Course ID: | POLS 4740. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Judicial Process and Behavior |
Course Description: | The relationship between law and society, types of law, and the operation of the judicial branch of government, particularly in the United States. |
Oasis Title: | Judicial Process and Behavior |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in POLS 4740E, POLS 4740H |
Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | By the end of this course, students should have learned:
(1) theories and research that examine the nature of judging;
(2) about the organization and functioning of the court system, including judicial
selection procedures and the rules and informal norms that structure the
adjudication of criminal and civil cases;
(3) how to analyze judicial opinions;
(4) about public policy issues that arise in the study of courts and judges. |
Topical Outline: | 1. course introduction
2. court organization
3. judicial selection
4. criminal litigation
5. civil litigation
6. legal reasoning & theories of interpretation
7. actors in the judicial process
8. judicial policy implementation & impact
9. the role of the courts in the political system |
Honor Code Reference: | All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty."
Students are responsible for informing themselves about these standards before
performing academic work. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and
ignorance is not an acceptable defense. Also note that the course syllabus is a
general plan for the course and that deviations announced to the class by the
instructor may be necessary. (www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/academic_honesty.htm) |