Sem: White Collar Crime (LAW-749-001)
Eliason
Meets: 12:00 PM - 01:20 PM (TTH) - Room 503
Enrolled: 19 / Limit: 20
Notices
The syllabus and the course hypothetical are now available on the MyWCL class website. For the first class on Tuesday, Jan. 11, please read pp. 1-14 in Chapter One of the Strader and Jordan textbook.
Description
An examination of the substantive law of white-collar crime, as well as the practice, procedure, and strategy concerning federal white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions. Topics include the definition of and theory behind white-collar crime; investigative techniques used to combat white-collar crime; grand jury law and practice; prosecutorial discretion; plea bargaining; grants of immunity, entrapment, privileges, and other common defenses; charging decisions and drafting of indictments; sentencing and the goals of punishment; and substantive law topics including conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, bribery and public corruption, false statements, perjury, obstruction of justice, computer and Internet fraud, and money laundering.
Textbooks and Other Materials
The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.
White Collar Crime: Cases, Materials and Problems, 2nd Edition, J. Strader & S. Jordan, 978-1-4224-2741-5
White Collar Crime: Supplement, J. Strader & S. Jordan, 978-1-4224-7035-0
First Class Readings
Not available at this time.
Syllabus
Use your MyAU username and password to access the syllabus in the following format(s):
Microsoft Word (DOC)
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)