Insurance Law (Baker)
Faculty
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| Tom Baker William Maul Measey Professor of Law tombaker@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
None
Grading
100% Exam
Exam
Short Answer,
Essay,
In Class,
Open-Book
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can send you an email with instructions for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
TR 1:30PM - 2:50PM
Silverman Hall 240A
Category
Upper-Level
Credits
3.0
This course introduces students to insurance institutions and insurance law, with the goal of preparing them for successful careers in litigation, employee benefits, health law, and other practice areas. Part advanced torts, part advanced contracts, and part litigation strategy, the course explores the central, but often hidden, role of insurance across many fields of law practice. Liability insurance will receive the most attention, but we will also discuss life, health, disability, and property insurance. After taking this course, students will know how to spot the insurance issues in a variety of legal and public policy contexts, how to read and analyze a standard form insurance contract, how to be an informed consumer of professional and personal insurance, and how to think about insurance institutions and insurance law using conceptual tools from a variety of disciplines. Cross-cutting themes include the behind-the-scenes role of insurance in shaping litigation strategy, the role of insurance in financial planning and employee benefits, and the complexities that come from using private insurance arrangements to achieve social goals.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Employment Law and Employee Benefits Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of employment law and employee benefits; Perform legal analysis in the context of employment law and employee benefits; Communicate effectively on topics related to employment law and employee benefits; Demonstrate an understanding of how employment law and employee benefits affect other areas of law.
Professional Responsibility and Ethics Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Textbooks
"Insurance Law and Policy" by Baker, Logue, Saiman |