CATALOG 2006-2007 - Syracuse University College of Law

Business, Finance, and Economics
This course will cover basic accounting,
economics, finance, very rudimentary taxation
concepts, securities and investments, and
other topics, such as life and hazard insurance.
Capital Punishment Seminar
Review of Eighth Amendment and capital
punishment decisions of the U.S. Supreme
Court, both recently and since Gregg v. Georgia,
with critical and philosophical analysis of the
foundations for those decisions. Examination
of the views of particular justices. A paper
satisfying the writing requirement will be
required.
Children and the Law
Parent-child, child-state relationships.
Education, health, welfare, child abuse,
juvenile delinquency, and representation of
children will be covered in this course.
Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic
The Children’s Rights and Family Law
Clinic addresses the unmet legal needs of
children and their families by representing
them in federal and state courts and before
administrative agencies with respect to
special education, school disciplinary and
suspension hearings, emancipation, child
custody and support, adoption, guardianship
and divorce matters. They also assist clients in
the Family Advocacy Program, a collaborative
project with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Additionally, students have the opportunity to
engage in non-litigation legal advocacy and
educational outreach.
Chinese Law
Focus on the development of the Chinese legal
system since the founding of the People’s
Republic of China in 1949, with due attention
to social, political, and economic factors.
Close examination of areas of substantive and
procedural law, such as constitutional law,
professional responsibility, criminal law and
procedure, and labor law.
Chinese Law Seminar
Overview of a legal system of another major
power distinctive from the U.S. in terms of
historical development, economic structure,
and political organization; development of the
Chinese legal system since the founding of
the People’s Republic in 1949; social, political,
and economic factors. Procedure, contracts,
labor law, and foreign economic relationships.
Irregular course offering.
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Civil Rights
Focusing on race, gender, class, and sexual
preference, this course examines the social,
political, and legal structures that determine
what civil rights are and who has them.
Significant attention will be paid to the role
of U.S. Supreme Court opinions and federal
legislation.
Commercial Real Estate Practice
This applied learning course will build on the
fundamentals of the Real Estate Transactions
I course and will focus on the development of
a regional shopping mall which will provide a
framework for the course outline. The course
will not only provide ways to convey many of
the concepts found in this type of real estate,
but will also provide the basis to explore the
relationship between the real estate concepts
and the business framework of which they
become a part. Case law will be utilized to
supplement certain interpretations of Real
Property Law. Real Estate Transactions I is a
prerequisite for this course.
Commercial Transactions
Commercial practices under the Uniform
Commercial Code, particularly sales,
commercial paper and bank collections,
letters of credit, bulk transfers, and secured
transactions; business background, planning,
and counseling.
Communications Law
Examination of the market structure and
regulation of the communications industry as
well as the relationship between the
communications industry and the several
branches of government. Topics include the
authority of state and federal government to
license spectrum and to regulate broadcast
communications and cable, satellite, landline
and wireless services. Other topics may
include broadcast fairness, political broadcasting
and regulation of the Internet and
emerging technologies.
Community Development Law Clinic
The Community Development Law Clinic
provides representation for not-for-profit
organizations involved in improving lowincome
communities. Students enrolled in
this clinic practice transactional law for clients
engaged in activities such as the development
of affordable housing; creation of business
and job development programs; creation
and development of community centers,
after-school programs, day care centers;
neighborhood advocacy organizations;
disability advocacy organizations; and
community development corporations
Students may also represent individual clients
in real estate closings and the development
of start-up businesses.
Comparative Law
Comparative approach to the law, stressing
purposes and methods of comparative study;
classification of legal systems, a historical
introduction to civil law; and selected topics
in civil law.
Computer Law
Intellectual property protection relative to
computer technology, including software and
“methods of doing business” patents, copyrights,
and trade secrets; anti-trust concerns
in the computer industry; contract formation
and enforcement in the computer industry;
and international concerns with computer
technology.
Concept of a Lawyer
Lawyers are men and women of action. They
are also individuals with power. This course
explores a basic question that every practitioner
faces throughout his or her professional
career and that bears directly on the exercise
of that power, what does it mean to be a
lawyer? Students will examine a variety of
conceptions of “the lawyer,” including
“neutral partisan,” “moral activist,” “public
servant,” and “businessman/businesswoman.”
Students will also consider the orientations
toward lawyering as “an ethics of care” and
“for the situation.”
Conflict of Laws
Legal rules applicable to disputes with
contacts to more than one state or country;
the historical development of such rules; and
their application in contract, tort, property,
and other cases.
Constitutional Criminal Procedure—
Adjudication
Constitutional and statutory requirements
for adjudicative procedures in criminal cases.
Topics include accusatory instruments, bail,
discovery, guilty pleas, double jeopardy,
speedy trial, fair trial, jury trial, assistance of
counsel, and confrontation.
Constitutional Criminal Procedure—
Investigation
Constitutional and statutory requirements
for investigative procedures in criminal cases.
Topics include searches, seizures, lineups,
confessions, and electronic surveillances.
Constitutional Law II
A continuation of Constitutional Law I for
second-year law students. Must be taken fall
semester of second year.