Syllabus

Main Syllabus for January 21 onward

• Syllabus_2013_January_16.pdf: Syllabus for CS 491, draft version of Wednesday, January 16, 200. There will likely be some changes made as we go along.

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Syllabus Addendum for Week 0 (January 15–17, 2013) for UIC students only

This week only we will not meet jointly with Chicago-Kent Law school students in the course. Both Tuesday and Thursday meetings will be in 208 Taft Hall (UIC), 2:00 to 3:15.

Week 0 Content: A crash course in American law:

• Source of US law: 50 states and federal law.
• Constitution vs. statute vs. regulations
• The role of appellate courts in making law
• The role of agencies
• Criminal law, tort law, and contract law