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Masters Degree

Courses Offered in LEGAL STUDIES

The following courses are available for your Masters Degree. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Core Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Law and Legal Studies

  • This course offers thorough examination of system of justice used in US: civil and criminal, juvenile, and therapeutic. It gives critical review of the legal system and examines issues such as conflict between legal system’s need for predictability and desire for flexibility; pros and cons of jurisprudence and restorative justice.

  • 6 Credits

  • Criminal Law

  • Clear and easy to understand, this course helps you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. You will learn the principles, defenses, and elements of crime at work and general principles of criminal liability and its defenses.

  • 6 Credits

  • Legal Research and Writing

  • Examining evidence law in realistic light, this course focuses on how evidence is collected, stored, evaluated, argued, and included or excluded in trial. It gives you a tangible appreciation and understanding of the use and importance of evidence in justice system, and in carrying out justice.

  • 6 Credits

  • New Developments in Law and Legal Studies

  • This interactive and informative course provides a concise, easy-to-understand overview of the cutting edge field of online dispute resolution. It examines the ODR options that reflect the speed and convenience of the Web.

  • 6 Credits

  • Legal Environment

  • This course brings together in an integrated manner the disciplines of economics, political science, law, and ethics to provide a deeper understanding of managerial issues that arise in environment of business. Course formulates nonmarket strategies to deal with them and integrates these with market strategies.

  • 6 Credits
Specialized Course

Law and legal studies

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An introduction to law and justice
    Systems of law and justice
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A history of law and justice in america
    Law schools and legal education
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The legal profession and the practice of law
    The structure and administration of state and federal courts
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The appellate process and judicial review
    Judicial interpretation and policy-making
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Judges, prosecutors, and criminal defense attorneys
    Criminal justice
    Negotiated justice: plea bargaining
    Civil justice
    Juvenile justice
    Alternative dispute resolution and therapeutic justice

Criminal Law

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    First things first: the nature and limits of criminal law.
    Constitutional limits on criminal law.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The general principles of criminal liability: actus rea.
    The general principles of criminal liability: mens rea, concurrence, and causation.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Defenses to criminal liability: justifications.
    Defenses to criminal liability: excuses.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Parties to crime and vicarious liability.
    Inchoate crimes: attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Crimes against persons i: criminal homicide.
    Crimes against persons ii: criminal sexual conduct, bodily injury, and personal restraint.
    Crimes against property.
    Crimes against public order and morals.
    Crimes against the state.

Legal research and writing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Overview of evidence.
    Real evidence.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Demonstrative evidence.
    Documentary evidence.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Expert evidence.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Admissions and stipulations.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Motion practice and evidence.
    Trial evidence.

New developments in law and legal studies

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    E-commerce disputes and the global web.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding online dispute resolution.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Online negotiation.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Online mediation.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Online arbitration.
    Online jury proceedings.
    Online dispute resolution system design.
    The future of odr.

Legal Environment

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Market and nonmarket environments
    Integrated strategy
    The news media and nonmarket issues
    Private politics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Political theory and government institutions
    Political analysis for business
    Formulating political strategies
    Implementing political strategies
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Antitrust: economics, law, and politics
    Regulation: law, economics, and politics
    Environmental protection: economics, politics, and management
    Law and markets
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Information industries and nonmarket issues
    The political economy of japan
    The political economy of the european union
    China: history, culture, and political economy
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The political economy of international trade policy
    Corporate social responsibility
    Ethics systems: utilitarianism
    Ethics systems: rights and justice
    Implementing ethics systems
    Ethics issues in international business

Administrative Law

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    Bureaucracy and democracy.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Agency discretion.
    The requirement of fairness.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Delegation.
    Agency rulemaking.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Agency investigations and information collection.
    Agency adjudications.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accountability through reviewability.
    Accountability through accessibility.
    Accountability through liability.
    Researching administrative law issues

Real Estate Law

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The reality of real estate
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The real estate transaction: listings, disclosure, and agency
    Agreements of sale
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Conditions, contingencies, and other qualifications
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Title abstraction
    The nature of a deed
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mortgages
    Closing and settlement
    Leases in the real estate transaction
    Resolution of real estate disputes

Legal Research

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
    The american criminal court system
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Forms of evidencea. introduction
    Doctrine of justification
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The exclusion of evidence
    Warrantless arrests and searches
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Confessions and the 5
    Witnesses - competency, credibility and impeachment
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Examination of witnesses
    Hearsay
    Privileged communications
    Documentary and scientific evidence
    Cyber-evidence and demonstrative evidence

Legal Studies

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The paralegal profession
    Ethics, regulation and professional responsibility
    The paralegal workplace
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Technology and the paralegal 2.
    Sources of american law
    The court system and adr
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Civil litigation
    Administrative law
    Interviewing and investigation skills
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Traditional, computer, and internet legal research
    Legal writing and critical legal thinking 3.
    Torts
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Contracts and e-commerce
    Real property
    Wills, trusts, estates, and elder law
    Family law
    Employment law
    Corporations and business organizations
    Criminal law
    Cyberlaw and intellectual property

Intellectual property

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Patent basics.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The u.s. patent application.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The international patent.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Trademark basics.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Copyright basics.

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