SPECIAL TOPICS IN LEGAL STUDIES

LEGALST 400

Addresses a variety of issues linking various social sciences perspectives to the central themes of law and legal institutions.

LEGALST 407

Examines fundamental questions about the nature and content of law, addressing both analytic and normative jurisprudence. Questions in analytic jurisprudence include: What does it mean for something to be the law? Why are some things a matter of law, while others are not? What is the relationship between law and morality? Is the law exhausted by the meaning of words in constitutions and statutes? Questions of normative jurisprudence concern the proper content of law, such as, what should the law permit, prohibit, and promote? These questions are examined by looking at a number of topics that are at issue in U.S. (and other nations') laws. These will include interpreting criminal law statutes, policies promoting public welfare, and the justifications for property, especially intellectual property rights.

LEGALST 450

Addresses a variety of issues linking various humanities perspectives to the central themes of law and legal institutions.

LAW 922

Topics reflect interests of instructor and students.

SURGSCI 675

Topics vary.