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| Course Name | U. S. Bankruptcy Law | ||||||||||||||||||
| Category | American Law (Cultural Competence) | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Credit | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Classes | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Professor | Mieko Yamaguchi Professor Profile: Graduated from Tokyo University Law Department. Passed National Judicial Examination and registered as an attorney at law. Completed University of California Berkley Law School LLM Program. Passed the state examination of and registered as an attorney at law in California. Currently the partner of Yamaguchi International Law Office. Lectured at Tsukuba University Law School. Authored Books: “Copyright Law Commentary” (co-authored). Tokyo Nunoi Shobo 2000, “ Unfair Competition Law Commentary” (Co-authored) Lexis Nexis Japan 2004, etc. Involved in distance education at Babel University Professional School of Translation since 2005. |
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| Course Summary | Lecture U. S. bankruptcy law in Japanese language. | ||||||||||||||||||
| How this course was developed | From 2004 to 2006, BABEL University Professional School of Translation developed 30 courses on U.S. laws to help the students who majored in International Paralegal and Legal Translation, to build background knowledge on their major. This course is one of them. The course was established in 2006 and updated in 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | Students acquire comprehensive knowledge of US bankruptcy law. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | Students who have successfully completed this course will have a comprehensive knowledge of US bankruptcy law in both English and Japanese. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisite | Japanese Law Courses | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Progression | (1) Study basic learning materials and listen to audio lectures (2) Submit homework assignments as per the class instruction booklet (3) Take part in interactive classes using audio lectures, Q&A, electronic message boards, etc. with professors |
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| Course Length | Standard* 2 months (can be completed in a minimum of 1 months or a maximum of 4 months) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated Hours of Study | Reading course guide and course material, listening to audio lecture: 1.5hrs Completing assignments should take 3 hours or more. The entire course should take 32 hours or more to complete. |
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| Deliverables (Course Text etc.) |
U. S. Bankruptcy Law (Babel University original text) *Authored originally for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation. |
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| Course Outline |
There will be 8 lectures as below.
The class instruction booklet (study guide) will provide students with (l) the objectives of the class, (2) an explanation of the learning materials, and (3) instruction in how to go about studying the materials. Students will (l) read the text to acquire knowledge of the content of the class, (2) listen to the professor's audio lecture to deepen their understanding of the content, and (3) verify their understanding by completing exercises, and submit their answers to the exercises.
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| Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement | Grade will be based on total scores from the following: *Assignment Submission --- 8 After you have studied each lecture, you will need to submit the assignment within two weeks. Grading Procedure: Evaluate submitted reports in five-grade system. Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics. *Minimum Course Requirement: B or above |
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