Advanced Private Law Seminar

3 units

Pre/co-requisite: Property, Contracts, and Torts. Drop Deadline: 11:59 p.m. on the day after the first class meeting. Students not meeting this requirement may enroll with permission of the instructor. This seminar is about the legal relationships between private parties. For the purposes of this seminar, private law includes the law of agency, companies, family law, obligations (torts and contracts), property, trust, and unjust enrichment. Within these topics, problems associated with art law, emerging technologies, and remedies will be a particular focus. Reading assignments may include podcasts and other media alongside legal scholarship and case law. Students will write several short response papers throughout the term (note that this is a change from prior years). This seminar is not graded anonymously. Laptops are not permitted in class.