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1 ARE 306 Course Syllabus ARE 306 – Agricultural Law Section 001 SPRING 2012 3 Credit Hours Special Notes WHAT THE COURSE COVERS: We will study current federal and North Carolina law and regulations related to agriculture as well as the common law foundations of agricultural law. The course covers basic legal issues that students are likely to face in a wide variety of careers including agribusiness, agricultural science, forestry and others. The course emphasizes the economic environment that has given rise to current laws and regulations. Substantive legal emphasis will be on laws having the greatest relevance in North Carolina, including contracts, real property, landlord-tenant, probate, and estate planning. Course Description Catalogue description: Legal principles of practical importance in an agricultural setting: the court system; tort, contract and real and personal property law; legal aspects of organizing an agribusiness; environmental and labor regulations affecting agriculture; income and estate taxation of agriculture. Credit for both ARE 306 and BUS 307 is not allowed. Additional information: Agricultural Law is a survey course designed to touch upon some of the major areas of agricultural law. Given that most students will have no prior legal background, the first three units of the course are designed to provide a basic understanding of the legal system in the context of environmental law. Unit 2 examines the sources of American law and how to find those laws. Unit 3 covers how we resolve disputes through the legal system. Unit 4 examines the role of administrative agencies and administrative law in our legal system. The remaining units cover major substantive areas of agricultural law. Students are not expected to become legal experts. Although some students have found this class to be excellent preparation for law school, that is not the primary purpose of the course. The purpose of the class is to provide students with sufficient knowledge of the legal system and agricultural law in particular to allow them to recognize legal problems and understand how to obtain the resources to address those problems. Learning Outcomes 1. Students will understand how the basic institutions in the American legal system function.2 2. Students will understand the application of economic theory to practical applications in agricultural law. 3. Students will understand how regulation of agriculture developed in the United States. 4. Students will understand how to use counsel to assist them with legal issues in their businesses, professions, and lives. 5. Students will understand the cultural context of American regulation of the relationship between humans and agriculture. Course Structure The course is structured in units based upon substantive areas of law. To some extent the units build upon one another. A student who missed earlier units, in particular, would be disadvantaged for the remainder of the class so it is very important that students study all units in the order presented. Students will be randomly assigned to study/work groups via Moodle. Group work will be primarily conducted and assessed (graded) through Moodle. There is a forum for each group to use for discussion of selected or assigned topics, analysis of Wall Street Journal articles, and for discussion of current units. Quizzes will be conducted through Moodle. Case analyses will be submitted and graded through Moodle. Final projects may, at the student's option, be submitted through Moodle. Each class session will consist of a mix of lectures by the instructor and student presentations. For some lectures there are videos that should be viewed and the subject of group discussion prior to class. Instructor lectures will be recorded using Elluminate and will be available for student listening through Elluminate. Course Policies A STUDENT’S DUTY: 1. To read and understand the schedule, this policy statement, and all other administrative materials relevant to this class. 2. To read and/or view and listen to assignments before due and participate in all class discussions. 3. To notify the instructor promptly of any situations likely to affect the student’s performance in the class. Instructors Theodore A. Feitshans - Instructor Email: [email protected] Web Page: http://www.ag-econ.ncsu.edu/faculty/feitshans/feitshans.htm Phone: 919-515-5195 Fax: 919-515-6268 Office Location: Room 3340 Nelson Hall Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 a.m. -9:50 a.m., 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Appointments are available upon request.3 Course Meetings Lecture Days: TH Time: 10:15am - 11:30pm Campus: Main Location: 01206 Nelson Hall This meeting is required. Meeting Notes All classes are recorded using Elluminate. Students who are absent or who added the class after the first day of class are required to listen to the Elluminate recording. Course Materials Textbooks Coursepack - None Wall Street Journal - Multiple Edition: Daily ISBN: N/A Web Link: www.wsj.com Cost: $29.95 for 15 weeks This textbook is optional. Expenses None Materials None Requisites and Restrictions Prerequisites ARE 201 or EC 201 or EC 205, or equivalent beginning economics course Co-requisites None Restrictions None General Education Program (GEP) Information GEP Category Social Sciences4 GEP Category Outcomes 1. All human societies are governed by culturally determined legal systems of some sort, be these formal or informal. This course examines how the legal system regulates human behavior, organizational processes, and institutional processes in the context of the relationships of humans to their agriculture. Students will discover that the legal system seeks to regulate even mental processes and the behaviors resulting therefrom through elaborate systems economic incentives and disincentives. Students will learn to recognize legal issues in their professional and personal lives and how legal counsel can assist them. 2. The science of economics seeks to explain how these incentives function and predict the likely success or failure of various incentives. Students will develop an understanding of agricultural policy from an economic perspective in the United States and North Carolina. 3. Students will recognize activities covered by laws and understand the legal implications of those activities. Specific economic concepts such as externalities will be discussed in their practical, real-world context. 4. Students will


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