Theories of Law (Katz/Moore) - online
Faculty
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| Leo Katz Frank Carano Professor of Law lkatz@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
50% Participation,
50% Paper
No
Class meets online.
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:
- When you are better, please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
W 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Online
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
SEMINAR ON ADVANCED TOPICS IN CONTRACT/PROPERTY THEORY Spring Semester, AY 2024-2025 Three credit hours
This is a seminar offered jointly by the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania. It is co-taught by Leo Katz (Penn) and Michael Moore (Illinois). Students from both of these universities will be enrolled in the seminar. It is also possible that students/post-docs/faculty from other schools will also be auditing the seminar in whole or in part, as has been true of similar seminars in the past. The subject matter of the seminar will be contemporary theories of two related areas of law, contracts and property. The seminar will together read and discuss a number of articles/book chapters/book excerpts by leading property or contract theorists in America, the UK, Germany, and elsewhere. (Please see the attached syllabus.) Because the authors of these readings will often be invited in from remote locations to join the seminar discussion, and because this is a joint seminar involving students from different universities, each of the sessions will be conducted on Zoom. While there may be occasional in person sessions at either Penn or Illinois, there will otherwise be no in person classroom component.
Each student at Penn will be expected to team up (by Zoom) with at least one student from Illinois to prepare questions and comments for the authors on one of the papers to be read and discussed in one of the fourteen sessions of the seminar. In addition, Penn students will be expected to write seven short (500-750 words) essays commenting on the readings for an upcoming session, to be turned in in advance of the session. There will no exam or other formal requirements other than regular attendance and participation.
Because there is no overlap between the content of this seminar and the content of the Seminar on Advanced Topics in Criminal Law taught by Michael Moore and Leo Katz academic year 2023-24, students who have taken the latter seminar may also enroll in the present seminar as well. The Seminar on Advanced Topics in Criminal Law Theory will not be offered AY 2024-2025.
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.
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.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.