University of Portland Bulletin 2012-2013

POL 405 Law and the American Judiciary

The role of the law in the United States. Focus on the nature of the court systems at the national, state, and local level, on the nature of the law, on the influence and pressures which shape legal doctrine, and the philosophical and socio-economic issues which arise when analyzing legal doctrines and decisions.

Prerequisite

POL 200 or permission of the instrutor.