Faculty & Staff
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Christopher
Slobogin Stephen C. O'Connell Chair, Professor of Law Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry Associate Director, Center on Children and the Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 e-mail: slobogin@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0942 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 5100 - Criminal
Law (3 credits)
The substantive law of crimes covering, in addition to basic principles and the elements of typical crimes, such concepts as relational and inchoate crime, responsibilty and defenses.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW6112 - Criminal Procedure:
Adversary Systems (3 credits)
Covers commencement of formal criminal proceedings; bail, the decision to prosecute, the grand jury, the preliminary hearing, venue, joinder and severance, and speedy trial. Trial concerns such as guilty pleas, discovery, jury trial, prejudicial publicity, professional ethics and double jeopardy are also considered. Credit for this course precludes credit for Criminal Procedure Survey (LAW 6930). - LAW 6111 - Criminal
Procedure: Police and Police Practices (3 credits)
Police as a social institution, including personnel, bureaucratic structure and incentives. Police practices such as arrest, search, seizure, wiretapping, eavesdropping, use of informers, entrapment, interrogations and lineups are covered. Credit for this course precludes credit for Criminal Procedure Survey (LAW 6930).
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930 - Law &
Psychiatry (2 credits)
Designed to cover issues concerning government efforts to deprive the “mentally disabled” of liberty or property, as epitomized by the criminal, civil commitment, and guardianship systems. It will attempt to define “mental disability” as used for legal purposes and then examine the extent to which mental health professionals are able to assist the legal system in answering the questions posed by criminal, commitment and guardianship law.
Prerequisites: None.