Jurisprudence

Catalog description

This course examines several salient issues in the philosophy of law including an analysis of (i)the nature of law; (ii)the relations of law to mortality; (iii) how judges decide cases; and (iv) how the law is or should be intrerpreted; and (v) how to brief and argue cases. Most importantly, this course examines the major theoretical approaches to the law including Natural Law, Positive Law, Law as Principle, American Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Law and Economics.