This course will provide an overview of the significant legal issues arising as businesses engage in electronic commerce. Topics will include jurisdiction, privacy, electronic contracting, digital signatures, domain names, Internet crimes, trademark and copyright protection, and government regulation of the Internt. The course lso will examine the need for uniform laws in this area, as well as recent Federal Legislation and proposed Uniform Acts. Readings include Arendt, Holmes, Dworkin, Marx, Mill, and selected cases. This course considers problems unique to children in the legal system, including the rights and responsibilities of parents, the power of the state to interfere in the parent-child relationship, and the Juvenile Court system.
Special attention is given to problems of child abuse and neglect.
One or more current case studies may serve as the basis for analysis of a series of broader questions concerning the child, the family, and the state. This course examines the rights and obligations of employees and employers under the National Labor Relations Act. Topics include union organizational campaigns, representation elections, collective bargaining, the use of economic weapons, arbitration, and the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements.