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The American Common Law System (ACLS)

Introduction to Contract, Tort, and Property Law

Explore how American common law shapes everyday life, business, and society. Build practical legal knowledge and critical thinking skills to support your professional growth.

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The Professional Development Certificate in the American Common Law System (ACLS) offers a practical foundation in the legal principles that shape everyday life, business relationships, and property ownership in the United States. Offered fully online through the Pascua Yaqui Tribe–University of Arizona Microcampus, the program welcomes working professionals, Tribal and non-Tribal community members, and anyone interested in expanding their understanding of the law.

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Four course options—Law of Contracts, Law of Torts, Property Law, and Property & Land Use—explore how agreements are formed and enforced, how the law addresses injuries and liability, and how property is owned, used, and regulated. Through court decisions and practical legal problems, participants develop skills in legal reasoning, critical thinking, and written communication that support their professional goals and further learning.

contract

402A Law of Contracts

Introduction to the Law of Contracts
Making a gift
Basics of Consideration
Contract Formation
Contracting in a Digital World
Damages & Restitution
torts

402B Law of Torts

Introduction to Torts

Negligence

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Proximate Cause

Risk, Duties & Liabilities

 

property

402C Property Law

Introduction to Property Law

Possession & Adverse Possession

Transfers of Ownership & Gifts

Estates in Land & Mortgages

Concurrent Ownership & Condominiums

Easements & Covenants

 Name Contemporary

402D Property & Land Use

Covenants & Equitable Servitudes

Racially Restrictive Covenants

Nuisance Law

Zoning & Land Use Controls

Eminent Domain & Regulatory Takings

Landlord-Tenant Law