Listed in: Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, as LJST-110
Formerly listed as: LJST-10
Adam Sitze (Section 01)
This course provides an introduction to the primary texts and central problems of modern legal theory. Through close study of the field’s founding and pivotal works, we will weigh and consider various ways to think about questions that every study, practice, and institution of law eventually encounters. These questions concern law’s very nature or essence; its relations to knowledge, morality, religion, and the passions; the status of its language and interpretations; its relation to force and the threat of force; and its place and function in the preservation and transformation of political, social and economic order.
Limited to 40 students. Spring semester. Professor Sitze.
If Overenrolled: Priority given to LJST majors.
Cost: $2.00 ?
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM OCTA 200
Th 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM OCTA 200
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Citizen | Cambridge University Press | Thomas Hobbes | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Two Treatise of Government | Yale University Press | John Locke | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals | Yale University Press | Immanuel Kant | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill | Modern Library | J.S. Mill | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Natural Contract | University of Michigan Press | Michel Serres | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.