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LAWS 860 - Special Topics in Legislative Drafting ICredits: 2 This course will explore the process of drafting legal codes in a real world setting. Specifically, the course will give students the opportunity to participate in the creation of a legal code for the Catawba nation. Students will be introduced to the relevant areas of federal Indian law, the history, culture and legal conceptions of the Catawba Nation, and principles of drafting laws. Topics may shift from year to year. Students will use information collected during the course to draft laws to be submitted to the leadership of the Catawba Nation for adoption. In the first year of the course, students will focus on drafting a family law code. They will be introduced to crucial family law concepts relevant to the law-making process. Specifically, students will examine numerous state and tribal family law codes. They will discuss the relevant strengths and weakness of these laws with the goal of drafting a family law code particularly suited to the history, culture and legal needs of the Catawba Nation. During the course, they will meet with leadership of the Catawba Nation and with lawyers, government officials and judges from other recognized Indian nations. Students will receive a letter grade at the end of each semester. |
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