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Family Law

Family Law - Professor Maxine Tuan

Course Type: Foundational
Credits: 3
Enrollment Limit: To Be Determined by the Registrar
Description: This course examines the legal, practical, social, legislative, and economic issues involved in the formation, operation, and dissolution of families. Topics include parent-child relationships, marriage, and the relationship between families and the state, with critical attention to developments in social structure, public policy, morality, and technology.

Because this course requires significant student participation, students who intend to drop the class must do so by the end of the first week. Requests to drop after that deadline will be granted only in truly extenuating circumstances.

Prerequisite: none
Evaluation Method: Final exam, class participation, paper, oral presentation
Capstone: no
WIE: no

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