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FIRST YEAR'S COURSE.
1. Law of Persons; Personal Property; Wills, Probate, and Administration.
Professor Lile.
The preliminary lectures in this class are devoted to the nature,
sources and evidences of the law; the absolute and relative rights, and
their constitutional guaranties; citizenship and naturalization; and
subordinate magistrates. This is followed by a thorough drill in the
subjects of principal and agent; husband and wife, including their
common law property rights, with the modern statutory modifications
thereof; parent and child; and guardian and ward. Later, the study
of the law of personal property (including the law of sales) is pursued
in its various phases, followed by that of wills, probate and administration.
Under the latter classification are includ the execution and
construction of wills; the qualification of personal representatives and
and the complete administration of estates.—September 15 to
February 25—Three times a week.
Text-Books.—1 Minor's Institutes (4th edition).
Benjamin's Principles of Sales.
The Professor's Printed Notes.
(Others to be announced.)
2. Law of Contracts; Torts; Bailments and Carriers.
Professor Dabney.
In this class the student is taught the principles underlying the
formation, validity, interpretation, and discharge of contracts generally,
whatever may be their particular subject matter; the principles
of the law of torts, and their application to the subjects of negligence,
nuisance, trespass to person and property, fraud and deceit, defamation,
and other cases of practical importance; the principles of the law
of carriers of persons and property, whether by land or by water, and
whether by incorporated companies or individuals, including the transmission
of messages by telegraph, and showing in detail the modern
application of the law of contract and torts to these great agencies of
commercial and of social life.—September 15 to June 1—Twice a week.
Text-Books.—Clark on Contracts.
Bigelow on Torts.
Lawson on Bailments.
3. Public International Law; Constitutional Law; Theory of Government.
Professor Minor.
The first part of this course is devoted to the study of Public International
Law. The various rules which regulate the intercourse of
nations amongst themselves are here considered—such as the principles
governing the origin, recognition, and equality of states; their rights in
time of peace, and the means whereby they peaceably procure the
enjoyment of those rights; the laws of war and the rights and duties
of belligerents; and finally the rules governing the relations of neutral
and belligerent states.
Private International Law, or the Conflict of Laws, which is a distinct
branch of the law, resting upon altogether different principles, is postponed
to the second year.
Following the lectures upon Public International Law, a series of
lectures will be delivered on the Theory and Practice of Government.
It is traced from its generally accepted origin in the family, through
its various stages, to the modern forms, and effort is made by reasoning
and comparison to show the benefits of good government, the dangers
of the bad.
In the study of Constitutional Law, close attention is given to the
judicial interpretation of the Federal Constitution, and to the great
constitutional principles prevailing throughout the Union. As occasion
requires, attention is called to the policy of various acts of legislation,
and the student is warned against such as tend to exceed the
limits of safe and constitutional restrictions. The checks and balances
of the constitution are duly noted, and that wherein it is weak alluded
to as well as that wherein it is strong. The Federal Constitution is
discussed section by section, noting the historical origin of the more
important provisions, with a close study of such subjects as ex post
facto laws, laws impairing the obligation of contracts, trial by jury, due
process of law, power of taxation and of eminent domain, the police
power, inter-state commerce, etc.
These subjects constitute one class, in which one examination only is
held.
September 15 to January 25—Twice a week.
Text-Books.—International Law: Davis.
Principles of Constitutional Law: Cooley.
The Professor's Notes.
4. Mercantile Law
Professor Lile.
Under this head are grouped the subjects of Negotiable Instruments,
Insurance and Partnership. The instruction is made as practical as
possible, by frequent use of the various mercantile instruments, as
exhibits, in the course of the lectures. In the study of the law of
negotiable paper, constant reference is made to the Negotiable Instruments
Law, recently enacted in several States, including Virginia, and
likely to be adopted generally, throughout the country. In addition to
the study of the general principles of the law of insurance, attention is
devoted to particular clauses most useful in life, marine and accident
policies, and the New York Standard Fire Policy is studied, clause by
clause, in the light of judicial construction.—February 25 to May 15—
Three times a week.
Text-Books.—Bigelow on Bills and Notes (Student's Series).
Richards on Insurance.
Mechem on Partnership.
The Negotiable Instruments Law.
The Professor's Notes.
5. The Law of Crimes and Punishments.
Professor Minor.
In the study of this subject, which succeeds the course on International
and Constitutional Law, the student is made familiar with the
justice. He is instructed as to the nature and elements of the more
important crimes, both common law and statutory. Attention is given
rather to the acquisition of a thorough knowledge of the leading principles
than to the less important details, which, with a knowledge of
the former, may readily be acquired. The course of instruction further
embraces a study of the forms of procedure, the nature, organization
and duties of the courts, and grand and petit juries; arrests and bail;
indictments, informations, presentments, and the various defenses, by
way of plea or otherwise; together with the ordinary incidents of a
criminal trial, such as challenges of jurors, motions for a new trial,
bills of exceptions, motions in arrest of judgment, and writs of error.—
January 25 to April 25—Twice a week.
Text-Book.—Synopsis of Criminal Law: Minor.
The Professor's Notes.
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