Law and Philosophy (Ferzan/Wodak)
Faculty
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| Kimberly Kessler Ferzan Earle Hepburn Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy; Co-Director, Institute of Law & Philosophy kferzan@law.upenn.edu |
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| Daniel Wodak Assistant Professor of Law dwodak@sas.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Expository Writing
Grading
100% Other (Class participation 25%, Questions for speakers 10%, 4 Critical Summaries of Work 20% (5% each), 2 Critical Assessments post-talks 20% (10% each), Final written test 25%.)
Exam
Essay,
In Class,
Partial Open Book (Only hard copy materials will be allowed. )
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- If you are absent, due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can ask for volunteers among your classmates to share their notes with you.
Meeting Times/Location
R 3:30PM - 6:29PM
Tanenbaum Hall 345
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
This seminar will explore legal issues from a philosophically informed perspective. Every-other-week, the readings will be drafts of works-in-progress by invited philosophers, political theorists, and law professors who will present their work in the seminar. The intervening weeks will focus on background in the relevant topic as well as discussion of the methodology and key concepts within legal theory. The course offers the opportunity for students to interact with prominent scholars, to help shape cutting-edge work, to hone their writing skills, to develop their own ideas, and to gain practice and feedback about the art of asking a good question. Students are expected to attend all sessions, to participate regularly, and to write several short analysis papers as well as take a final short assessment. The short analysis papers will require the students to approach the reading in a rigorous way and to explicate arguments clearly and concisely. Some topics may be emotionally challenging. Students must be willing and able to discuss diverse viewpoints respectfully.
Students may miss only one class and this cannot be our first or last class meeting. This class cannot be added after the first class meeting.
International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Criminal Law and Procedure Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of criminal law and procedure; Perform legal analysis in the context of criminal law and procedure; Communicate effectively on topics related to criminal law and procedure; Demonstrate an understanding of the role criminal law and procedure play in society and their impact on other areas of law and society.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.