Lior Strahilevitz : Courses and Seminars
Privacy
LAWS 79501
This course surveys America's efforts to draw boundaries between the public and private spheres. The course primarily deals with three types of law: the privacy-related torts, constitutional privacy law, and various federal statutes and regulations that govern the collection, aggregation, and dissemination of private information. Substantive topics of discussion may include Internet privacy; health care and genetic privacy; Megan's Law; the relationship between privacy and the First Amendment; the Fourth Amendment and other restrictions on governmental investigations and surveillance; and the European Data Protection Directive.
The student's grade is based on an in-class final examination and class participation.
Spring 2012
Lior Strahilevitz
Property
LAWS 30411
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, provides an introduction to the legal relationships that arise out of or constitute ownership of property. Subjects covered may include, but are not limited to, such areas as the initial acquisition of rights in real and personal property, the nature of ownership of natural resources, the various types of concurrent and successive interests in land, and restraints on alienation. The course will also deal with the law relating to easements and covenants, landlord and tenant, and conveyancing.
The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Winter 2012
Lior Strahilevitz
