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601A Business Organizations Downs |
Introduction to Business Organizations pp. 1-8 Hamilton Syllabus
available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/DownsLinks.htm
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601B Business Organizations Luppino |
Read
Course Syllabus and Case Study #1 (to be available in Whittaker Suite
starting August 15) NOTE: You
will also need to purchase from Roo
Prints the package of Missouri Business Organizations Statutes that
should be available there starting on August 17. |
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601C Business Organizations Hoyt |
Assigned Readings Read
Course Syllabus and Case Study #1 (to be available in Whittaker Suite
starting August 15) NOTE: You
will also need to purchase from Roo
Prints the package of Missouri Business Organizations Statutes that
should be available there starting on August 17. Syllabus and additional materials available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/Hoyt/index.htm |
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605 Antitrust and Competition Law Eiszner Matye
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Week
1 - Economic Underpinnings and Basic History Assignment
Please feel free to contact one or both of us if you have questions or wish to discuss anything. |
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611 Estates & Trusts Hanna |
Please read pages 1 through 40 of WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES by Dukeminier and Johanson. |
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614R Estate Planning for Retirement Plan Benefits Wright Price |
Read chapter 1 from Choate, Life and Death Planning with Retirement Benefits |
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632 Constitutional Law II Kobach |
Required
texts:
Gerald Gunther and Kathleen M. Sullivan, Constitutional Law, 15th Ed.
(Westbury, N.Y.: Foundation
Press, 2004) (“GS,” below). Syllabus and additional readings available on TWEN. I. THE ROLE OF THE COURTS (1)
Introduction
Theories of constitutional democracy. The premise of delegated powers. Policing the boundaries between
the branches of government and between state and federal power. Review of Marbury v. Madison and Ch.J. Marshall’s assertion of the power of
judicial review. ·
GS
2-31. |
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633 First Amendment Law Linder |
Our first class, on Monday, August 22,
2005, will introduce Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Course materials, including the syllabus, notes, and cases are posted on
“Exploring First Amendment Law,” a website created specifically for
our course. The URL for the site is: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/firstamendment/firstamendmenthome.htm In preparation for our class discussion,
read the materials assigned for the first session, “Introduction to the
Free Speech Clause.” Give some thought to what you think are the
greatest benefits and the greatest costs that come from affording
extensive constitutional protection for expressive activities. |
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634A Criminal Law Berger |
Kadish & Schulhofer, Criminal Law and its Processes (7th ed.) |
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634B Criminal Law Eckhardt |
Please read in Criminal Law and Its Processes (7th ed.) by Caddish and Schulhofer: pp. 1-20, 87-88. |
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634C Criminal Law O'Brien |
Syllabus and additional readings located at |
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635 Criminal Procedure I O'Brien |
Text: Israel, Kamisar & LaFave, Criminal Procedure and the Constitution, (Thomson West, 2004 Ed.) I. Introduction to the Course and Incorporation: 1. An Overview of the Criminal Justice Process; Casebook pp. 4-32; (skim this section for basic concepts) 2. The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause-Incorporation; Casebook pp. 33-54
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641R Legislation Kobach |
Required
texts: William N. Eskridge, Jr., Phillip P. Frickey, and Elizabeth Garrett, Legislation: Statutes and the Creation of
Public Policy, 3rd Ed. (St. Paul:
West, 2001) (“EF,” below). 2004 Supplement to Legislation. Recommended
text: Lawrence E. Filson, The Legislative Drafter’s
Desk Reference (Washington: Congressional
Quarterly, 1992). Syllabus
and additional readings available on TWEN). I.
LEGISLATIVE THEORY AND PROCEDURE (1) Introduction;
legislative theory Introduction to the art of statutory interpretation. Models of legislation, Madisonian theory and public choice theory. ·
EF: 47-81. ·
North Carolina v. Fly;
(available
on TWEN). ·
Federalist 10.
(available
on TWEN). |
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COURSE PROFESSOR |
ASSIGNMENT |
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703 All Sections Trial Advocacy II |
First Week’s Assignment Read Mauet, Trial Techniques (6th edition) Chapter XI, Trial Preparation and Strategy pgs 499-540. There will be no role-playing during week one. Rather, there will be an introduction to the course and discussion of subjects covered in Chapter XI. Purchase the following from Roo Prints: Trial Advocacy II Helps and Student Role-Playing Exercises |
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706 Complex Litigation Klonoff |
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707E Advanced Legal Research and Writing: Scholarly Writing Callister Weddle |
Please note that the Scholarly Writing course
will meet only on Wednesdays, so we will not have class until then. For
that class, please read Volokh, pp. 1-32 and Fajans & Falk, pp.
1-44. |
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716 Cyberlaw and the Infosphere Callister |
Before class, students need to enroll in my
course through the Lexis-Nexus Web Course page at http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/webcourses/
. They need to explore the
site and get their assignments for readings and posting to the class
discussion boards prior to the first day of class. The password for enrolling into
the course is "GROKSTER".
After self-enrolling, students can get their assignments by
looking under the "courses" tab and looking for a link to
"assignments." |
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720 Secured Transactions Ferguson |
Unless otherwise announced, class
presentation and discussion presume that class members are familiar
with the assigned materials. The text for this course is Lopucki & Warren, Secured
Credit: A Systems Approach (4th edition 2003), and Commercial and
Debtor-Creditor Law (Selected Statutes) (2005). The West Nutshell, Debtor-Creditor, by Epstein (6th ed.),
may also be helpful in students gaining an overview of the course
materials. The nutshell is
a secondary source, nothing will be more helpful than the student
gaining a working knowledge of the Supplementary Statutes and the cases
assigned. Please decide where you want to sit in this
class. I will be passing
around a seating chart on the second day of class. Chapter 1, Creditors’ Rights Assignment #1: Remedies Of Unsecured Creditors Under State Law pp. 3-20 |
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725 Water Law Ragsdale |
Please read "Water Resource Management, 5th ed." PP.47-57 |
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728 Law and the American Indian Willingham |
Read pp. 1-62 (Ch. 1, pp. 1-37 and Ch. 2, pp. 39-62) of Getches’ Federal Indian Law |
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732 Alternative Dispute Resolution Kisthardt |
Update to First Day Assignment. I understand that the bookstore does not yet have copies of the text book. We will be using Riskin & Westbrook, Dispute Resolution and Lawyers ( 2d ed. 1997). A new edition of the text was scheduled to be released in August, however it has been delayed so we will use the 1997 edition. It is the same one we have been using for this course since 1997 so you should be able to secure a used one fairly easily. For those you not able to secure a text before the first class, I have made copies of the reading assignment and placed them on the table in the Holmes suite.
Please read and be prepared to discuss
pages 1-18 in the Riskin text and Jean Sternlight, ADR is Here:
Preliminary Reflections on Where it Fits in a System of Justice, 3
Nev. L.J. 289 (2003). The article can be obtained on line or a hard copy
can be picked up from the table in the Holmes suite. |
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733R Juvenile Offenders & the Law Raith |
Read pp. 1-47 in Juvenile Justice Administration 2nd Ed., Barry Feld
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735 Famous Trials Seminar Linder |
For our first session on Tuesday, August
23, 2005, we will be discussing the Scopes “Monkey” Trial of 1925.
In preparation for class discussion, please read the introductory essay
(“An Introduction”), “Observer’s Account,” at least two of the
“Biographies of Key Figures,” “Excerpts from the Scopes Trial
Transcript,” plus at least two additional essays of your choice posted
anywhere on the Scopes trial site. I do not expect anyone to read
ALL of the posted materials. You might consider printing out materials
on the site you find particularly helpful in understanding the Scopes
trial. The Famous Trials site can be
accessed using either of the following URLs: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
or http://www.umkc.edu/famoustrials
. Note that a tentative syllabus for the seminar is accessible
from that page (look at the fine print) as well as the information of
the Scopes trial. |
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736 Debtor / Creditor Rights Zeiler |
Read pp 3-10 or The Law of Debtors and Creditors
(4th ed. 2001) and pp. 16-21 and Summit Loans v. Pecola
(see
syllabus at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/Fall2005/
FirstDayAssignments/DebtorCreditorSyllabusPt1v1.pdf) |
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751 Family Law Kisthardt |
Please
read and be prepared to discuss chapter one of the text. |
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753 International Law Green |
Monday August 22nd 4pm Bloch 13 No reading assignment. Abandon previously held notions about the nature and efficacy of International Law and arrive with a clear and open mind. Be prepared to wrestle with the devil. Bring ONE written question to which you hope to learn an answer during the course. |
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757 Business Planning Luppino |
Read Course Syllabus
and Case Study # 1 (both will be available in Whittaker Suite starting
August 15) and prepare the list of questions described in Case Study #1
(to be discussed in class, but not handed in) NOTE: You will also have to
purchase from Roo Prints a
package of Supplementary Materials for this course which should be
available starting August 17. |
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757R Entrepreneurial Law / Practice Clinic Hood Luppino Sharp |
Pages 1-104 of Assignment Book, available in Whittaker Suite |
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763 Labor Law Berger Janowitz |
Assignment for First Week |
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764 Administrative Law Eckhardt |
Pick up Letter in Cardozo Suite (2-200) Please read in Administrative Law: A Casebook (5th ed.) by Schwartz Week #1 and #2 Chapter 1. Administrative Agencies and Administrative Law (pp. 1-60) |
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766 Land Use Planning Cheslik |
For our first
class on Tuesday, August 23, 2005, please read the first chapter of the
Callies, Freilich and Roberts casebook and come to class with a well
thought out idea of the principles that you would implement if
you were starting from scratch in planning Kansas City. Also, starting at least one week before class begins, read at least one newspaper a day, noting articles about land use planning or land use disputes. On the first day of class, be prepared to describe generally at least 3 land use disputes to the class. |
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770 State & Local Government Moore |
Read Textbook, pp. 899-960 (Chapter 12) http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/Fall2005/ FirstDayAssignments/StateLocalSyllabus05.pdf
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788R Arbitration Whitacre |
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