Agricultural Law

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to the subject matter and the practice of agriculture law. As a matter of substantive law, agricultural law consists of two principal areas: general law concepts and subject material (such as contracts, tax, real property) as they are applied to agriculture; and the distinctive (and often exceptional) treatment which agriculture receives under the law. As a matter of practice, a principal goal of the course is to train students to identify agricultural law issues. This course should be viewed as a supplemental course to the subject areas which the law school's curriculum covers elsewhere. This is because agricultural law is often "law by the exception." Special rules often apply to farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses that are uniquely different from the rules that apply to individuals and firms not involved in agriculture. Prerequisite(s): None. Graded.