printer friendly pageLAW 356: Dispute Resolution in International Economic Law
(Same as
POLISCI 404.) Topics include: theoretical work on international trade and investment disputes; empirical work on WTO dispute resolution and the efficacy of developing country participation; and legal analysis of current, prominent disputes in the WTO and under international investment treaties.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
LAW 359: Tax Policy
Issues in tax policy, progressivity, income versus consumption tax, property tax and school finance, tax simplification, tax compliance and tax shelters. Possible tax initiatives of the new administration in Washington.
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 361: Economic and Social Organization of the Legal Profession
(Same as
SOC 133/333.) Seminar. Emphasis is on the labor market for large-firm lawyers, including the market for entry-level lawyers, attorney retention and promotion practices, lateral hiring of partners, and increased use of forms of employment such as the non-equity form of partnership. Race and gender discrimination and occupational segregation; market-based pressure tactics for organizational reform. Student groups collect and analyze data about the profession and its markets. Multimedia tools for analysis and for producing workplace reforms.
LAW 362: Foundations of Statistical Inference
(Same as
IPS 205C,
PUBLPOL 203C.) Statistical background and introduction to regression. Topics include hypothesis testing, linear regression, nearest-neighbors regression, and other statistical concepts. Hands-on empirical analysis via computer exercises using statistical packages; how to analyze empirical studies, conduct empirical research, and cross-examine or work with statistical experts.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
LAW 366: Principles of Research Design and Analysis: Tools
(Same as
PUBLPOL 203B,
IPS 205B.) Review of statistical background material. Statistical research for public policy analysis, including multiple regression analysis, multilevel modeling, and Bayesian analysis. Policy analysis in government, research institutes, and academia, complex empirical issues in litigation, investment banking, consulting and finance. Topics include hypothesis testing, regression specification, logistic regression, probit, serial correlation, errors in variables, instrumental variables, simultaneous equations, generalized linear models, simulation, causal inference, and missing data imputation. Empirical analysis via computer exercises using popular statistical packages. Prerequisite: basic statistics.
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 367: Principles of Research Design and Analysis: Advanced Mathematical & Computational Methods
Adjunct to 366 for students who wish to work at a deeper mathematical level. Corequisite: 366.
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 368: Law and the Biosciences: Neuroscience
(Same as
HRP 211.) Legal, social, and ethical issues arising from advances in neuroscience, including effects upon law and society through improvements in predicting illnesses and behaviors, reading minds through neuroimaging, understanding responsibility and consciousness, treating criminal behavior, and cognitive enhancement. May be repeated for credit. (Semester schedule.)
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 372: Legal History Workshop
(Same as
HISTORY 307A.) Faculty and students from the Law school and the History department discuss research in the field of legal history. Guest speakers. Secondary literature relevant to the speaker's research.
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 383: Research Design for Public Policy Analysis
(Same as
IPS 205A,
PUBLPOL 203A.) Translate the questions of policy controversies to questions that are susceptible to empirical research. How to select the most appropriate research strategy for different types of questions. Requirements for designing sample surveys, case studies, and experiments, and methods for conducting interviews with individuals and groups, observational studies and textual analysis. Final paper is a research design for investigating a policy question of the student's choice.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
LAW 400: Directed Research
Directed Research is an extraordinary opportunity for students beyond the first-year to research problems in any field of law. The final product must be embodied in a paper or other form of written work involving a substantial independent effort on the part of the student. A student must submit a detailed petition of at least 250 words, approved by the sponsoring faculty member, outlining his or her proposed project and demonstrating that the research is likely to result in a significant scholarly contribution. A petition will not be approved for work assigned or performed in a course, clinic, or externship for which the student has or will receive credit. A petition must indicate whether the product is intended for publication in a law review or elsewhere. A student may petition for "Directed Research: Curricular Development" when the work involves assisting a Law School faculty member in developing concepts or materials for new and innovative law school courses. Both the supervising faculty member and the Associate Dean for Curriculum must approve petition for "Directed Research: Curricular Development." Students must meet with the instructor frequently for the purposes of report and guidance. Unit credit is by arrangement. Students whose projects warrant more than four units should consider a Senior Thesis or the Research Track. See SLS Student Handbook for requirements and limitations. With the approval of the instructor, a directed research project of two-units or more may satisfy one research writing course (R course). Elements used in grading: As agreed to by instructor. Directed Research petitions are available on the Law School Registrar's Office website (see Petition Process and Forms).
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Anderson, M. (PI)
;
Bankman, J. (PI)
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Instructors:
Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Anderson, M. (PI)
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Bankman, J. (PI)
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Belt, R. (PI)
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Cavallaro, J. (PI)
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Cole, G. (PI)
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Daines, R. (PI)
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Dauber, M. (PI)
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Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Fina, S. (PI)
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Fisher, G. (PI)
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Gordon, R. (PI)
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Granick, J. (PI)
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Grewal, D. (PI)
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Guttentag, L. (PI)
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Karlan, P. (PI)
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Martinez, J. (PI)
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McConnell, M. (PI)
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Meyler, B. (PI)
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Ouellette, L. (PI)
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Persily, N. (PI)
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Petersilia, J. (PI)
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Rhode, D. (PI)
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Sassoubre, T. (PI)
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Schacter, J. (PI)
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Sinnar, S. (PI)
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Sklansky, D. (PI)
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Spaulding, N. (PI)
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Strnad, J. (PI)
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Wara, M. (PI)
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Weisberg, R. (PI)
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