NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 英美法律專題(6112)
(Eng.) Seminar on Anglo-American Law
Offering Dept Department of Law
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher Cindy Whang
Department Department of Law/Graduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description The Seminar on Anglo-American Law is a course that seeks to help graduate students understand how to do research in Anglo-American Law while learning about the new legal developments in the United States and other states with Anglo-Saxon legal traditions.

For the 2024 Fall semester, the first part of our course will be aligned with the U.S. presidential election and the legal cases/issues surrounding this election. The second part of the course will be presentation and discussion by students on some of the newer U.S. case decisions that have a prominent impact on the future development U.S. law.

This class will be taught in Chinese, but the course materials for this class will be in English.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
The purpose of this class is two pronged: First, the course wants to assist the students in their understanding of Anglo-American Law to facilitate their ability to do research as it relates to Anglo-American law and cases. Second, the class wants to discuss some of the recent legal developments in Anglo-American Law to help the students understand the debated legal issues.
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Oral Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introductions of this class
Week 2 Legal Research and Anglo-American Law (I)
Week 3 WestLaw Tutorial
Week 4 Legal Research and Anglo-American Law (II)
Week 5 Overview of Election Process and Legal Issues in the United States
Week 6 U.S. Supreme Court and Decisions on Gerrymandering: Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (2024)
Week 7 Trump and Lawsuits
Week 8 Election-related lawsuits after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Week 9 U.S. Presidential Election and Its Results
Week 10 Potential Legal Challenges Post-Election
Week 11 Discussing New Developments in U.S. Law and Student Case Selection
Week 12 Student Selected Case Presentation (I)
Week 13 Student Selected Case Presentation (II)
Week 14 Student Selected Case Presentation (III)
Week 15 Student Selected Case Presentation (IV)
Week 16 Student Selected Case Presentation (V)
Week 17 Self-Directed Learning: Case Studies
Week 18 Self-Directed Learning: Case Studies
Evaluation
Attendance: 30%
Briefing and Presenting the Cases:30%
Student Case Presentation and Report:40%
Textbook & other References
All of the cases discussed in this class will be individually uploaded.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Please go to iLearning to download class-related materials.
Office Hours
Tue. and Wed. 15:10-17:00 (please send e-mail first to reserve time)
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