Essentials of Jurisprudence

JURI 200-01

Fall 2006

Dickson 275

  1. All reading and written assignments must be completed prior to the class in which they are due.
  2. Attendance is mandatory. Students are responsible for keeping current with the assignments. The professor is not responsible for keeping students current.
  3. Class participation is encouraged and will be rewarded academically.
  4. All assignments must be each student's workproduct.
  5. Readings will be from the text, cyberspace, or handouts.
  6. Graduate students will have more rigorous assignments and grading.
Midterm Examination 30%
Final Examination 40%
Classroom Participation 10%
Assignments 20%

 DATE  READINGS  ASSIGNMENTS & NOTES
 09.08.06  Legal Padawan- Introduction to Jurisprudence: concepts, history, and development Prologue
 09.12.06 The nature of law, the meaning of law, the meaning of words: "...came whiffling through the tulgey wood and burbled as it came..." F:Ch1
 09.15.06    
 09.19.06 Meaning of Law F:2
 09.22.06    
 09.26.06 Natural Law: You make me feel... like a natural philosopher.... F:89-139; 140-145; 156;196-198
 09.29.06

 

 
 10.03.06 Classical Positivism F:199-221;221-223
 10.06.06    
 10.10.06 Pure Legal Theory F:255-276; 291-302; 318-330
 10.13.06    
 10.17.06 Modern trends in analytica jurisprudence F:331-366; 367-369391-395
10.20.06    
10.24.06 Theories of Justice - Rawls F:523-565; 566-589; 647-658
10.27.06    
10.31.06 Midterm Examination - Costumes Optional Terms for Midterm
11.03.06 Sociological Jurispurdence F:659-702; 721-726794-798
11.07.06    
11.10.06 Scandavian Realism F:855-872;
11.14.06    
11.17.06 Historical and anthropological jurisprudence F:903-920; 949-952
11.21.06    
11.24.06 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK  
11.28.06 Marxist theories of law and state F:953-989; 994,995-999;1031-1039
12.01.06    
12.05.06 Feminist Jurisprudence F:1122-1136; 1149-1196
12.08.06    
12.12.06 Postmodernist Jurisprudence F:1253-1263;1264-1270; Compare and contrast Marxist legal theory, feminist jurisprudence, and Postmodernist Jurisprudence in a three page paper
12.15.06    
12.XX.06 FINAL EXAMINATION - To be announced