U.S. Law & Legal Institutions

• Class number: 12598
• Term: Fall 2007
• Instructor: Marcia Glickman

This course focuses on the fundamental doctrinal, methodological and structural characteristics of the United States legal system. The approach will be comparative in nature and deal with selected topics drawn, inter alia, from constitutional law, the law of torts, contracts, civil procedure, and conflicts of law. American legal education, the judicial system, and the legal profession will be discussed as well. This course is only open to international LL.M. students (Insurance and U.S. Legal Studies).

Course Schedule

• Date: Tuesday 09:30-12:30AM
• Location: ST225

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 535-01
• Course Type: Lecture
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 3/3
• Notes: Open only to, and required of all LL.M. US Legal Studies students.
• Subjects:
  • International

Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 28/30
• Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/0

Grading

• Grade basis: Graded
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: TAKE HOME