| 1 | No reading |
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Selections from "The Province of Jurisprudence Determined and the Uses of the Study of Jurisprudence" (PDF) by John Austin. |
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"Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules" (PDF) by H. L. A. Hart. |
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Selections from "Taking Rights Seriously" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
| 5 |
Selections from "Law's Empire" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
| 6 |
"Common-Law Courts in a Civil-Law System: The Role of United States Federal Courts in Interpreting the Constitution and Laws" and "Comment" (PDF) by Antonin Scalia and Ronald Dworkin. |
| 7 |
"The Conflict Between Authority and Autonomy" (PDF) by Robert Paul Wolff. |
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"Is There a Prima Facie Obligation to Obey the Law?" (PDF) by M. B. E. Smith. |
| 9 |
Selections from "Law's Empire" (PDF) by Ronald Dworkin. |
| 10 |
"Authority and Justification" (PDF) by Joseph Raz. |
| 11 |
"The Justification of Civil Disobedience" (PDF) by John Rawls. |
| 12 |
Selections from "Causation In The Law" (PDF) by H. L. A. Hart and Tony Honore. |
| 13 |
"Decision Theory and the Factfinding Process" (PDF) by John Kaplan. |
| 14 |
"Liability and Individualized Evidence"(PDF) by Judith Jarvis Thomson. |
| 15 |
"Crime and Punishment: Distinguishing the Roles of Causal and Intentional Analyses Moral Judgment" (PDF) by Fiery Cushman. |
| 16 |
"The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance" (PDF) by David Lewis. |
| 17 |
Selections from "An Introduction to The Principles of Morals and Legislation" (PDF) by Jeremy Bentham. |
| 18 |
"Two Concepts of Rules" (PDF) by John Rawls. |
| 19 |
"The Liberal Argument from On Liberty" (PDF) by John Stuart Mill. |
| 20 |
"Paternalism" (PDF) by Gerald Dworkin. |
| 21 |
"A Theory of Freedom of Expression" (PDF) by Thomas Scanlon. |
| 22 |
"Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" (PDF) by Rae Langton. |
| 23 |
"Wrongful Life, Procreative Responsibility, and the Significance of Harm" (PDF) by Seana Valentine Shiffrin. |
| 24 |
No reading. Screening of the film "Reversal of Fortune". (PDF)
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"Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues" (PDF) by Richard Wasserstrom. |
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"Professional Detachment: The Executioner of Paris" (PDF) by Arthur Applbaum. |
