CATALOG 1952-1953


 LW. 407.-Legal Bibliography. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Introduction to the law; objectives of legal education; rudiments of procedure,
hierarchy of courts; principles of statutory interpretation, stare decisis, evaluation of
cases; nature and use of law books; elementary legal writing. Fryer and Benson, Legal
Method.
 LW. 408.-Legal Ethics. 1 hour. 1 credit.
 Organization of the bar; attorneys and professional conduct. Cheatham, Cases on
Legal Profession.
 LW. 409.-Property, Ill. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Titles and conveyancing; adverse possession; adverse user; recording acts; the
execution of deeds; covenants for title; after-acquired titles; covenants running with the
land; creation of easements and profits; licenses. Casebook to be selected.

 LW. 411.-Florida Constitutional Law. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite:
LW. 401.
 Composition and jurisdiction of Florida judiciary; writs and appeals; major limita-
tions on legislative and executive action; procedural and substantive due process in
Florida; general and special laws; distinction between constitutional and statutory ad-
ministrative agencies; homesteads; boundaries and state jurisdiction; taxation and fi-
nance; counties and municipalities; miscellaneous limitations; amendments and consti-
tutional revision. Selected cases and materials.

 LW. 413.-Procedure, II. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Formerly "Florida Civil Practice." Commencement of actions; joinder and con-
solidation of actions; locality; parties; process; appearance; special statutory proceed-
ings. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Florida Common Law Rules of Civil Procedure,
and other materials to be selected.
 LW. 415.-Abstracts. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: LW. 312.
 Abstracts of title; description of land; records of title in Florida; curative acts and
limitations acts pertaining to defects of title; the formal requisites of conveyances in
Florida; conveyances by married women; conveyances of homestead; conveyances by
corporations; the lien of state and federal judgments; federal tax liens. Mimeographed
materials.

 LW. 416.-Insurance. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Historical background; insurable interest; representations, warranties, exceptions,
conditions; construction of contracts; application of contracts; waiver, estoppel, sub-
rogation; assignees, beneficiaries, creditors. Casebook to be selected.
 LW. 417.-Partnership. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Formation and nature of various types of unincorporated business organizations,
including partnerships, limited partnerships, joint stock companies, business trusts, and
defective corporations; partnerships at common law and under the Uniform Partnership
Act and Uniform Limited Partnership Act; partnership property, contracts, torts and
crimes; partnership by estoppel; rights of partnership creditors contrasted with rights of
creditors of individual partners; devices to reduce partnership risks; problems of non-
resident partners; termination of partnership; insolvency. Gilmore, Cases on the Law
of Partnership, 3d edition. Suggested reading, Crane on Partnership (Hornbook).
 LW. 431.-Procedure IV. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Formerly "Appellate Procedure and Judgments". Judgments; appeals, federal and
state; writ of error and appeal; extraordinary writs. Casebook to be selected.



The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.