Month: August 2022

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise.

This course covers the employment relationship in all its forms and the legal rights and duties which arise under both common law and statutory sources. In this non-unionized setting the employers’ rules dominate except as may be limited by statutes or common law contract or tort law. A systematic analysis of those rights and duties… Continue reading Labor and Employment Law

Introduces conceptual and historical foundations of systems of public and private ordering in the United States and its territories and explores the roles of lawyers and the legal system in social and political change.  Supports participants as they adjust to the law school experience and seeks to sustain their connections with the communities they aim… Continue reading American Legal Systems I

International Intellectual Property is a primer on the World Intellectual Property Organization and the treaties it administers. The course will explore the various international legislative and judicial developments in intellectual property as well as analyze international methods to harmonize several regional and national laws to protect rights in trademarks, patents, and copyrights. In addition, students… Continue reading International Intellectual Property

This course is intended for students who wish to: (1) increase their knowledge of the substantive rules of one or more Pacific Island jurisdictions and (2) study the development of legal systems to broaden their understanding of the basic requirements and general characteristics of legal systems. The course will also consider the relationship between the… Continue reading Pacific Islands Legal Systems

This course examines the evolution of the rights of Native Hawaiians to land and resources and the important statutes and laws affecting Native Hawaiians. Areas of study include the Hawaiian land tenure system, the Mahele and conversion to fee-simple land system, traditional and customary rights, the public land trust (Government & Crown Lands), the Hawaiian… Continue reading Native Hawaiian Rights