CATALOG 1952-1953


 LW. 538.-Seminar in Legal Philosophy. 1 hour. 1 credit.
 Creation of an awareness of concepts, with emphasis on the interrelation of justice
and law; views of great philosophers on law as one aspect of their philosophical systems;
schools of legal thought; methodology of judiciary; analysis of assumptions made in
formulating familiar doctrines in the law. Each student will lead a discussion and
submit an original essay. Limited to students in their fourth, fifth or sixth semesters.
Preference for enrollment accorded to those in their final semester. Cairns, Legal
Philosophy from Plato to Hegel, and collateral reading.
 LW. 539.-Estate Planning. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Development of estate problems. The solution, mitigation, and off-setting of estate
problems. Practical procedures for use in planning the small and large estate. Mimeo-
graphed materials.
 LW. 540.-Seminar in Comparative Commercial Law. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 A study of the formal sources of law. in western European and Latin American
countries; a brief survey of the basic constitutional concepts and organization of the
judicial systems of selected Latin-American countries; statutes, cases and readings de-
signed to acquaint students with some of the legal questions which arise in commercial
transactions with Civil Law countries. Emphasis will be placed on the legal systems of
Latin-American countries in a manner designed to give the student an understanding
of and familiarity with some of the concepts basic to dealings with Latin-American
lawyers or businessmen. Enrollment limited to students in their fifth or sixth semesters.
Materials to be assigned.
 LW. 541.-Taxation III. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequisites: LW. 441 and
LW. 442.
 The federal income tax; research in federal taxation. Griswold, Cases and Ma-
terials on Federal Taxation (3rd Ed. 1950); Prentice-Hall, Students Tax Law Service.
 LW. 546.-Seminar in Legislative Drafting. 2 hours. 2 credits. Prerequi-
sites: LW. 401 and LW. 411, or permission of instructor. Recommended as
background: LW. 436 and LW. 504.
 Study of the legislative function in operation and its part in government; develop-
ment and present status of statute law relative to other types of law; nature and purpose
of legislative research; legal phraseology; technique of bill-drafting. Intensive work on
specific drafting problems, with emphasis on current Florida law, will be undertaken
by members of the class. Selected materials.
 LW. 551.-Trade Regulation. 2 hours. 2 credits
 Common law and statutory regulation of trade and industry; the restraint of
trade and industry and the anti-trust laws.
 LW. 552.-Unfair Trade Practices. 2 hours. 2 credits.
 Unfair business practices at common law and under State and Federal statutes;
trade marks and trade names; false advertising; price discrimination; miscellaneous
business torts.
 LW. 590.-Law Review. 1 credit per semester.
 Intensive training in research on specific practical problems in Florida and federal
law; organizing and editing for publication; style in legal writing. Limited, with or
without credit, to students who have completed their first semester and whose average
in all previous law courses attempted is at least 2.0 at time of undertaking law review
work. Limited for credit to juniors and seniors who have an honor-point average of at
least 3.0 either in preceding semester or in all previous law courses attempted, or who
have had one semester of satisfactory training, without credit, under Research Editor.
 LW. 601.-Legal Research. 1 to 6 credits.
 Training in the technique of legal research and writing; creative work is done in
connection with specific legal problems.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.