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E-705 – Jurisprudence

3 Credits

Introduction to the philosophy of law and the legal process. Designed to give students theoretical understanding of the origin and development of Jurisprudence in general; beginning with Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and the Bible; and including the works of various political and legal theorists covering the Classical Age, the Middle Age, the Modern Age, and the Twentieth Century. The course addresses selected philosophies, such as natural theory, legal positivism, legal realism, formalism, and utilitarianism, amongst others.

Summer Sections

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    Room - TWEN

    Schedule - T, Th – 6:15pm - 9:30pm

    Instructor - Van Detta

    Required Materials:

    1. Posner, The Problems of Jurisprudence, (Harvard Univ Press / 1993), ISBN: 97806747708761, Price: $30.50
      This book is available on Amazon.com and/or Amazon Marketplace Sellers.
    2. Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series), (Oxford Univ Press / 1997), ISBN: 9780198761235, Price: $60.50
      This book is available on Amazon.com and/or Amazon Marketplace Sellers.
    3. Dworkin, Law’s Empire, (Belknap Press of Harvard Univ Press / 1986), ISBN: 9780674518360, Price: $30.50
      This book is available on Amazon.com and/or Amazon Marketplace Sellers.
    4. Cover, Justice Accused: Anti-slavery and the Judicial Process, (Yale Univ Press / 1984), ISBN: 9780300032529, Price: $34.00
      This book is available on Amazon.com and/or Amazon Marketplace Sellers.
    5. Posner, How Judges Think, (Harvard Univ Press, Reprint 2010), ISBN: 9780674048065, Price: $18.95
      This book is available on Amazon.com and/or Amazon Marketplace Sellers.
    6. Katz, Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law, (Univ. of Chicago Press), ISBN: 9780226425924, Price: $10.00
      This book is also available on Amazon.com.

    Recommended Materials:

    First Assignments: