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C. Wright UF Research Foundation and Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625 e-mail: wrightdc@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0946 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
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Courses
- LAW 5400 - Property
(4 credits)
The acquisition and possession of real and personal property, estates in land, introduction to future interests, landlord and tenant, easements, licenses, constitutional takings, zoning, public access, and covenants and rights incident to land ownership.
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 6220 - English Legal
History (2 credits)
Emphasis on the history of English law from the Conquest: the feudal society; the growth of constitutional concepts and the limits on public order; the origins of the central courts and the elaboration of the judicial system; the history of the jury and of equity; the prerogative courts; a brief consideration, time permitting, of the distribution of English Law.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6430 - Estates and
Trusts (3 credits)
Registration preference will be given to students in their third full semester. Topics covered include intestate succession, gifts, execution of wills, creation of trusts, charitable trusts, ademption and lapse, and powers of appointment.
Prerequisites: Property (LAW 5400) - LAW 6433 - Future Interests (2 or 3 credits)
Topics include protection of the family, termination of trusts, classification of possessory and future interests, gifts to classes and the Rule Against Perpetuities. - LAW 6930 - History of
Women in the Law (3 credits)
This course offers a close, analytical study of issues in women's history and the law by introducing students to important developments in the law as it pertains to women and women's status in England and America. The course will utilize general and specific historical studies; primary documents such as articles and reports written during the period at issue; legislation and cases from the relevant periods; and legislation, cases and articles of current interest pertaining to the modern development of the relevant topics.
Prerequisites: None. - LAW 6930 - Advanced
Con Law: Takings Credits:
This is a course on the 5th amendment due process and takings clauses. It is an intense look at theories of property, the origins of substantive economic due process, and the emergence of takings as one of the Supreme Court's principal areas of activity. The course will cover a variety of takings issues, from balancing to per se rules, facial challenges to the denominator question, and ripeness to exactions.
Prerequisites: None.