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Juan
F. Perea Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Hazouri & Roth Professor of Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 e-mail: perea@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0660 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 5301 - Civil Procedure (4 credits)
Analysis of a civil lawsuit from commencement through trial, including consideration of jurisdiction, venue, pleading, motions, discovery, and joinder of parties and of claims; right to trial by jury, selection and instruction of jury, respective roles of judge, jury, and lawyer; trial and post-trial motions; judgments. Prerequisites: None. - LAW 5501 - Constitutional
Law (4 credits)
Introduction to United States Constitutional Law. Topics include judicial enforcement of the Constitution to preserve individual liberties; judicial review; separation of powers; structure and powers of the federal government; and federalism.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6548 - Employment
Law (3 credits)
An introduction to and survey of principle statutes and common-law doctrines governing the workplace and relationships between employers and employees. Typical topics covered are the at-will doctrine and developing exceptions to employment discrimination, conditions of employment, aspects of labor law (hiring, firing and related topics).
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930 - Employment
Discrimination (2 or 3 credits)
Examination of various laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, with particular emphasis on federal law.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930 - Race and
Race Relations Law (3 credits)
This course examines the history and meanings of race, and how law, history and the Supreme Court helped shape and produce those meanings. It covers contemporary theoretical understandings of race and racism from several disciplines, including racial formation, oppression and internal colonialism. Also considered in detail are the histories of and particular meanings of race and racism for principal groups in the United States, including African-Americans, Indians, Latinos/as, and Asian Americans. Construction of whiteness as a racial category, and significance of race in such subjects as equality, education, freedom of expression, sexuality and the family are examined as well. There is a take-home examination.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6936 - Seminar:
Race, Conquest and Construction of American History
Construction of historical knowledge is fascinating and contested. It requires interpretation of history and tradition and demands choices about what to "leave in" and what to "leave out." Such decisions also reveal much about the values important to a society, as do court interpretations of history and tradition in legal decisions. This seminar, using a variety of interdisciplinary materials, explores significant examples from history and law that illustrate and raise questions about construction of historical meaning -- including the nature of interpretive choices and evaluation of significance of matters left out, minimized or denied.
Prerequisites: None.