Academic Information

Upper-Class Reading Assignments

This information is correct as of 1/10/08. Students should check CourseInfo for a complete list of all course assignments and information.

 

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Administrative Law (Beermann)
JD801 B1
For the first class, please read pages 1-15 of the casebook and APA §§ 551, 553 b & c, 554, 701, 702, 704, 706, which appear in the Appendix to the Casebook. The first class will include an introductory lecture based on the outline in the photocopied materials (available on the CourseInfo website for this course), pp. 1-2 and the introductory casebook material on pp. 1-15.  I will hand out hard copy of pm 1-2 in class on the first day also.

Administrative Law (Lawson)
JD801 L1
For Wednesday 1/16, please read pages 1-24 of the casebook. For Monday 1/21, please read pages 24-45 of the casebook.

Admiralty & Maritime Law (Farnsworth)
JD977 A1
There is no reading assignment for the first day.

Advanced Federal Civil Litigation (Donweber)
JD785 A1
[Not yet received]
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Nolan-Haley)
JD881 A1

[Not yet received]

Antitrust Law (K. Hylton)
JD838 A1
[Not yet received]

Attorney-Client Privilege (Rosenfeld)
JD812 A1
[Not yet received]

Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights (W. Miller)
JD803 A1
[Not yet received]

Bankruptcy Practice (Mikels)
JD794 A1
[Not yet received]

Biotechnology Law & Ethics (Baram)
JD933 A1
Jan. 15, 2008: Biotechnology from Research to Commerce: Promise,
Policies and Problems.
• Chapter 1: Introduction.
• Biotechnology and Social Control, M. Baram.
• Summary, Asilomar Conference on rDNA Molecules.
• Compliance with NIH Guidelines, NIH.
• Federal Oversight and Regulation (extracts from OSTP,1986,1992).
• Permits for rDNA Research, Belmont, MA.
• Federal Program on Infectious Disease & Bioterrorism, M. Baram.
• BU BioLab Controversy materials: BU Medical Center, Boston, Council for
Responsible Genetics, Conservation Law Foundation, National Environmental
Policy Act, M. Baram Statement to NIH.

Some suggested readings for useful background:
• Human Genome Project website: The Science Behind the Human Genome Project >genomics.energy.gov<; Genome, M. Ridley; Who Owns Life?, D. Magnus, et al; Common Thread, J. Sulston; Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age, S. Krimsky, et al; and “DNA Unraveled”, C. Nickerson, Boston Globe (9/24/07).

Some additional materials on the BU Lab controversy:
• High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories, U.S. General Accounting Office,
GAO-08-108T (Oct. 4, 2007);
• Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Boston University Medical Center, NIH (March 24, 2005);
• Allen et al v. Boston Redevelopment Authority, Superior Ct., MA, 21 Mass. L.Rptr. 324 (Aug. 2, 2006); and Allen et al v. NIH et al, U.S. District Court, D. Mass, C.A. No. 06-10877-PBS (Oct. 20, 2006).
• Draft Supplementary Risk Assessments…for the Lab at Boston University, NIH (July 2007);
• Report to Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Draft Supplementary Risk Assessments…for the Lab at Boston University, National Research Council Expert Committee (Nov. 29, 2007).

Business of Law (Trilling)
JD789 A1
[Not yet received]

Children & the Law (McClain)
JD895 A1
Please read these three reports on children, all of which may be found on the coursepage, in the Course Documents section, in a folder named, Recent Reports about Children and Adolescents. The course page should be up and running by Wed., Jan. 9 or Thurs., Jan. 10. I am also providing the websites where you may find these reports.
1. The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, June 2005) (authors: Daniel R. Weinberger, Brita Elvevag, and Jay N. Giedd) (also available at www.teenpregnancy.org)
2. Isabel Sawhill, Opportunity in America: The Role of Education (The Future of Children, Policy Brief, Fall 2006) (also available at www.futureofchildren.org).
3. The State of The World’s Children 2007: Executive Summary (from UNICEF report, Women and Children: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality). (Focus on text, pp. 2-19, and glance at charts, pages 20-41) (also available at: www.unicef.org).
A syllabus will be distributed during our first class and then be available on the coursepage.

Civil Litigation Program/Trial Advocacy (Burdick)
JD974 A1
[Not yet received]

Commercial Code (W. Miller)
JD807 A1
[Not yet received]

Commercial Law: Secured Transactions (O’Rourke)
JD805 A1
For the first day of class, please obtain the syllabus available on the web site under Course Documents and the required materials specified on the syllabus. Please also read Assignment  #1 on the syllabus (UCC - 1-102-103; 1-105; 1-201(37) and 1-203 (Available in the Handout); Skim 9-101; Text – pp. 1-40; 47-54; Problem 1-1 & Skim Problem 1-2 ).

Constitutional Theory (Fleming)
JD922 A1
Welcome to Constitutional Theory! The casebook for the course is Walter F. Murphy, James E. Fleming, Sotirios A. Barber & Stephen Macedo, American Constitutional Interpretation (3d ed. 2003) ("ACI"). It is available in the Bookstore. There are several other books assigned, also available in the Bookstore. Finally, there are various Supplemental Readings ("SR"). They will be available on CourseInfo.
The assignment for the first class is Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1404-37, along with the following Supplemental Readings, to be available on CourseInfo by Thursday, January 10:
Bork, Again, a Struggle for the Soul of the Court, SR 1 Dworkin, The Center Holds!, SR 2 Neuhaus, The Dred Scott of Our Time, SR 3 Sullivan, A Victory for Roe, SR 4 Holmes, The Right to Abortion Advances Quietly in State Courts, SR 5 Gewirtz & Golder, So Who Are the Activists?, SR 6 
I will post the syllabus for the semester on CourseInfo by Thursday, January 10.
I look forward to seeing you Tuesday!

Consumer Law (Pettit)
JD897 A1
Welcome to Consumer Law!  Our books for the course are Consumer Law: Cases and Materials, by Spanogle, Rohner, Pridgen and Sovern (Thomson/West, 3d ed., 2007) and Selected Consumer Statutes, 2007 ed., from the same authors and publisher.  The assignments for the first week are as follows:
Tuesday, January 15
            Casebook pages 1-34
Thursday, January 17
            Casebook pages 34-66

Copyright Law (Dogan)
JD952 A1
Class 1: Jan. 16.
Sometime during the first week of classes, please read the first chapter of the casebook (pp. 3-42). We will spend the first class reviewing basic concepts and brainstorming about whether and why a society might want copyright law, and what its broad contours might look like.

Corporate Finance (Chadwick)
JD 985 C1
[Not yet received]

Corporations (Outterson)
JD816 A1
Required reading:  Business Associations, Klein, Ramseyer & Bainbridge (6th ed):  pages 1 – 36.
The supplemental readings are entirely voluntary, but will be helpful, especially if you have little background in business.
Supplemental reading:
J. Dennis Hynes, Agency, Partnership, and the LLC (Nutshell) (any recent edition):  chapters 1 & 5
Robert W. Hamilton, The Law of Corporations (Nutshell Guide) (any recent edition):  chapter 1
Klein & Coffee, Business Organization & Finance (any recent edition is fine; pages are per the 10th ed.): 1 – 21.

Corporations (Marks)
JD816 M1
Welcome to class! There are no books to purchase. All materials will be available on the web (at courseinfo.bu.edu) or will be passed out in class. Please read the Grading and Participation Policy on the courseinfo website under Course Information.
The Corporations assignment for Tuesday, January 15 is as follows.
Please read:
Vohland v. Sweet
(Available at courseinfo.bu.edu. Click the "Course Documents" button, then click on "Cases and Case Materials.")
Tombstones: The Black Box
(Available at courseinfo.bu.edu. Click the "Course Documents" button, then click on "Tombstones.")

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (Reza)
JD820 A1
1. Miller & Wright (assigned casebook), pp. xxv-xxx (Preface).
2. Reading & questions posted in "Course Documents" on CourseInfo site (and available in hard-copy in room 1024).

Criminal Procedure: Comprehensive (Rossman)
JD819 A1
The assigned readings will come from Allen, Hoffmann, Livingston & Stuntz, Constitutional Criminal: Investigation and Right to Counsel (Aspen 2005).  There are also supplementary materials and discussion questions corresponding to each assignment available on the course web site. Thorough preparation and active class participation are important components of this course.  Starting with the third class meeting, each student will be placed on one of four panels and each class the members of one panel will be on call and expected to lead the analysis of the problems presented by the discussion questions.
The reading assignment for the first class, and the discussion questions you should prepare for it, appear below:
Wednesday, January 17:  Pages 3-9; 32-47; 65-71. 
(a) In what ways does the system for adjudicating civil disputes differ from the criminal justice system?  To what extent do the two differ on the following dimensions: parties; subject matter; consequence of a verdict; the values the process is designed to implement?
(b) Many of the features of criminal procedure that distinguish it from civil procedure are designed explicitly to make it easier for one party, the defendant, to prevail. Are there any reasons why it is sound social policy for criminal cases to have a process that tilts in favor of one party while civil cases follow a relatively even handed approach?

Criminal Trial Advocacy (Rossman)
JD981 A1
[Not yet received]

Criminal Trial Practice I (Rossman/Fisher)
JD982 A1
[Not yet received]

Criminal Trial Practice II/Defenders (Kaplan/Rossman)
JD898 A1
[Not yet received]

Criminal Trial Practice II/Prosecutors (Nilsen/Rossman)
JD899 A1
[Not yet received]

Current Issues in Employment Law (Weinstein)
JD906 A1
[Not yet received]