Jurisprudence and Legal Theory Courses

The courses listed below provide a taste of the Jurisprudence and Legal Theory courses offered at the Law School, although no formal groupings exist in our curriculum. This list includes the courses taught in the 2022-23 and 2023-2024 school years. Not all of these courses are offered every year, but this list will give you a representative sample of the variety of courses we might offer over any two-year period. Other new courses will likely be offered during your time at the Law School.

PLEASE NOTE: This page does not include courses for the current academic year. To browse current course offerings, visit my.UChicago.

Courses

Advanced Jurisprudence

This is a seminar in general jurisprudence. Our primary question will be: (Q1) What is the nature of law? (What kinds of facts are legal facts?) And we will try to make progress on answering this question by juxtaposing it with the following two additional questions: (Q2) How do judges and others find out what the law is? (How do people gain epistemic access to laws?) (Q3) What would human beings have to be like for them to be capable of being regulated in their thoughts and behavior by laws? We will spend considerable amount of time motivating particular versions or understandings of these questions, and seeking out mutually reinforcing and disciplining answers to the three questions. We will begin with what can still be deemed the benchmark ways of understanding and answering (Q1), namely H.L.A. Hart's. At the center of Hart's explanation of the nature of law is the notion of acceptance of norms. Hart argued that the existence of a legal system in a community consists roughly of its members' acceptance of two kinds of norms. We will assess Hart's picture by putting pressures on his notion of acceptance of norms from two primary directions. First, some pressures will come from various theories of legal interpretation that are attempts to answer (Q2). Second, there will be some pressures coming from attempts to replace the notion of acceptance with thicker or more complicated psychological notions - in effect, attempts to deploy more complex answers to (Q3) than the one on which Hart relied. Prerequisite: Jurisprudence I or permission of the instructor (based on prior work in philosophy and/or jurisprudence). Requirements: Each student may miss only one class session and still receive credit for the seminar. This is a variable credit class 2-3 credits, and there will be different workloads defined by the instructor for either 2 or 3 credits.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Kevin Toh

Advanced Topics in Federalism

This seminar will critically evaluate the doctrine, theory, and practice of American federalism. We will cover ideas related to: which governments and institutions compose our federalism; what formal and informal jurisdiction the possess; how they engage with one another; how they structure their joint projects; and what legal rules guide their interactions. We will also address emerging issues in federalism and topics related to areas of student interest. Constitutional Law 1: Government Structure.is a recommended prerequisite but not required. This seminar will require a Series of Short Research Papers (≥ 6000-7500 words).

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Bridget Fahey

Advanced Topics in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy: Marx's Phil. and Its 20th-Century Dev.

The first half of the seminar will introduce major themes of Marx's philosophy-historical materialism, aspects of his economics relevant to his critique of capitalism, Marx's early theory of human nature and flourishing, and the theory of ideology (especially as applied to morality and law)-while the second half will consider the reception and development of Marx's ideas in 20th-century Continental European thought, with a particular focus on the theory of ideology (e.g., Lukacs, Gramsci, Sartre, Althusser) and the application of that theory to art and aesthetics (e.g., Adorno, Benjamin, Lifshits). (IV)Open to philosophy PhD students without permission and to others with permission; those seeking permission should e-mail Leiter with a resume and a detailed description of their background in philosophy (not necessarily in the study of Marx or Marxist philosophy). In the event of demand, preference will be given to J.D. students with the requisite philosophy background. (I) and (III) M. Forster; B. Leiter

This class requires a major paper of (6000-7500 words).

For SRP credit students will have to do additional work in consultation with the instructors.

Previously:

• Winter 2023: Brian Leiter and Michael N Forster
• Winter 2022: Brian Leiter and Michael N. Forster

Advanced Topics in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy: Nietzsche's Theory of Value

The seminar will explore aspects of Nietzsche's theory of value, especially concerning morality and aesthetics, in the context of two major intellectual 19th-century influences on his thought: naturalism (especially through Schopenhauer and German Materialism) and Romanticism. The first half of the seminar (led by Leiter) will emphasize naturalistic themes in his understanding of morality in On the Genealogy of Morality and excerpts from Beyond Good and Evil. The second half (led by Forster) will examine the influence of Romanticism, including in The Birth of Tragedy and selections from his later works.

This seminar will require a major paper (≥ 6000-7500 words). For SRP credit students will have to do additional work in consultation with the instructors.

Previously:

• Winter 2024: Brian Leiter and Michael N Forster

Behavioral Law and Economics

This seminar will explore a set of frontier issues at the intersection of law and human behavior, including people's conduct under risk and uncertainty; the commitment to fairness; social influences and peer pressure; extremism; adaptation; happiness; discrimination; and judicial behavior. Some discussion will be devoted to the uses and limits of paternalism. Grades will be based on class participation and a series of research papers totaling 6000-7500 words.

Previously:

• Winter 2023: Jonathan Masur
• Autumn 2022: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2022: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2021: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2020: Jonathan Masur
• Autumn 2019: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2019: Jonathan Masur
• Autumn 2018: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2018: Jonathan Masur

Canonical Ideas in American Legal Thought

This is a special year-long seminar devoted to the production of ideas in the law. It should be of interest to future scholars as well as those interested in intellectually ambitious lawyering or public service.

During the Autumn quarter, students will read, discuss, and critique some of the most influential legal scholarship from the past, as well as some prominent contemporary scholarship. The readings will consist of a mix of public law and private law, and various scholarly methodologies. Students will discuss these readings, and also work together and with the faculty to identify a topic for a substantial research paper (6000-7500 words). During the Winter quarter, the seminar will not meet in formal sessions, but each student will work on his or her research paper and will meet individually with the instructors to assess the paper's progress. During the Spring quarter, the seminar will reconvene, and students will workshop their drafts (i.e., each student will circulate his or her draft in advance and answer questions from students and faculty). Students will receive an Autumn quarter grade based on their class participation and paper prospectus. Students will receive a separate grade for the Winter and Spring quarters based on the quality of their research papers and class participation. Every student must enroll for the entire year.

Autumn quarter 3 credits Winter quarter 2 credits Spring quarter 2 credits

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Adam S Chilton and William Baude
• Winter 2023: William Baude and Adam S Chilton
• Autumn 2022: Adam S Chilton and William Baude
• Spring 2022: Adam S. Chilton and William Baude
• Winter 2022: Adam S. Chilton and William Baude
• Autumn 2021: William Baude and Adam S. Chilton
• Spring 2021: Thomas J. Miles, Tom Ginsburg, and Hajin Kim
• Winter 2021: Thomas J. Miles, Tom Ginsburg, and Hajin Kim
• Autumn 2020: Thomas J. Miles, Tom Ginsburg, and Hajin Kim
• Spring 2020: Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Thomas J. Miles
• Winter 2020: Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Thomas J. Miles
• Autumn 2019: Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Thomas J. Miles
• Winter 2019: Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Thomas J. Miles
• Autumn 2018: Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Huq, and Thomas J. Miles
• Spring 2018: William H. J. Hubbard and Nicholas Stephanopoulos
• Winter 2018: William H. J. Hubbard and Nicholas Stephanopoulos
• Autumn 2017: William H. J. Hubbard and Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Comparative Legal Institutions

This course is designed to examine a range of legal institutions from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is not a traditional course in comparative law, in that it focuses not so much on particular rules of substantive law but on the structure of different legal systems and the consequences of those structural differences for law and society. In particular, we will focus on the economic impact of legal traditions. Readings will be drawn from legal and social science literature, including works from anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. The course will explicitly cover non-Western legal traditions to an extent not found in conventional comparative law courses. Furthermore, American institutions are explicitly included in the comparison: this is not simply a course in foreign law. Assessment is by a three-hour final exam. In lieu of taking the exam, there is an option to write a research paper (6000-7500 words) sufficient to fulfill the substantial writing requirement; LLM, second-year and third-year students can exercise this option freely but only a limited number of first-year students may avail themselves of it. Participation may be considered in final grading.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Thomas Ginsburg
• Spring 2023: Thomas Ginsburg
• Spring 2022: Tom Ginsburg
• Spring 2021: Tom Ginsburg
• Spring 2019: Tom Ginsburg
• Spring 2018: Tom Ginsburg

Comparative Race, Ethnicity and Constitutional Design

Issues of multiracial democracy have come to the fore in recent years in the United States and many other countries. This seminar starts with the premise that our particular way of doing things is not the only one. It will review the comparative literature on racial and ethnic formation, stratification and conflict. It will focus on the role of constitutional design in exacerbating or ameliorating conflict. Readings will examine the politics of race and ethnicity in most other major regions of the world, along with theoretical accounts on what constitutional design can and cannot do. Students will pick a country to focus on as we work through the material.

This class requires a major paper (6000-7500 words). Participation may be considered in the final grading.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Tom Ginsburg
• Spring 2023: Tom Ginsburg

Constitutional Decisionmaking

Students enrolled in the seminar will work as "courts" consisting of five "Justices" each. During each of the first eight weeks of the quarter, each court will be assigned two hypothetical cases raising issues under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. All cases must be decided with opinion (concurring and dissenting opinions are permitted). The decisions may be premised on the "legislative history" of the Equal Protection Clause (materials on that history will be provided) and on any doctrines or precedents created by the "Justices" themselves. The "Justices" may not rely, however, on any actual decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The seminar is designed to give students some insight into the problems a Justice confronts in collaborating with colleagues, interpreting an ambiguous constitutional provision, and then living with the doctrines and precedents he or she creates. Enrollment will be limited to three courts. Since the members of each court must work together closely under rigid time constraints, students must sign up as five-person courts. This seminar will not have regularly-scheduled classes (except for introductory and concluding meetings), but you should not underestimate the time demands. It is a very demanding seminar. If more than three courts sign up, I will select the participating courts by lot. To be eligible for participation in the seminar, students should send me an e-mail (gstone@uchicago.edu) by tbd, including the names and e-mail addresses of all five "Justices." This seminar will not have regularly-scheduled classes (except for an introductory meeting), but you should not underestimate the time demands. It is a very demanding seminar. If more than three courts sign up, I will select the participating courts by lot and I will email you by tbd, to let you know whether your court has been selected.

Students in each court will write mock Supreme Court opinions in a series of eight hypothetical cases. On average, each student in this seminar writes opinions totaling approximately 50 single-spaced pages. SRP credit is available.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Winter 2023: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Winter 2022: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Winter 2021: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Spring 2020: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Winter 2019: Geoffrey R. Stone
• Spring 2018: Geoffrey R. Stone

Constitutional Law I: Governmental Structure

This course provides an introduction to the Constitution's structural provisions. We will study the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government as well as how the Constitution structures the spaces of overlap between them, including the administrative state. We will also study the Constitution's system of federalism, which distributes power between the federal government, state, local, and Native governments. The course will provide an introduction to constitutional argumentation, sources of constitutional meaning, and certain topics in constitutional theory. This course will have a final exam. Participation may be considered in the final grading. Open to 1L students only.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Bridget A. Fahey
• Winter 2024: David A. Strauss
• Spring 2023: William Baude
• Winter 2023: David A. Strauss
• Autumn 2023: Alison LaCroix
• Spring 2022: Bridget A. Fahey
• Winter 2022: Alison LaCroix
• Autumn 2021: David A. Strauss
• Spring 2021: Bridget A. Fahey
• Winter 2021: William Baude
• Winter 2021: Alison LaCroix
• Spring 2020: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2019: Ernest A. Young
• Spring 2019: Alison LaCroix
• Winter 2019: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2018: William Baude
• Spring 2018: David A. Strauss
• Winter 2018: Aziz Huq

Critical Race Studies

This course provides an introduction to critical race theory through reading canonical works by critical race scholars; it explores a selection of current legal debates from a critical race perspective; and it contextualizes critical race theory through the study of related movements in legal scholarship, including legal realism, critical legal studies, and social science research on discrimination and structural racism. We will attempt to identify the ways in which critical race scholarship has influenced, or should influence, legal research and law school pedagogy. Requirements for this course include thoughtful class participation and completion of a series of short papers (6000-7500 words).

Previously:

• Spring 2023: William H. J. Hubbard
• Spring 2022: William H. J. Hubbard
• Spring 2021: William H. J. Hubbard

Evolution of Legal Doctrines

Legal doctrines have life cycles. They are born and mature. Many doctrines fade and die. There is a form of natural selection among doctrines, with several candidates offering to serve the same function in different ways. This seminar looks at the maturation and replacement of doctrines, posing the question why some die and others survive. Scope is eclectic: the doctrines range from "separate but equal" under the equal protection clause to the "original package doctrine" under the commerce clause, from the appointment of counsel under the Sixth Amendment to the understanding of the Rules of Decision Act (that is, why Swift gave way to Erie). The premise of the seminar is that those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. Final grade will be based on: a series of short research papers (6000-7500 words) and class participation.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Taylor A. R. Meehan
• Winter 2024: Curtis Bradley
• Winter 2023: Alison LaCroix and Frank Easterbrook
• Autumn 2022: Curtis Bradley
• Spring 2022: William Baude
• Spring 2021: Alison LaCroix
• Autumn 2020: Fred O. Smith, Jr.
• Spring 2020: William Baude
• Spring 2019: William Baude
• Winter 2019: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2018: Fred O. Smith, Jr.
• Spring 2018: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2017: Adam Mortara

Federal Courts

This course covers the role of the federal courts in the federal system. Topics will include the jurisdiction of the federal courts, Congress's power over those courts, litigation against federal and state governments and their officials, and the relationships between federal and state courts. There are no prerequisites. The student's grade is based on class participation and a final examination.

Previously:

• Winter 2023: Alison LaCroix
• Autumn 2022: Curtis Bradley
• Spring 2022: William Baude
• Spring 2021: Alison LaCroix
• Autumn 2020: Fred O. Smith, Jr.
• Spring 2020: William Baude
• Spring 2019: William Baude
• Winter 2019: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2018: Fred O. Smith, Jr.
• Spring 2018: Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2017: Adam Mortara

Greenberg Seminars: Capitalism and its Discontents

This Greenberg use popular films to delve into common critiques of modern capitalism. Each session will focus on a different topic, including the challenges of modern industrial life, class struggle, the excesses of Wall Street, and the 2008 financial crisis. As the characters endure the ups and downs of the market economy, we'll discuss the merits and pathologies of capitalism: what it gets right, what it gets very wrong, and what has very little to do with capitalism at all.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Bridget Fahey, William Baude
• Winter 2024: Bridget Fahey, William Baude
• Autumn 2023: Bridget Fahey, William Baude

Greenberg Seminars: Crime and Politics in Charm City: A Portrait of the War on Drugs

We will explore a series of works on crime, politics, policing, and race, with an emphasis on the City of Baltimore via the television show "The Wire." We will focus particularly on the drug war - the economics and violence of the trade; the culture of the police bureaucracy; alternative law enforcement strategies such as informants and wiretapping; the politics of race, crime rates, and legalization; and the effects of addiction. We will also examine the effects of declining blue collar jobs and weakening labor unions; the effects of race, incumbency, and corruption on local politics; the challenges and failures of education and child welfare agencies; and the role of the city newspaper in self-governance. Preference is given to 3L students.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Jonathan Masur and Richard Mcadams
• Winter 2023: Jonathan Masur and Richard Mcadams
• Autumn 2022: Jonathan Masur and Richard Mcadams

Greenberg Seminars: Doom?

This seminar will consider the problem of existential risk. We will consider a number of different types of risks, such as non-aligned AI, nuclear war, and climate change, as well as addressing the philosophical, economic, and legal considerations in addressing those risks. We hope to bring in guest speakers with expertise in different types of risks (such as a computer scientist to talk about AI). We will also consider the issues presented by effective altruism and longtermism, including criticisms such as that longtermism gives donors too many degrees of freedom. Meeting dates in autumn quarter are Thursdays October 19, November 9, and November 30 from 6:30-8:30PM.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: David A Weisbach, and Anup Malani
• Winter 2024: David A Weisbach, and Anup Malani
• Spring 2023: Jonathan Masur and Richard Mcadams
• Autumn 2023: David A Weisbach, and Anup Malani

Greenberg Seminars: The Ethic of Aesthetics - Examining the Interactions Between Law and Visual Arts

The seminar explores ethical and legal problems that lie in the intersection of law and visual arts. The co-instructor, Laura Letinsky, is an artist and a Professor at the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. Topics include valuation of visual art, gender barriers in the art world, museological and related institutional practices and policies regarding ownership and sale of art, the manipulative uses of visual depiction in advertising, laws that prohibit visual recordings of animal agriculture, and more. Some background readings and films will be assigned prior to each meeting.

The seminar will meet five times during the Autumn and Winter terms, with the meeting alternating across the professors' homes. Each meeting will start at 7:30pm with a home cooked meal. Please block the following six dates: October 19, November 16 and 30, January 11 and 25, February 8. This Greenberg meets only in the autumn and winter quarters.

Graded Pass/Fail and is worth 1 credit which defaults to the autumn quarter.

The Greenberg Seminars Lottery will take place after the initial registration and bidding period, from September 14-16, 2022.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Omri Ben-Shahar and Laura Letinsky
• Winter 2023: Omri Ben-Shahar and Laura Letinsky
• Autumn 2022: Omri Ben-Shahar and Laura Letinsky

Greenberg Seminars: Free Speech on Campus

This Greenberg will explore a subject that is both important and close to home: free speech at universities. What principles should govern it, and how? Each meeting will focus on a specific real-world controversy or problem (some historical, some recent) to focus our discussion and perhaps sharpen our views. Potential topics might include: invitations and disinvitations, protests, trigger warnings or other pedagogical controversies, institutional statements and endorsements. We will also begin with some foundational and perhaps familiar documents from the University of Chicago and other schools. Our first two meetings are planned for: 10/12 and 11/7 from 7:30-9:30PM.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Bridget Fahey and William Baude
• Winter 2024: Bridget Fahey and William Baude
• Autumn 2023: Bridget Fahey and William Baude

Greenberg Seminars: The Law of the Dog

In 1996, Frank Easterbrook famously criticized the idea of studying "The Law of the Horse," referring to niche course offerings that center natural or technological topics, such as the horse or, his real target, cyber technology. In this Greenberg, however, we will do exactly that, taking up a subject that is economically and socially significant, pervasive, uneasily classified by law, and often quite cute: the dog. We examine how laws across different doctrinal domains interact with each other in the regulation of this specific natural kind. We will consider the dog's dual status as an owned chattel and as a sentient being fully integrated into the lives of humans, and explore how legal issues that arise in property, contract, tort, criminal law, and criminal procedure manage (or fail to manage) the gulf between these dual understandings. We will end with a look at theory and policy that places dog law in the broader context of animal rights and welfare. Readings will include cases, news items, and academic articles and book chapters. Meetings will be held on the evenings of October 5 (6:30-8:30 pm), November 2 (7:30-9:30 pm), January 25 (7:30-9:30 pm), April 8 (7:30-9:30 pm), and April 29th (6:30-8:30 pm). Meeting venues will include the professors' homes, which are in the Chicago neighborhoods of Kenwood and Beverly, respectively.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Richard Mcadams and Lee Fennell
• Winter 2024: Richard Mcadams and Lee Fennell
• Autumn 2023: Richard Mcadams and Lee Fennell

Greenberg Seminars: Law Professor Fiction

Law professors have tenure, write for a living, and are an overconfident lot, so it shouldn't be surprising that some of us have tried to write the Great American Novel. Although none of us have succeeded, several law professors are best sellers and have made millions plying this extracurricular trade. Others have sold a few books and made their parents proud. This Greenberg will consider this niche of the fiction world-Law Professor Fiction. We will read five novels by current law professors at Yale, Chicago, Fordham, and Rutgers. We will convene at mutually convenient times at Professor Henderson's house and Professor Macey's house over food and various intoxicating libations to discuss: Stephen A. Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002) Jed Rubenfeld, The Interpretation of Murder (2007) M. Todd Henderson, State of Shock (2021) Alafair Burke, The Wife (2018) Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris (2018). Faculty with schedule meeting days/times with students who become enrolled.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: M. Todd Henderson and Joshua C. Macey
• Winter 2024: M. Todd Henderson and Joshua C. Macey
• Autumn 2023: M. Todd Henderson and Joshua C. Macey

Greenberg Seminars: Musk and His Ideas

Elon Musk has made quite a name for himself with at least five or six ventures. In this seminar we will talk about them one at a time, and think about how such a person can be hated, admired, and tolerated. But mostly we will discuss his ideas and the problems they address. Are his ideas any good, and can he help us understand our world and its problems? Topics are likely to be: His acquisition and vision for Twitter; Tesla (electric cars); Starlink and SpaceX (satellite launching and possible dominance of the world of satellites); Hyperloop and The Boring Company (high speed transportation underground); Neuralink (implanted brain electrodes); xAI (considering the potential and danger of AI). We will meet on five or six Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 9:30pm in the professors' home. Please do not sign up for this Greenberg unless you know that your Thursday evenings in the Autumn will be available on your calendar for this seminar. Likely meeting dates are: September 28, October 12, October 26, November 2, November 16, but some of the other Thursdays might be needed. 7:30-9:30PM. This Greenberg only meets in the autumn quarter. 1 credit will be applied in the autumn quarter only.

Previously:

• Autumn 2023: Saul Levmore, Julie Roin

Greenberg Seminars: Order Without Law

This Greenberg will explore the informal social ordering that takes shape in the shadow of the law and in law's interstitial spaces. We will begin with Robert Ellickson's influential book about how cattle ranchers in Shasta County, California settle disputes outside the governing property rules and in ways that deviate from them. Other topics may include: the informal IP of Roller Derby pseudonyms, extralegal agreements among diamond sellers, dispute resolution among tuna merchants, systems of social sanctions within prisons, and the use of textiles as informal property and currency among enslaved people, women, and others who lacked formal property rights. Graded Pass/Fail and is worth 1 credit which defaults to the autumn quarter.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: John Rappaport and Bridget Fahey
• Winter 2023: John Rappaport and Bridget Fahey
• Autumn 2022: John Rappaport and Bridget Fahey

Greenberg Seminars: Portrayals of Parenting in Film

Parenting can present difficult legal issues that make for good movies. With Professors Emily Buss and Erica Zunkel, you'll watch (on your own) and discuss (together) five films that explore some of these challenging and controversial issues. Films will include Captain Fantastic (parenting outside the norm (including unusual home schooling)); The Children Act (judicial decision making on behalf of a child whose parents oppose a life-saving medical intervention; the relationship between the juvenile judge and the child in question); Kramer v. Kramer (parenting after parental separation; gender roles in parenting); and A Thousand and One (child protection intervention and parental resistance). We will meet once during the fall quarter and twice during the winter and spring quarters. The fall meeting will take place on October 9 in the evening, 7-9PM.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Emily Buss and Erica Zunkel
• Winter 2024: Emily Buss and Erica Zunkel
• Autumn 2023: Emily Buss and Erica Zunkel

Greenberg Seminars: Race and Public Health

This Greenberg seminar will examine the interaction of public health questions (broadly defined to include both the public health system generally and environmental determinants of health) and racial dynamics in the US and beyond. We will read five texts on different areas of this topic.

Graded Pass/Fail and is worth 1 credit which defaults to the autumn quarter.

The Greenberg Seminars Lottery will take place after the initial registration and bidding period, from September 14-16, 2022. Meetings have not been set by the faculty, but will likely take place on weekend mornings throughout the year.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Daniel Abebe and Aziz Huq
• Winter 2023: Daniel Abebe and Aziz Huq
• Autumn 2022: Daniel Abebe and Aziz Huq

Greenberg Seminars: Rational Do-Gooding

Effective Altruism is an important movement. In this seminar we will read books that favor saving human lives in the short and long run, but we will also question these goals and ask how and why we can do the most good after our law school experiences. Should we work hard and then donate money to good causes, or should we participate in a personal way? Should we care about the environment when it is at the sacrifice of caring about Malaria in parts of the world where people are suffering every day?

You must be free on Thursday evenings after 7pm (for 5 or 6 meetings) in the Autumn and Winter. We will be joined by Visiting Faculty, and we will have dessert or dinner at the Professors' home. Graded Pass/Fail and is worth 1 credit which defaults to the autumn quarter.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Julie Roin and Saul Levmore
• Winter 2023: Julie Roin and Saul Levmore
• Autumn 2022: Julie Roin and Saul Levmore

Greenberg Seminars: Trials of the Centuries

In this Greenberg Seminar, we will examine famous trials from across the centuries (from the 17th century to today), using the trial as a prism through which to view changing ideas of guilt and innocence; the legal system; race, class, and gender; and personal responsibility. Class materials may include both readings and A/V media. Possible topics include the trial of Aaron Burr, the Salem witch trials, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and the Nuremburg trials. This Greenberg will meet on 10/12 and 11/2 in the autumn quarter from 6:30-8:30PM.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: John Rappaport and Genevieve Lakier
• Winter 2024: John Rappaport and Genevieve Lakier
• Autumn 2023: John Rappaport and Genevieve Lakier

Hellenistic Ethics

The three leading schools of the Hellenistic era (starting in Greece in the late fourth century B. C. E. and extending through the second century C. E. in Rome) - Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics - produced philosophical work of lasting value, frequently neglected because of the fragmentary nature of the Greek evidence and people's (unjustified) contempt for Roman philosophy. We will study in a detailed and philosophically careful way the major ethical arguments of all three schools. Topics to be addressed include: the nature and role of pleasure; the role of the fear of death in human life; other sources of disturbance (such as having definite ethical beliefs?); the nature of the emotions and their role in a moral life; the nature of appropriate action; the meaning of the injunction to "live in accordance with nature". If time permits we will say something about Stoic political philosophy and its idea of global duty. Major sources (read in English) will include the three surviving letters of Epicurus and other fragments; the skeptical writings of Sextus Empiricus; the presentation of Stoic ideas in the Greek biographer Diogenes Laertius and the Roman philosophers Cicero and Seneca.

This class will begin on Tuesday, September 27 (one day before the rest of the Law classes begin). Attendance for the class is required.

Method of evaluation: A seminar paper of 6000-7500 words and an in-class presentation for the class is required.

Admission by permission of the instructor. Permission must be sought in writing by September 15.

PhD students in Philosophy, Classics, and Political theory do not need permission to enroll.

Prerequisite for others: An undergraduate major in philosophy or some equivalent solid philosophy preparation, comparable to that of first-year PhD students, plus my permission. This is a 500 level course.

Previously:

• Autumn 2022: Martha C Nussbaum

Introduction to Law and Economics

This class is an introduction to the economic analysis of law, an approach that has grown rapidly in the last thirty years and now exerts a profound influence on how law is taught and on how courts make decisions. The class will provide you with a set of tools for analyzing transactions and how they are shaped by legal rules, through systematic exposure to the economic way of thinking about law across a variety of legal contexts. These tools are intended to complement, not to challenge, the traditional doctrinal approach to law. The objective is to equip you to use economic reasoning in an informed and critical spirit to analyze cases and transactions of the sort you may encounter in practice. More generally, you should be able to understand and critically evaluate the use of economic analysis in legal scholarship, judicial opinions, and other legal contexts.

This course will have a final exam. Participation may be considered in the final grading.

The textbook is available at no cost at: https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1127400?ln=en

You may also purchase a hardcopy version.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Winter 2022: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Winter 2021: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Winter 2020: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Winter 2019: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Winter 2018: Dhammika Dharmapala
• Autumn 2017: Anup Malani

Islamic Law

This seminar provides an introduction to the sources of Islamic law, its evolution over the centuries and its application in real-world cases. Although the focus of the seminar will be largely on the classical tradition, it will also introduce students to a variety of contemporary approaches to Islamic legal reasoning that guide the lives of Muslims today. Using a combination of historical and doctrinal approaches, the seminar will explore how Muslims over time have tried to understand God's commands laid down in the scriptures and how they have constructed from the rich sources of ethical speculations in Islam, bodies of positive, statutory law that reflect Islamic values. A significant part of the seminar will consist of several cases of the application of Islamic law in the contemporary Muslim world. We will cover case studies from Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia and several other Muslim majority countries to highlight the continuous evolution of Islamic law and to underscore the diversity of interpretive approaches to Islamic legal reasoning that has created a diverse body of sacred rules. The goal of the seminar is to introduce students to the nature, scope and functions of Islamic law in the classical and contemporary contexts and to present a framework for understanding the institutional arrangements that apply existing Islamic law in the modern world and make fresh rulings in areas where Islamic law provides no guidance.

This seminar will require a series of short research papers. Participation may be considered in the final grading.

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• Autumn 2022: Shamshad Pasarlay

Jurisprudence I: Theories of Law and Adjudication

An examination of classic jurisprudential questions in and around the theory of adjudication: the theory of how judges actually do decide cases and how they ought to decide them. These questions include: Do legal rules really constrain judicial decision-making? What makes a rule (or norm) a rule of the legal system? Are principles of morality legally binding even when such principles have not been enacted into a law by a legislature? (Relatedly, are there objective principles of morality?) When no legal norm controls a case, how ought judges to decide that case? Can there be right answers to legal disputes, even when informed judges and lawyers disagree about the answer? Are there principles or methods of legal reasoning that constrain judicial decision-making, or is legal reasoning essentially indeterminate, such that a skillful judge can justify more than one outcome for any given dispute? Is judicial decision-making really distinct from political decision-making of the sort legislators engage in? Readings drawn exclusively from major twentieth-century schools of thought - especially American Legal Realism (e.g., Karl Llewellyn, Jerome Frank), Natural Law (e.g., Ronald Dworkin, John Finnis), and Legal Positivism (e.g., H.L.A. Hart, Joseph Raz) - supplemented by other pertinent readings (from Leslie Green, Richard Posner, and the instructor, among others). No familiarity with either jurisprudence or philosophy will be presupposed, though some readings will be philosophically demanding, and the course will sometimes venture into (and explain) cognate philosophical issues in philosophy of language and metaethics as they are relevant to the core jurisprudential questions. Attendance at the first session is mandatory for those who want to enroll. This class has a final exam. Participation may be considered in the final grading.

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• Spring 2024: Brian Leiter
• Spring 2023: Brian Leiter
• Spring 2022: Brian Leiter
• Spring 2021: Brian Leiter
• Spring 2020: Brian Leiter
• Spring 2019: Brian Leiter

Justice for Animals in Ethics and Law

Animals are in trouble all over the world. Intelligent sentient beings suffer countless injustices at human hands: the cruelties of the factory farming industry, poaching and trophy hunting, assaults on the habitats of many creatures, and innumerable other instances of cruelty and neglect. Human domination is everywhere: in the seas, where marine mammals die from ingesting plastic, from entanglement with fishing lines, and from lethal harpooning; in the skies, where migratory birds die in large numbers from air pollution and collisions with buildings; and, obviously, on the land, where the habitats of many large mammals have been destroyed almost beyond repair. Addressing these large problems requires dedicated work and effort. But it also requires a good normative theory to direct our efforts.

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• Spring 2024: Martha C Nussbaum

Law and Economic Development

Why do some nations perform better than others, whether measured by income, happiness, health, environmental quality, educational quality, freedom, etc.? What can be done to help the world's poor? We explore the proximate causes of inequality across countries, including the role of human capital, natural resources, technology and market organization. We also explore the root causes of long term differences in wealth, including the role of geography (e.g., location in tropical areas) and technological development (e.g., the impact of plow agriculture). We spend a substantial amount of time on the role of institutions, broadly defined, on development. We will explore the value of democracy, the common law, and state capacity generally. We will study the impact of disruptions such as the slave trade, colonialism and war. Ultimately, we will try to understand the implications of each explanation for development policy. Importantly, we will also consider how the lessons law and economics offers for countries with weak state capacity and limited rule of law differ dramatically from those it offers for countries such as the US. Students will be required to complete a review and critical analysis of the literature on a specific topic in development. The topic must be approved by the professor. The paper length is 6000-7500 words.

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• Autumn 2023: Anup Malani
• Autumn 2021: Anup Malani
• Winter 2021: Anup Malani

Law and Public Policy: Case Studies in Problem Solving

This course examines the intersection of law and public policy and the lawyer's role in helping to formulate and defend public policy choices, using recent, real-world problems based, in part, on the instructor's experience as former Corporation Counsel and senior legal advisor to the Mayor of the City of Chicago. While the course will be conducted in a seminar/discussion format, a significant portion of each class will be devoted to hands-on role-playing in which students will play the role of legal advisors to an elected official, grappling with and proposing solutions to vexing issues of public policy.

While this course may be of particular interest to students who are interested in public service and public policy-making, its emphasis on developing students' analytical and problem-solving skills and on providing hands-on, practical experience in advising clients on complex issues should be of benefit to any student, regardless of interests and career objectives. Providing legal analysis and advice and counseling clients are a critical part of almost every legal career, whether as a litigator or transactional lawyer in a private firm or as in-house counsel for a corporation or not-for-profit.

Assigned reading will include press articles, proposed legislation, briefs and pleadings, and other materials concerning the case studies/public policy issues that will be examined. Students will be expected to identify and analyze legal issues, competing legal and policy interests, and possible policy alternatives, and advise their "client" accordingly. Grades will be based on class participation and performance in role-playing exercises and short (5 page) reaction papers concerning three of the case studies that will be examined.

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• Autumn 2022: Stephen R Patton
• Autumn 2021: Stephen R Patton
• Autumn 2020: Stephen R Patton
• Autumn 2019: Stephen R. Patton
• Autumn 2018: Stephen R. Patton

Legislation and Statutory Interpretation

This class covers the theory and the practice of statutory interpretation, along with relevant aspects of the legislative process. Students will leave this class with the tools they need to interpret legislative and similar texts. They will also develop a thorough grasp of the production of statutes by the legislative branch and their use by the courts. The grade is based on a final examination. Participation may be considered in final grading. This class is open to 1L students only.

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• Spring 2024: Farah Peterson
• Spring 2023: Jennifer Nou, Farah Peterson, and Joshua Macey
• Spring 2022: Ryan D. Doerfler
• Spring 2021: Farah Peterson, Jennifer Nou, Ryan D. Doerfler, and Richard A. Epstein
• Autumn 2019: Jennifer Nou
• Spring 2018: Richard A. Epstein

Life (and Death) in the Law

This seminar will explore the various definitions and valuations of life across diverse areas of the law. Readings will include seminal cases in reproductive rights, assisted suicide, right-to-die, and capital punishment. Background readings in related areas, i.e., scientific journals, papers, etc. will also be required. The seminar will discuss policy decision-making including actuarial analysis and social, medical and religious values inherent, implicit or ignored in the legal analysis. Students will be required to write three response papers, co-draft a statute in one area of law, and participate in jury deliberations. Grade will also be based on class participation. This is a biddable class. Priority registration to 3L students.

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• Spring 2023: Herschella Conyers
• Spring 2022: Herschella Conyers
• Spring 2021: Herschella Conyers
• Spring 2020: Herschella Conyers
• Spring 2019: Herschella Conyers
• Spring 2018: Herschella Conyers

Modern Indian Political and Legal Thought

India has made important contributions to political and legal thought, most of which are too little-known in the West. These contributions draw on ancient traditions, Hindu and Buddhist, but transform them, often radically, to fit the needs of an anti-imperial nation aspiring to inclusiveness and equality. We will study the thought of Rabindranath Tagore (Nationalism, The Religion of Man, selected literary works); Mohandas Gandhi (Hind Swaraj (Indian Self-Rule), Autobiography, and selected speeches); B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution (The Annihilation of Caste, The Buddha and his Dhamma, and selected speeches and interventions in the Constituent Assembly); and, most recently, Amartya Sen, whose The Idea of Justice is rooted, as he describes, both in ancient Indian traditions and in the thought of Tagore. We will periodically contrast the thought of the founding generation with the ideas of the Hindu Right, dominant today. This is a seminar open to all law students, and to others by permission. This class requires a major paper of 20-25 pages.

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• Winter 2024: Martha Nussbaum
• Winter 2022: Martha C. Nussbaum

Pandemic Legal Impacts

This class evaluates the many changes to the legal landscape that the current pandemic has forged. We will explore the legal impacts of prior pandemics, as they were evidenced through case law and laws existing prior to the current pandemic. We will examine developments in different areas of the law, including commercial contracts, employment, privacy, and regulatory compliance. As to commercial contracts, we will consider the applicability and enforceability of force majeure clauses. With respect to employment and privacy, we will review the effect of the pandemic on the traditional notion of the workplace and the resulting legal implications of the work from home or remote work phenomenon. We will also consider the employment and privacy implications of vaccine mandates and testing requirements. We will explore the regulatory compliance changes arising out of the pandemic, including anti-price gouging laws and antitrust measures. We will consider what gaps remain in the legal landscape in light of the pandemic and which changes should remain after this pandemic has concluded. This class requires a major paper (6000-7500 words). Participation may be considered in final grading. The instructor's name for the course is Elizabeth Sheyn Brown.

Previously:

• Spring 2024: Maher Haddad
• Spring 2023: Maher Haddad
• Autumn 2022: Elizabeth Sheyn

Positivism and its Critics

Judges, lawyers, and philosophers have long debated whether the law is composed solely of man-made rules (positivist theories), or whether it includes broader moral precepts. That debate informs our understanding of what constitutes our law, why it is binding, and how it should be interpreted. The positive law includes the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and customary rules of common law. But is law limited to positive sources? What about the natural law or general principles such as justice and the common good? Can these serve as independent sources of law or as principles of legal interpretation? What legal backdrops, if any, should be used to interpret the positive law?

This seminar will examine the evolution of these debates about the nature of law in the Anglo-American legal tradition. The course begins with pre-Founding and Founding era debates, and then considers how these issues took shape during Reconstruction, the progressive movement, and the Warren Court. The course concludes with contemporary disputes about textualism and originalism. Considering positivism from the perspective of both theory and practice, the seminar will include sources drawn from philosophy, legal theory, and judicial decisions.

Students will have the option of writing one medium-length final paper for two credits (around 3,500 words), or a longer final paper for three credits (around 7,000 words). Participation may be considered in final grading. This class will meet on the following days: April 4/5, April 11/12, April 25/26, and May 2/3.

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• Spring 2023: Jonathan Green and Neomi Rao

Public Choice and Law

This course focuses on the relationship between modern perspectives on voting and interest groups on the one hand and legislation and judicial interventions on the other. Public choice is essentially the science of group decision-making, and it comes with several well developed tools of analysis, including the difference between aggregating preferences and looking for right answers to questions. With these tools, and that perspective, we revisit the interactions between legislatures and judges, democracy's attempt to solve certain problems, and the roles played by a variety of legal doctrines and constitutional institutions. It is also an opportunity to think about everyday group decisions in law firms and other settings where this is group hiring, cost sharing, and so forth. As the course proceeds, we explore specific topics in law, such as the possibility of judicial vote-trading, the role of referenda in some jurisdictions but not others, and the role of precedent itself.

Grades will be based on a final examination.

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• Spring 2023: Saul Levmore
• Spring 2022: Saul Levmore
• Winter 2021: Saul Levmore

Public International Law

International law is the system of rules, principles and procedures that regulate activity at the inter-state level. The system plays a critical role in contemporary life, effecting issues of war and peace, the global economy, human rights, and the natural environment. International law is a complete system of law, distinctive from national legal systems. The main objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the system by introducing how international law is made, applied, and enforced. The course will also introduce the four major subfields. Additional objectives include:

• Learning about the nature and purpose of international law by comparing international law to other legal systems and by reviewing various theories of law;

• Understanding the relationship between the general principles and processes that characterize the system as a whole and the subfields of war/peace, economy, human rights, and environment;

• Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the systems as well as creatively considering how to enhance the effectiveness of the international legal system; and

• Preparing for the practice of international law.

This seminar will have a final exam. Participation may considered in the final grading.

The required textbook for the class is the 8th edition of "The International Legal System," by O'Connell which will be released in early October. The instructor will supply readings from the 7th edition until the 8th edition is available.

Previously:

• Winter 2024: Tom Ginsburg
• Autumn 2022: Mary OConnell
• Autumn 2021: Tom Ginsburg
• Autumn 2020: Tom Ginsburg
• Autumn 2019: Eric A. Posner
• Autumn 2018: Eric A. Posner
• Autumn 2018: Mary Ellen O'Connell
• Autumn 2017: James Gathii

Race and the Law

This course will explore the role that race has played in the construction of United States law, and the role that United States law has played in the construction of race. It will survey the law across time and several substantive legal areas to excavate how the law's shifting treatment of race has both shaped and been shaped by what we understand race to be. Con Law III is helpful, but not required for this course.

The default method of evaluation for this class is an examination. Students may only select the paper option by having a research proposal approved by the professor. Participation may be considered in the final grading.

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• Winter 2023: Adam Davidson

Racism, Law, and Social Sciences

The domains of racism, law, and the social sciences impact one another in myriad ways. At times, a system of racism is deployed through law, which in turn shapes questions asked in the social sciences. In other instances, the sciences articulate conceptual frameworks that lead to the creation of new forms of racism within society and law. Particular systems of racism have operated across a spectrum from incidents of overt violence to the daily impacts of implicit biases. Our readings and class discussions will consider a sample of case studies from across the globe in addition to past and present dynamics in the United States. Analyses of the social construction of racial and ethnic identities have facilitated studies of the ways in which social differences are created, maintained, and masked. Subjects to be addressed in this course include the interrelation of racial ideologies with other cultural and social dimensions, such as class, ethnicity, gender, political and legal structures, and economic influences. At an international scale, policy makers confront the challenge of balancing calls for multicultural tolerance with demands for fundamental human rights. We will also consider the related histories of biological, genetic, and epigenetic concepts of different races within the human species. This seminar includes a major writing project in the form of a seminar paper (6000-7500 words).

Participation may be included in the final grading.

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• Winter 2024: Christopher Fennell
• Winter 2023: Christopher Fennell
• Winter 2022: Christopher Fennell
• Winter 2021: Christopher Fennell
• Spring 2020: Christopher Fennell
• Spring 2019: Christopher Fennell
• Spring 2018: Christopher Fennell

The Supreme Court's Docket

For all of the attention that we pay to the Supreme Court in law school classes, we spend very little time talking about the Court's docket-about the specific types of cases that the justices have the power to decide; the cases that they choose to decide; their ability to resolve only specific issues *within* those cases; the full Court's (and individual justices') power to issue ""emergency"" and ""extraordinary"" relief; and Congress's role in shaping all of those categories.

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• Autumn 2023: Stephen Vladeck

Tort Law and Moral Psychology

This seminar studies how people's moral intuitions and moral commitments affect tort law. Tort law sometimes (but not always) reflects widespread views about what is morally right and wrong, so tort offers a valuable opportunity to study how people's moral psychology interacts with a major area of law. The seminar begins with an introduction to major topics in the field of moral psychology, such as how people make moral judgments, how children learn moral concepts, and why people often disagree about moral questions. The seminar then turns to the "moral psychology of tort law." Here, the seminar draws on existing experiments and theories to examine topics such as how people evaluate the morality of negligence and of strict liability, how people define the "reasonable person" standard, and how jurors in tort cases are sometimes influenced by their intuitions about what is morally right and wrong. Students are asked to participate in class discussion and to submit short essays. All are welcome, and no prior knowledge of moral psychology is required. This class requires a series of research papers (totaling 6000-7500 words). Participation may be considered in final grading.

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• Spring 2024: Philip Petrov

U.S. Supreme Court: Theory and Practice

This seminar will provide an in-depth look at the U.S. Supreme Court, with particular emphasis on the skills required to practice successfully in that forum. Students will not only discuss the Court as an institution, but they will also hone skills needed to navigate the certiorari process and to brief and argue before the Court. In addition to class participation, students will be graded on a legal brief (generally 4500-6000 words in length) and a moot court presentation.

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• Autumn 2022: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro
• Autumn 2021: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro
• Autumn 2020: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro
• Autumn 2019: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro
• Autumn 2018: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro
• Autumn 2017: Sarah M. Konsky and Michael Scodro

Workshop: Law and Economics

This workshop, conducted over three sequential quarters, is devoted to the intensive examination of selected problems in the application of economic reasoning to a wide variety of legal questions. Workshop sessions will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty. In addition to workshop sessions, which occur approximately every other week, there will be discussion sessions, which will serve as opportunities for students to engage in in-depth, informal discussion of topics in law and economics with the instructor. Students may either write reaction papers across all three quarters, or write a single major paper (6000-7500 words; students interested in academic writing in law and economics may use the latter option to develop their ideas). Students enrolled in the workshop receive three credits with either method of evaluation; one in Autumn, one in Winter, and one in Spring. Participation may be considered in final grading. Please note that the Workshop is open to anyone to attend on a non-registered basis. Only law students can take it for a grade (i.e., everyone else takes it P/F)

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• Spring 2024: Adriana Robertson
• Winter 2024: Adriana Robertson
• Autumn 2022: Adriana Robertson
• Winter 2023: Adriana Robertson
• Spring 2023: Adriana Robertson
• Autumn 2023: Adriana Robertson

Workshop: Law and Philosophy: Advanced Topics in General Jurisprudence

The Workshop will explore in more depth issues touched upon in the basic course on "general jurisprudence" at the Law School. General jurisprudence is that part of philosophy of law concerned with the central questions about the nature of law, the relationship between law and morality, and the nature of legal reasoning. Students who have taken Leiter's "Jurisprudence I" course at the law school are welcome to enroll. Students who have not taken Jurisprudence I must contact the Professor Leiter with information about their prior study of legal philosophy. Detailed familiarity with Hart's The Concept of Law and Dworkin's criticisms of Hart is essential. External speakers for 2023-24 include Thomas Adams (Oxford), Louis Duarte D'Almeida (Lisbon), Mark Greenberg (UCLA), Giorgio Pino (Rome III), and Daniel Wodak (Penn), among others. This workshop requires a major paper (6000-7500 words). Participation may be considered in final grading.

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• Spring 2024: Brian Leiter, Alma Diamond
• Winter 2024: Brian Leiter, Alma Diamond
• Autumn 2023: Brian Leiter, Alma Diamond

Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory

Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on politics, legal history, and legal theory. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions. Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit. Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and post questions to the online discussion board. A series of reaction papers will be required for this workshop.

The Public Law Workshop will meet on alternating Tuesday afternoons throughout the year. Students enrolling in the Public Law Workshop should check to make sure that they do not intend to take other Tuesday afternoon courses during any quarter throughout the year that would overlap with the Workshop. A series of reaction papers will be required for this workshop.

Previously:

• Spring 2023: Curtis Bradley, Tom Ginsburg, Jonathan Masur, Richard Mcadams and William Baude
• Winter 2023: Curtis Bradley, Tom Ginsburg, Jonathan Masur, Richard Mcadams and William Baude
• Autumn 2022: Curtis Bradley, Tom Ginsburg, Jonathan Masur, Richard Mcadams and William Baude
• Spring 2022: Ryan D. Doerfler, Sharon R. Fairley, Tom Ginsburg, Hajin Kim, Joshua C. Macey, John Rappaport, and Sonja Starr
• Winter 2022: Ryan D. Doerfler, Sharon R. Fairley, Tom Ginsburg, Hajin Kim, Joshua C. Macey, John Rappaport, and Sonja Starr
• Autumn 2021: Ryan D. Doerfler, Sharon R. Fairley, Tom Ginsburg, Hajin Kim, Joshua C. Macey, John Rappaport, and Sonja Starr
• Spring 2021: Richard McAdams, Ryan D. Doerfler, Aziz Huq, Sonja Starr, and Bridget A. Fahey
• Winter 2020: Richard McAdams, Ryan D. Doerfler, Aziz Huq, Sonja Starr, and Bridget A. Fahey
• Autumn 2020: Richard McAdams, Ryan D. Doerfler, Aziz Huq, Sonja Starr, and Bridget A. Fahey
• Spring 2020: Aziz Huq, Daniel Hemel, Adam S. Chilton, Jonathan Masur, and Tom Ginsburg
• Winter 2020: Aziz Huq, Daniel Hemel, Adam S. Chilton, Jonathan Masur, and Tom Ginsburg
• Autumn 2019: Jonathan Masur, William Baude, Adam S Chilton, Ryan D. Doerfler, and Tom Ginsburg
• Spring 2019: Jonathan Masur
• Winter 2019: Jonathan Masur
• Autumn 2018: Jonathan Masur
• Spring 2018: Jonathan Masur, R. H. Helmholz, Adam S. Chilton, Daniel Hemel, and Genevieve Lakier
• Winter 2018: Jonathan Masur, R. H. Helmholz, Adam S. Chilton, Daniel Hemel, and Genevieve Lakier
• Autumn 2017: Jonathan Masur, R. H. Helmholz, Adam S. Chilton, Daniel Hemel, and Genevieve Lakier