| 1: Getting Started |
- Syllabus
- Getting Started materials
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- Complete and Submit Lesson Assignment 01
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2: The Case of the Speluncean Explorers
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- Raz, "The Rule of Law and Its Virtues" (RPL, pp. 32-38)
- Lon Fuller, "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" (ereserve)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 02
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| 3: Natural Law, the Social Contract, and Liberalism |
- Aquinas, excerpts from Summa Theologica (RPL: pp. 163-168)
- Hobbes, excerpts from Leviathan (ereserve)
- Locke, excerpts from Two Treatises of Government (ereserve)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 03
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| 4: Jurisprudence, the Problem of Legal Interpretation |
- Honore, "Interpretation" (RPL: pp. 87-92)
- Post, "Stare Decisis: The Use of Precedent" (RPL: pp. 103-113)
- Levi, "A Case Study in Interpretation: The Mann Act" (RPL: 77-81)
- Cases Interpreting the Mann Act, Caminetti v. United States, Mortensen v. United States, Cleveland v. United States (RPL: 81-87)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 04
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| 5: Naturalism and Positivism |
- Blackstone, excerpts from Commentaries on the Laws of England (RPL: pp. 168-172)
- Austin, "The Province of Jurisprudence Determined" (RPL: pp. 173-178)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 05
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| 6: Formalism and Realism |
- Beale, "The System of Law" (RPL: pp. 179-182)
- Holmes, "The Path of the Law" (RPL: pp. 182-1186)
- Frank, "Realism and the Law" (RPL: pp. 186-193)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 06
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| 7: Mid-Course Exam |
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- Complete your Mid-Course Exam
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| 8: Hart and Dworkin, Positivism and Naturalism in Conversation |
- Hart, "Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals" (RPL: pp. 194-1202)
- Hart, "Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules" (RPL: pp. 202- 208)
- Dworkin, "The Model of Rules" (RPL: pp. 208-217)
- Dworkin, "Natural Law Revisited" (RPL: pp. 218-223)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 08
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9: Case Studies, Interpretation and Theory
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- Griswold v. Connecticut (link)
- Katz v. United States (link)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 09
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| 10: Property, Economic Realism, and Marx |
- Smith, excerpts from The Wealth of Nations (ereserve: pp. 115-122)
- Posner, "The Economic Approach to Law" (RPL: pp. 246-252)
- Marx, "Estranged Labor" (ereserve)
- Cohen, "Property and Sovereignty (RPL: pp. 489-494)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 10
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| 11: Legal Pragmatism |
- Dewey, “Logical Method and the Law” (ereserve)
- Sullivan, Taking Rights and Pragmatism Seriously (ereserve)
- Butler, “Legal Pragmatism: Banal or Beneficial as a Jurisprudential Position?” (ereserve)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 11
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| 12: Case Studies in Property and Gender |
- Penn Central v. NYC (link)
- Dothard v. Rawlinson (link)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 12
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| 13: Aspirations in Legal Practice |
- A.B.A Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules 1.1-1.10, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1-3.4, 6.1 (link)
- Freedman, "Lawyers' Ethics in an Adversary System" (RPL: pp. 1-9)
- Fried, "The Lawyer as Friend" (ereserve)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 13
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14: Actualities of Legal Practice
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- Kronman, "The Lost Lawyer" (ereserve)
- Nader and Smith, "The Corporate Scheme to Wreck our Justice System" (Nader, 256-319)
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- Complete and submit answers to questions in Lesson 14
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| 15: Final Exam |
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