| Program Name: |
The American Legal System |
| Director: |
Colonel Patrick Finnegan |
| Program Address: |
United States Military Academy
Department of Law
West Point, NY 10996-1794
845/938-3510 |
| Program Type: |
Field of Study/Major |
| Program Status: |
FOS Created in 1992 / Major created in 1999 |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "The American Legal Studies program is designed to develop cadets'
critical thinking abilities to assist in educating and training them as Army leaders. By
its nature, the study of law draws on historical and cultural perspectives, requires
awareness and resolution of social, moral and ethical issues, demonstrates the need for
and value of clear and concise communication, and leads to increased understanding of how
individuals, organizations, and societies pursue goals. The American Legal System program
is not intended to provide cadets with a given body of legal knowledge or to train them to
be lawyers, but to educate cadets to be leaders in a changing and often ambiguous
world." |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
FOS requires nine courses, six courses from the Department of
Law and three related electives from other departments. Major requires two additional
courses, including a thesis. |
| Required Courses: |
Logical Reasoning, Introduction to Legal Method, Law of War
for Commanders, Advanced Constitutional Law, International Law, Legal Philosophy and
Jurisprudence, Independent Research (Majors). All cadets must take Constitutional and
Military Law.
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
National Security Law
Environmental Law Seminar
Business Law
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| Experiential Component: |
An internship is available as an elective. |
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