th century.
Roughly a third of the course is devoted to the
religion clauses, which prohibit establishment
and guarantee free exercise. The remainder
considers the free speech clause, with some
notice of press and assembly issues as well.