Syllabus

Main Syllabus for January 17 onward

• syllabus_computer_and_network_privacy_and_security_Feb_26_2017.pdf Late February version. (This syllabus will continue to be updated, but we will only be diligent about keeping it up to date on the class Piazza website.)

Syllabus for UIC students only for Week of January 10-13, 2017

This week only we will not meet jointly with IIT Chicago-Kent Law school students in the course. Both Tuesday and Thursday meetings will be in LC A4 (UIC), 2:00 to 3:15.

Initial Content: A crash course in American law:

• Source of US law: 50 states and federal law
• Constitution vs. statute vs. regulations
• The role of appellate courts in making law
• The role of agencies
• Criminal law, tort law, and contract law

Initial Week Reading for UIC students only, complete before the first meeting if possible, certainly right after:

Orin S. Kerr, How to Read a Legal Opinion

Homework for UIC students, out Tuesday, Jan. 10, due start of class, Thursday, Jan. 12

is posted to the class Piazza site