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LAW 285: International Trade Regulation

Law and policy of the WTO system and related national laws. Topics include the relationship between international and domestic law, the international dispute resolution system, legal restrictions on traditional barriers to trade, nondiscrimination obligations in international trade, trade and the environment, technical barriers to trade, safeguards and adjustment mechanisms, antidumping and countervailing duty law, and trade services.
Last offered: Autumn 2008

LAW 288: Governance and Ethics: Anti-Corruption Law, Compliance and Enforcement

Laws and regulations in the U.S. governing ethical conduct of public and industry officials and the extent to which they reflect the moral values of the community and the principles central to a democratic government. Alternative approaches to ethical conduct based on principles and values rather than compliance. Emerging global ethical and governance standards, reporting principles, and their application to emerging markets. How cultural, religious, and moral differences might impact the effectiveness of these standards.

LAW 291: Evidence, Advanced

Goal is to develop witness interrogation skills. Direct and cross examination of lay and expert witnesses, introduction of documentary evidence, and use of illustrative evidence in California and federal courts. The art of examining friendly and hostile witnesses. Enrollment limited to six. Prerequisite: 290, application
Last offered: Winter 2009

LAW 293: Family Law

Rules regarding the making and breaking of legally recognized relationships, especially those between marital partners and parents and children. Focus is on the institution of marriage.
Last offered: Winter 2008

LAW 304: Law and the Rhetorical Tradition

(Same as PWR 194.) The rhetorical underpinnings of legal argument. Elements of the rhetorical tradition; how to analyze written and oral legal and non-legal texts with an eye to the use and function of rhetorical principles. How form and content are mutually constitutive. Understanding of rhetoric as readers and interpreters of legal texts and development of skills as writers and speakers.
Last offered: Winter 2009

LAW 307: Gender, Law, and Public Policy

Open to non-Law students with consent of instructor. Topics include equal protection standards, employment, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, rape, domestic violence, pornography, sexual orientation, feminist legal theory, and the family. (Semester schedule.)
Last offered: Winter 2009

LAW 308: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy

Preference to students who have taken LAW 236 or comparable preparation. Seminar. Focus is on national and international attention to law and policy concerning works of art, antiques, architectural monuments, archives, and intangible cultural heritage. Research paper.
Last offered: Autumn 2008

LAW 311: Comparative Law

Issues of convergence of national legal systems, and American exceptionalism. Sources include contemporary Western European legal systems. Legal education, the role of judges and judging, the function and meaning of codes versus precedent, private law/public law distinction, constitutional courts, judicial review, and approaches to contract. Public law questions on racial equality and affirmative action, gender equality and sexual harassment, citizenship, and church and state.
Last offered: Winter 2009

LAW 318: History of American Law

(Same as HISTORY 352B). Modern history of American law, legal thought, legal institutions and the legal profession. Topics include law and regulation of corporate organizations and labor relations in the age of enterprise, law of race relations in the South and North, development of classical legalism, critiques of classical legalism, modern administrative state, organized legal profession, New Deal legal thought and legislation, legal order of the 50s, expansion of enterprise liability, civil rights movements from 1940, rights revolution of the Warren Court and Great Society. (Semester schedule.)
Last offered: Winter 2009

LAW 321: Patent Prosecution

(Same as ME 238.) Stages of the patent application process: identifying, capturing, and evaluating inventions; performing a patentability investigation, analyzing the documents, and the scope of the patent protection; composing claims that broadly cover the invention; creating a specification that supports the claims; filing a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and analyzing an office action and preparing an appropriate response. Current rules and case law. Strategic decisions within each stage, such as: how a patent application advances the patent portfolio; and in what countries a patent application should be filed.
Last offered: Winter 2009
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