Interest Areas

Legal & Political Theory

  • Political Parties and Public Law

    January 18, 2023

    Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Politicians and pundits frequently charge that aggressive partisanship has infected our political institutions. Critics allege that even the federal…

  • Common Law and Privacy Torts

    January 18, 2023

    Prerequisite: Torts or permission of the instructor. Exam Type: No Exam Protecting privacy has become one of the major challenges of our time. In the…

  • Evidence and Reason

    January 18, 2023

    Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam We rely on reasoned inferences with reliable evidence to manage everyday life — to decide, for example, what precautions…

  • Current Topics in Pandemic Law

    January 18, 2023

    Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam COVID-19 has given rise to an unprecedented and rapidly evolving set of urgent legal issues. This reading group will…

  • Advanced Interpretation: Law and Language

    January 18, 2023

    Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
    Student performance will be assessed on the basis of class participation (10%) and a paper submitted at the end…