LAWU-471 Topics in Law
In this course, students will have an opportunity to examine the foundations of legal theory and practice in a common law system in several practice areas. Specifically, the course will focus on the development of the American legal system as a common law system, the importance of case law, the distinctions between common law and civil law legal systems, the role of precedent, and the development of the law in specific areas of practice as informed by modern and traditional legal scholarship.