Minor in Law & Justice

This course introduces students to the ever-increasing range of legal practice areas through presentations and Q&A sessions from legal experts and scholars within many different specialized legal fields. Topics discussed include presentations from current practicing attorneys who in engage in corporate law, civil and criminal litigation specialists, intellectual property and patent attorneys, family law, health related legal issues, politics and many more. Class trips to both federal and state courts and conferences are also planned (for Freshman and Sophomores).

This course is designed to provide students with assistance in the law school application process while also introducing the students to a variety of first year law school concepts and topics. Guest speakers may include representatives from prospective law schools and there may be campus visits to a variety of local legal institutions (for Juniors and Seniors).

Covers the basic structure and principles of the American legal system. The differences between federal and state courts, the civil and criminal judicial processes, the juvenile court process, and an understanding of the constitutional rights applicable to these areas.

Logic is the formal study of arguments and inference. Particular attention is given to symbolic representations of systems of rationality and to what makes an argument valid or invalid.

The course focuses on expanding your understanding of the thinking process and developing the skills to become a better thinker. You will recognize the need to hold consistent intellectual standards for yourself and others. A specific focus is on text analysis, logical reasoning, and argument evaluation. Critical thinking may be the single-most valuable skill that one can bring to any job, profession, or life challenge.

Focus is on constitutional limitations pertaining to criminal proceedings, the arrest process, court procedures and sentencing. Attention is focused on the United State Supreme Court cases as well as the United States Constitution which protects individual rights.
Prerequisite: Take CJ-101

Reviews the fundamentals of criminal law. Topics include specific law distinctions between grades of offenses, criminal responsibility, search and seizure, use of force, search warrants and self-incrimination.
Prerequisite: Take CJ-101

An explanation and analysis of the rules of evidence. Examines court decisions concerning the rights of citizens and the rules for giving testimony and the protecting and safeguarding of evidence.
Prerequisite: Take CJ-101

Examines the criminal courts as the fulcrum of the criminal justice system. Emphasis on the actual mechanics of the system and the decision-making of its functionaries.
Prerequisite: Take CJ-101

Examines legal cases and laws in late imperial Chinese culture including criminal and civil law to understand Chinese society and government and to think comparatively about global legal culture. Readings and discussion will include actual court cases that reveal homicides, postmortem examinations, family drama, and disputes about land boundaries between neighbors as well as reading one semi-fictional detective story from the eighteenth century.
Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115

This is a survey course. The objective of this class is to learn to apply legal and ethical principles to managerial-related problems. The course provides a general study of areas of laws pertinent to business, including tort law, contract law, employment law, criminal law, and constitutional law. The student is expected to learn to identify legal issues and consider the ethical implications of his or her solution or decision.

Provides an advanced survey of law adapted to the business environment. Areas of study include the uniform commercial code, agency law, business organizations, property law, securities law, secured transactions law, and bankruptcy law.
Prerequisite: Take MGT-231 or BU-231

Investigates the philosophical foundations of political authority and social organization. Concepts such as freedom, equality, justice, and power are explored through engagement with primary texts.

Explores theories of social, political, and economic justice from the ancient to the modern and contemporary periods.
Prerequisite: TAKE A 3 CREDIT PHILOSOPHY COURSE

The philosophical study of the nature of law, the legal system's relationship to natural law, and theories of jurisprudence.
Prerequisite: TAKE A PH COURSE

Examines the theoretical foundation of American government, the U.S. Constitution, political behavior, interest groups, political parties, Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court.

Examines the constitutional powers of Congress, historical development, legislative process, and relationship with executive branch of government.

Examines the judiciary's role in the American political process. Topics include the nature of law, political influence in judicial decision-making, court organization, judicial recruitment, and the powers and limitations of the judiciary.

Traces the development of international law and reviews principles and cases in major topical areas.

An inquiry into American constitutional law through the study of outstanding cases. Attention is given to the development of constitutional doctrines and the processes of legal reasoning.

Examines U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Special attention is given to the balance between personal liberty and societal order.

Explores the application of legal principles to the sport industry and provides basic knowledge of a wide range of legal statutes that relate to various dimensions of sport business. Major focus is on a review of judicial opinions in the areas of tort liability (risk management), agency and contract law, labor and employment law, and antitrust issues that frequently have been addressed in cases involving sport enterprises.
Prerequisite: BU 231 or MGT-231

Provides a framework for understanding how diversity and inclusion shape the human experience, especially through consideration of cultural, structural, and constructed social and political norms.

Examines how social policy is formulated and implemented with a focus on the inequalities and inequities in social welfare policy that express institutional discrimination. Emphasizes the development of macro practice skills.
Prerequisite: Take SW-101 and PO-121

An introduction to the social service delivery system and resources, the values and ethics inherent in policy, and the role of the social work profession. Includes a global perspective on comparative social welfare systems.
Prerequisite: Take SW-265