Course Description - Law 19
Property & Creditor Rights
updated: 12/12/01
Course Description - Law 19
Property
& Creditor Rights
updated:
12/12/01
Welcome to the Law 19 - Property & Creditor Rights. Law 19 is a study of the law of property including community property, joint tenancy, leases, deeds, contracts, escrows, deeds of trust, a study of the system of recording and search of public documents, a study of bankruptcy laws and forms and evictions (unlawful detainer actions).
The student will prepare all of the forms related to an eviction (unlawful detainer) and a simple Chapter 7 ("liquidation") bankruptcy, along with reviewing the documentation for transfers of real property and related escrow documents, and will also prepare a UCC-1 Financing Statement. The student will also study secured transactions, collateral, purchase money secured interests, liens, attachment, garnishment, and other creditor's remedies.
Law 19 introduces the student to the nature of property and
personalty, acquiring and owning property, real property, and
the landlord-tenant relationship.
This course is designed to give the student familiarity with the
substantive law of property and creditors rights. A good capsule
summary of property law is found at Emanuel
Summaries (Property). You will will learn to "think critically"
in law, and in the area of property law.. You will learn how to
prepare a simple, liquidation or Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, eviction
or unlawful detainer papers for both landlord and tenant, along
with transfer escrow documents and deeds in the purchase/sale
of real property.
This 5 week Winter Intersession class is designed to give the
student a familiarity with property and creditor rights law.
The student will learn to "think critically" in law,
This will be accomplished through the multiple-choice quizzes,
postings to hypothetical legal questions in a threaded discussion
format ("hypernews")
and written assignments.
The student will learn how to do legal
research in general, how to phrase a legal question or issue,
and how to search for the correct "legal" answer. The
student will
improve their writing skills and learn basic skills in legal drafting
and writing. Finally, he student will improve
their study skills and will improve
how they study law.
This course is offered through the internet to meet the student's
needs for flexibility in time and space. Many college students
are working full-time or have transportation limitations due to
financial reasons.The course is transferrable to CSU. You should
consult with our Counseling
Department to determine the exact trasnferability of this
class. You may also wish to email
a counselor at our college.
Types of activities:
Lectures will be posted under "lectures" on our homepage for this class. The lecture will be both a summary of the reading assignment and a filling-in of the gaps in that assignment. One purpose of the lecture is to answer the question, "What do you really need to know?". It will help the student focus on the major concepts in the textbook.
Reading Assignments are listed under "assignments", and will be given from Textbook :Textbook: Our textbook for this class is WEST'S BUSINESS LAW by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross
Threaded discussions (on Bulletin Board): student participation in asynchronous online discussions will form a significant part of the grade (see grading below). Discussion questions based on text and Website readings will be posted weekly in the Bulletin Board page. Discussions will take place using the Bulletin Board.
Online Quizzes: The quizzes will
consist of multiple-choice questions (25 for each chapter), the
questions will probe a deeper understanding of the concepts, which
requires critical thinking and an intellectual tying-together
of the reading material. You take the quizzes by emailing Prof.
J. an email with your answers, eg. 1a, 2c, 3d - please do not
send it in an attachment, that is extra work to open it, just
put the answers in the body of your email message. Then Prof.
Jordan will email you the correct answers and explanations. Please
then correct your quiz, and send Prof. Jordan the total
amount of incorrect answers. The lowest score given in
any one quiz is 60 (even if you score lower - thiis is to not
prejudice the overall weight of the quizzes compared to the other
written work. The quizzes are a good exercise to learn and review
the materials, but is only one part of the class.
Course Evaluation:
The final grade will be determined by:
Quiz average: 100 points per each quiz
Discussion questions: 100 points per discussion
Assignments: 250 or more points per project.
The grade is calculated by an excel spreadsheet by adding up the
total points available and dividing that into the actual points
earned and multiplying by 100 to give a point grade out of 100.
Grades are 0-50 F, 50-68 D, 68-79 C, 80-89 B, and 90-100 A.
Required Resources:
System requirements: IBM or compatible (486/33 CPU minimum)
with Windows
or Mac or compatible with 6.05 operating system or higher, 8 megs
of RAM, 20
megs free hard disc space, modem with a 9600 baud rate minimum.