CONTRACTS

CIVENGR 491

Legal principles and institutions germane to engineering practice; formation and performance of engineer-client and owner-contractor relationships; preparation of technical specifications; surety bonds and insurance; construction liens; contract administration; construction contract remedies; intellectual property of engineers; engineers' obligations to society and their fellow engineers.

LAW 715

Introduction to torts. Roughly defined as civil wrong, independent of contract. Liability for physical and emotional harms inflicted by intentional misconduct or negligence, or without fault, and development of concepts and techniques in analyzing and solving tort problems.

LAW 721

Nature of the obligations assumed by entering a contract; the power of parties to control this obligation; rights of those not a party to a contract.

LAW 821

Consumer credit regulation, enforcement of judgments, attachments, garnishments, fraudulent conveyances, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and bankruptcy.

LAW 736

Focuses on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, Secured Transactions; with some additional emphasis on Article 6, Bulk Sales; and Article 7, Documents of Title.