Undergraduate UB Academic Schedule

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LAW 201LEC - Common Law
Lecture



Common Law 1			Enrollment Information (not real time - data refreshed nightly)


Class #:	21785		Enrollment Capacity:	70
Section:	1		Enrollment Total:	74
Credits:	3.00 credits		Seats Available:	0
Dates:	08/29/2022 - 12/09/2022		Status:	CLOSED
Days, Time:	T R , 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Room:	Obrian 106	view map
Location:	North Campus


Reserve Capacities


Description	Enrollment Capacity	Enrollment Total
Law BA: Seats Reserved	70	61


Course Description


This class introduces students to basic concepts in the common-law fields of contract, tort (personal injury), and property. Students will learn what is required to make an agreement legally enforceable; when a person may be held responsible for accidentally injuring another; and about the rights of exclusion and other legal relationships governing control of valued resources. In addition, the class will introduce students to judicial decision-making in common law systems. Students will learn to read cases, identify holdings, and basic practices for communicating about cases. They will learn about precedent, the doctrine of stare decisis, the power of judges to make new rules of the common law, and the social functions of judicial governance of legal relationships created by private individuals.


Instructor(s)


	Black	look up


On-line Resources


Textbook information is available in the class schedule in the HUB Student Center via MyUB. Undergraduate Course Catalog Office of the Registrar


Other Courses Taught By: Black


LAW 301LEC Legal Reasoning LAW 495TUT Supervised Ug Teaching

UB Undergraduate Academic Schedule: Fall 2022