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Prof. Evan Lee

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Jurisprudence

Fall 2003

An investigation of, among other topics: What is law? Law versus custom; discretion; morality; policy. Law versus "common sense;" logic; reason. Does law need a lawgiver? Sources; legitimacy; law as command; as expectation; as hope. Must law be enforced? Dead letter statutes; international law. Why should wrongs be righted? Emphasis will be placed upon distinctively American preoccupations, such as "mechanical jurisprudence" and the revolt against rules; the philosophic underpinnings of the Restatements and other codes; legal realism; "neutral principles;" Chicagoism.

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