CATALOG 1952-1953


 LW. 502.-Damages. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 General principles; non-compensatory damages; foreseeability; certainty; avoidable
consequences; interest; value. Specific wrongs; torts; contracts; liquidated damages.
Crane, Cases on Damages, 2d edition.
 LW. 503.-Public Utilities. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Historical development of concept of "businesses affected with public interest";
statutory limitations on business and fourteenth amendments; franchises and certificates
of necessity; monopoly and competition of public utilities; duty to serve public; dis-
crimination in service and rates; rate fixing by contract with private persons and gov-
ernment; public utility commissions, their operation in regulation of rates and services,
and right of appeal from their findings; corporate affiliations; holding company regula-
tion; government ownership. Welch, Cases on Public Utility Regulation, 3d edition,
and supplementary material.
 LW. 504.-Municipal Corporations. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Nature of municipal corporations; how created, altered, dissolved, classified and
controlled; comparison of municipal, state, and federal governments; ordinances; police
power; regulation and abatement of nuisances; municipal regulation and licensing of
activities; municipal control of highways and rights of abutting owners; zoning and city
planning; municipal finance; home rule; initiative, referendum and recall; officers and
employees, their election, appointment, removal, and the merit system; rights and
remedies of citizens against city and officers, including injunctions, mandamus, and
damages for breach of contract and municipal torts; rights and remedies of city against
individuals and state. Seasongood, Cases on Municipal Corporations, 2d edition, and
supplementary material.
 LW. 505.-Federal Jurisdiction. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 System of courts created under authority of the United States; jurisdiction; removal
of cases from state courts; substantive law applied by federal courts; appellate jurisdic-
tion. Dobie and Ladd, Cases on Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure.
 LW. 506.-Negotiable Instruments. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 The law of bills, notes, and checks; characteristics requisite for negotiability;
methods of negotiation; the holder in due course; equities and personal defenses; ab-
solute defenses; liability of parties; proceedings before and after dishonor; discharge;
actions. Britton, Cases on Bills and Notes, 3d edition.
 LW. 508.-Conflict of Laws. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Jurisdiction; sources of law and comity; remedies; rights of action; procedure; ob-
ligations ex delicto and ex contract; personal relations; property inheritance; admin-
istration of estates; judgments and obligations. Lorenzen, Cases on Conflict of Laws,
5th edition.
 LW. 509.-Sales. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Title transfer under sales contracts, and price arrangements and formalities of sales
contracts; seller's lien, sales on approval, sale or return, and other devices of the law
designed to promote sales; fraudulent transfers; warranties; performance of sales con-
tracts; remedies of seller and buyer. Vold, Cases on Sales, 2d edition.

 LW. 513.-Future Interests. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: LW. 312.
 A study of testamentary and inter vivos transmissions of mixed assets to achieve
defined results through differing periods of time and circumstance; conditional estates,
gifts to classes, powers, rule against perpetuities, and restraints on alienation. Leach,
Cases on Future Interests, 2d edition.
 LW. 516.-Practice Court. 2 credits.
 Trial practice problems; the preparation and trial of cases.

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