SECURED TRANSACTIONS

LAW 746

Use of statutes and legislative materials in litigation and decision; problems of the lawyer in the interpretation of statutes, in representation of the client before legislative bodies, and in the presentation and argument of statutory authorities to a court.

LAW 732

Basic legal elements of real estate transfer and finance; options, binder contracts, requirements as to writing, rights and duties between vendor and vendee, basic land contract and mortgage law and remedies, and the real estate recording system.

LAW 828

Problems inherent in international commercial transactions; risks, benefits, and assumptions underlying business with or in a foreign country; international commercial transactions, investments and claims.

LAW 838

Acquire an understanding of legal agreements associated with real estate investing, legal aspects of real estate financing, the zoning process, and documentation of real estate entitlements.

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.