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Jurisprudence

  • Semester: Spring 2023
  • Course ID: 385C
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Unique: 29060

Course Information

  • Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
WED, FRI 11:50 am - 1:05 pm JON 6.257

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam (administered by Exam4 in Open Laptop mode) May 3, 2023 8:30 am A-Z in 2.124

Description

An introductory lecture/survey course about general jurisprudence, which purports to answer questions like, "What is law? What distinguishes legal institutions from other ones? And what makes a true legal claim true?" Readings will cover John Austin, HLA Hart, Ronald Dworkin, and other participants in these debates. Where time permits, we will also address how these abstract questions come to bear on concrete controversies about legal interpretation.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Concept Of Law *
Hart, H. L. A., Green, Leslie, Raz, Joseph, and Bulloch, Penelope A.
Oup , edition: 3
ISBN: 978-0-19-964470-4
Law's Empire *
Dworkin, Ronald M. and Dworkin, Ronald
Harvard University Press
ISBN: 978-0-674-51836-0
Legality *
Shapiro, Scott J.
Harvard University Press
ISBN: 978-0-674-72578-2

Instructors

Headshot of Encarnacion, Erik Encarnacion, Erik
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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
03/22/2023 Exam information updated
11/23/2022 Room(s) changed
11/02/2022 Room(s) changed