IMMIGRATION LAW

HISTORY/LEGALST 261

Surveys the development of American law down to the U.S. Civil War. Reviews the English historical background, and examines how law changed in colonial America, culminating in the framing of the U.S. Constitution. Explores how territorial expansion, democracy, and slavery shaped nineteenth-century American law. Emphasis is on how law interacts with political, social, and cultural change, with a focus on the origins of modern civil and constitutional rights.

HISTORY 403

Survey of immigration to the U.S. from colonial times to the present with analyses of the roles of ethnic and racial groups in economics and politics, the reactions of earlier arrivals to their successors, the extent of assimilation and contemporary ethnic and racial consciousness.

LAW 937

Addresses the fundamental and evolving issues arising when adoptive families are created by law and considers the historical, societal and geopolitical elements shaping adoption law. Study state, federal and international regulations governing adoption, including constitutional limitations on regulation and practice. Examine the role and ethical obligations of attorneys, social workers and physicians in adoption practice. Examine the legal system's regulation of "gray market" adoptions and explore current challenges related to adoption of Native American children and the Indian Child Welfare Act, adoption by queer individuals, adoption of children from foster care, and openness in adoption.

CHICLA/LEGALST/SOC 443

A study of immigration, crime, and border enforcement, engaging both historical and present-day debates, focusing on Latino immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border.

LAW 753

Survey of the laws of patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks. Discussion of relationship of these laws to the laws of property, trade regulation, and privacy. Exploration of competing or complementary policy rationales for each intellectual property area.