Elizabeth G. Patterson
Professor of Law
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Contact Information
Room 414
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
v 803-777-8189
f 803-777-2368
libba@law.sc.edu
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Courses
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II, LAWS 526 (3 hours) Personal and Property Rights under the Federal Constitution. Due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment as it applies to property rights and liberty interests, including takings, privacy, and discrimination; freedom of expression and freedom of religion under the Federal Constitution.
LEGISLATION, LAWS 729 (3 hours) The course will address issues such as the nature and history of legislative power, legislative process, legislative advocacy, drafting, interpretation, and ethics regulation.
PARENTS, CHILDREN, & THE LAW, LAWS 631 (2 hours) Issues related to the legal status of minority and the parent-child relationship, including; paternity, child support enforcement, adoption, child abuse and neglect, termination of parental rights, juvenile delinquency, children's constitutional rights, and allocation of authority to make decisions concerning minors.
PROPERTY II, LAWS 511 (3 hours) Continuation of Property I. A course designed to give the student basic training in legal techniques of commercial land transactions and to introduce him or her to property concepts underlying modern donative transfers. Subject matter to cover includes a survey of the history of land law; estates in land and their rules affecting their creation; preparation of leases and landlord and tenant problems; contracts of sale; conveyances and flanking; recording acts and examination of titles; control of land use through judicial, legislative, and private means.
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