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Tuesday, August 26, 2003
I had a request via email as to what classes I am taking this semester. So, for the interested, here they are:
Contracts
Civil Procedure
Property
Criminal Law
Legal Writing and Research
That last class hasn't started yet though.
So far, I like Property the best. The professor is very clear and approachable, and the subject matter is fascinating. Property law is often old, since some of the most fundamental cases date from the creation of the United States, so this class is also something of a history of the United States. I can't wait until we start discussing software law and intellectual property, though I don't think we'll get into it too much this semester. Still, though, as I read the old cases I can't help but think of how they would apply to code that I've written or items that I've bought or created.
Criminal Law is dramatic, but I've only had one class so far so I can't evaluate it too much. I'm procrastinating on the reading for Criminal Law as we speak, actually, so I should have more data after tomorrow.
Contracts, well, we'll see. So far I haven't really sunk my teeth into it. And, to be honest, reading the Uniform Commercial Code is not really thrilling.
Civil procedure is hard, I think the hardest of all my classes. The material is very dense. It reminds me a lot of my computer architecture courses in college: it's the building block upon which everything else is based, but it's often arcane, seemingly random, and has a language which isn't as approachable as the higher-level languages. Plus the professor is scary. Today somebody came in late to class and he halted the entire class while that poor soul found her seat and got out her books and laptop. I will never, ever be late to that class.
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the schedule
I had a request via email as to what classes I am taking this semester. So, for the interested, here they are:
Contracts
Civil Procedure
Property
Criminal Law
Legal Writing and Research
That last class hasn't started yet though.
So far, I like Property the best. The professor is very clear and approachable, and the subject matter is fascinating. Property law is often old, since some of the most fundamental cases date from the creation of the United States, so this class is also something of a history of the United States. I can't wait until we start discussing software law and intellectual property, though I don't think we'll get into it too much this semester. Still, though, as I read the old cases I can't help but think of how they would apply to code that I've written or items that I've bought or created.
Criminal Law is dramatic, but I've only had one class so far so I can't evaluate it too much. I'm procrastinating on the reading for Criminal Law as we speak, actually, so I should have more data after tomorrow.
Contracts, well, we'll see. So far I haven't really sunk my teeth into it. And, to be honest, reading the Uniform Commercial Code is not really thrilling.
Civil procedure is hard, I think the hardest of all my classes. The material is very dense. It reminds me a lot of my computer architecture courses in college: it's the building block upon which everything else is based, but it's often arcane, seemingly random, and has a language which isn't as approachable as the higher-level languages. Plus the professor is scary. Today somebody came in late to class and he halted the entire class while that poor soul found her seat and got out her books and laptop. I will never, ever be late to that class.
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