Beth A. Colgan
J.D. Northwestern University School of Law, 2000
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This course covers selected topics in substantive criminal law: principles underlying the definition of crime such as the requirements of actus reus and mens rea and general doctrines such as... |
In recent years increasing attention has been paid to the government's reliance on the use of economic sanctions (fines, forfeitures, fees, restitution, court and probation costs, etc.) as both a... |
This course examines constitutional restraints on the activities of law enforcement officers arising under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and the due process clause. Topics include searches and... |
This course examines how a criminal case advances through the court system. Topics include prosecutorial power and ethical obligations; grand jury, competency, and bail proceedings; jury selection;... |
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This course will investigate the legal and policy implications of current topics in criminal law and procedure. Past topics have included the funding of criminal legal systems, drug policy, hate... |
This course will examine five key moments in time in which policing and crime shaped the history of Los Angeles: the mob fights of the prohibition era; the Watts Riots of the 1960s; the beating of... |
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