POLI 435 - Legal Reasoning

(3.00)

Designed to give students advanced understanding of the ways in which American lawyers and judges think about legal questions and issues. The course will be devoted to intensive practice in the process of legal analysis. Students will study a series of cases and related materials that address the basic tools of legal reasoning and the special characteristics of reasoning in the specific areas of American law. Recommended Preparation: Permission of the instructor

Components: Lecture