Ugh.

°o° Today in 1990, the Rescuers Down Under was released. I really disliked that film.

. . . 126 days ‘till Disney . . .

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I registered for classes yesterday, and managed to wriggle my way into every one I wanted. Phew. Here’s the lineup:

White Collar Crime

This course will focus on the federal statutes commonly invoked in corporate and white collar prosecutions, including those used in prosecutions for conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, RICO, extortion, bribery, tax offenses, obstruction of justice, and false statements. Students will examine reported cases, case studies, hypothetical problems, and other materials to investigate the theoretical and policy framework for individual and institutional responsibility in our criminal justice system. Students will also explore emerging theories of corporate criminal liability and the principles undergirding the sanctions imposed for white collar crime.

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Commercial Law

A survey course of the Uniform Commercial Code. There is substantial coverage of Article 2 (Sales), Article 3 (Negotiable Instruments), and Article 9 (Secured Transactions). (Really helpful...)

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Art Law

This course will examine the intersection of art and the law, both historically and in contemporary society. The material is divided into three main topic areas: intellectual property law (copyright, trademark, moral rights, economic rights, and right of publicity issues), First Amendment law (protest art, censorship of obscenity and pornography, and private and indirect censorship), and transnational and international law (international movement of art in peacetime and wartime, and preservation of art and cultural property). Along the way, we will discuss the problems of working artists in dealing with these issues and relationships with clients, galleries, and museums.

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Copyright Law

This course offers an in-depth look at copyright law, with special emphasis on the application of traditional copyright principles to new technologies and media of expression. We will explore the range of copyrightable subject matter (from literary, musical, dramatic, pictorial, audiovisual and architectural works to computer software), issues of ownership and transferability, issues pertaining to the reproduction, distribution and performance of copyrighted works and the creation of derivative works, issues concerning fair use and parody, issues regarding remedies for infringement, and certain issues pertaining to international protection for copyrights.

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Cyberspace Law

The Internet, the global information infrastructure and the concomitant digital revolution present new problems and opportunities for lawyers preparing to practice in the 21st century. We will address the architecture of cyberspace, applicability and problems of mapping existing legal concepts to this domain, modification of familiar legal concepts for application in cyberspace, and the development of new legal concepts to address emerging problems and disputes in cyberspace. We will examine trademarks and the domain name system; copyright and patent liability; speech in cyberspace; personal jurisdiction; choice of law; governance and sovereignty of cyberspace; and cybercommunities, the individual and privacy in cyberspace.