Course Terms
Spring 2022
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Taxation
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This course is an introductory study of federal income taxation covering inclusion and exclusion of items in computing gross…
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Research Seminar in Law, Economics, and Organizations
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar is co-taught by Professors Bebchuk, Kaplow, Spier, Spamann and Prof. Oliver Hart, an Andrew E. Furer Professor…
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Law and Philosophy Workshop
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop will examine new ideas at the intersection of law and philosophy. The workshop will meet weekly and…
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Criminal Law 3
February 6, 2023
Exam Type: In Class This course examines the basic themes of substantive criminal law, including criminal responsibility, the significance of act, intent, causation and result,…
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Students enrolling in Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by February 4, 2022.…
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Immigration Law
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: Prior completion of a course in U.S. Constitutional Law that covers separation of powers and federalism is recommended, but not required. Exam Type: In…
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Migration and Human Rights
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: It is recommended that students should already have taken either (1) a human rights law course or clinic, or (2) an immigration or refugee…
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Trusts and Estates
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course examines freedom of disposition in American succession law by way of: (a) intestate succession; (b) wills (including…
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Corporate Reorganization
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: Bankruptcy or permission from the instructor to waive the prerequisite Exam Type: No Exam
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Leading from the Middle
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This offering explores how to be an effective leader and an agent for positive change during the first 10-15…
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Classical Liberalism and the Rule of Law
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Students will be expected to complete two short papers in response to course readings, and a longer paper… -
Facts and Lies
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will explore different kinds of facts, including historic facts, scientific facts, legislative facts, constitutional facts, mixed questions…
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Legal Problems in Cybersecurity and Cyber Conflict
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Cybersecurity and cyber conflict pose unique legal problems for governments, companies and citizens. The way those problems are resolved…
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Policy Advocacy Workshop
February 6, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The Policy Advocacy Workshop is a hands-on seminar that will explore the methods, tools, and skills used to conduct…
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Food Law and Policy
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: No prerequisites for JD students. LLM students must seek faculty permission. Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will present an overview of topics in…
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Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Students in the spring clinic must enroll in either Food…
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Constitutional Structure and Rights: How the document is read
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class In this class, we will develop a conception of constitutional interpretation that explains — and maybe justifies — the…
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Reconstruction Originalism
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Reconstruction was America’s second founding, and yet its most important ideals are lost to modern American courts. In this…
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Workshop on Law and Political Economy
February 2, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop is devoted to reading and discussing new scholarly work on law and political economy. Outside speakers and…
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Law and Political Economy
February 2, 2023
Why do McDonald’s workers in Denmark earn more than twice as much as do McDonald’s workers in the United States, while the Heritage Foundation ranks…
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Writing Group: Topics in political economy – either law and political economy or technology and political economy
February 2, 2023
Students enrolling in Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by February 4, 2022.…
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Advanced Analysis of the Sugya
February 1, 2023
Prerequisites: Students should have sufficient experience with Talmud to prepare and be prepared to read the text in the original language with commentaries. Exam Type…
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Federalism and States as Public Law Actors
January 31, 2023
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment Exam Type: No Exam. Grading will be based on class participation, including leading discussion in…
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Global Anticorruption Lab
January 31, 2023
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 12, and is by permission of the instructor. Interested students should email Professor Stephenson (mstephen@law.harvard.edu); the…
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Students enrolling in Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by February 4, 2022.…
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Federal Courts and the Federal System
January 31, 2023
Prerequisite: For JD students, this course is open to those who have completed 1L Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth…
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Torts 7
January 27, 2023
Exam Type: In Class This course concerns the legal protection afforded in civil proceedings against interference by others with security of one’s person, property…
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Natural Law and Positive Law
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam There will be no paper or exam, and class will be graded credit/no credit. We will look briefly at…
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Critical Race Theorists and their Critics
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar examines the role of the law and legal activism in perpetuating and alleviating racial inequality in the…
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Election Law
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This is a survey course American election law. Topics include democratic theory; the structure of republican government; the sources…
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Introduction to Islamic Law
January 27, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home This course is a broad introduction to Islamic law in historical and contemporary forms. We will first cover…
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Animal Law
January 27, 2023
Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites, and 1L students are welcome in the class. Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Students will be evaluated on the basis…
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Securities Regulation
January 27, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class In addition to an in-class examination, students will be asked to participate in blog postings on a range of…
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Legal History Workshop: Intimacy and the Law
January 25, 2023
Classroom: For weeks 1, 2, 7, 11, and 12, this workshop will meet in WCC 3011 and in Hauser 104 for Weeks 3, 4, 5,…
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Evidence
January 25, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In-Class This course will examine the rules and principles of American evidence law, focusing on both the practical application and impact…
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Disability, Human Rights, and Development
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course examines the current and future status of disability rights as a focus for both human rights theory…
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Legal History: American Legal Education
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
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From Nuremberg to The Hague– Law, The Individual and the Group
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will explore the origins of modern international criminal law and looks at their impact on current directions.
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The International Law of the Sea
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course explores the international law of the sea, which is one of the most important and compelling areas…
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International Human Rights
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home The course will introduce students to the concepts of human rights, within the system of public international law.
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Climate Change and the Politics of International Law
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home As climate change has come to be seen as an urgent global problem, there has been a turn…
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Environmental Justice
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Environmental justice has taken center stage as a social, political, and legal issue in recent years, and one cannot…
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Evidence
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Evidence is a recommended prerequisite for the Trial Advocacy Workshop and can be the basis for certification to practice in conjunction with some…
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Media Images & The Law: Contesting Media in the Modern Era
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar examines mass media depictions and imaging in our increasingly-tumultuous modern era. It situates this loaded imaging process…
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Law & Democracy: The Incomplete Experiment
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar interrogates the ways in which democracy, as practiced in the United States, continues to form. In doing…
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International Taxation
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: Taxation Exam Type: In Class This course will cover the basic federal income tax concepts, policy and law relating to taxation of foreign persons…
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Contested Domains: Comparative and International Legal Struggles over Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None. Previous exposure to women’s/gender studies and/or international human rights law will be helpful. For additional background, the following books are on reserve:
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