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The US-China Treaty Project
LAWS 80806
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m, w, x
The United States and China are engaged in the most important bilateral relationship of our era, yet the relationship remains random, fragile, and mistrustful. China’s rising influence threatens to change the global status quo, and the United States is understandably concerned. If these two giants learn how to collaborate, they could conceivably solve the world’s greatest problems. Alternatively, if they elect to contest each other at every turn, the result will be global instability and crisis. Unfortunately, the Shanghai Communiqué, which helped to open China forty years ago, is no longer sufficient as a guide; a new framework is needed. The world has grown less structured and more volatile, and the two nations are more competitive than ever. The risk of conflict is growing along with the volume of sensitive interactions. It is time for both nations to negotiate a new bargain that will guide and support the steady maturation of their high-potential, high-risk relationship. This seminar will advocate that the two nations develop a new, fifty-year treaty in the form of a strategic cooperation agreement. We will define the rationale and the case for action, draft major components of the proposed treaty, outline the pathway required for adoption, and transmit our end-product to foreign policy authorities in Washington and Beijing.
Grading will be determined by class participation and by performance across three short papers. The first paper will examine best practices in bilateral treaty development; the second will focus on critical factors in the future United States – China relationship; and, the third will require drafting of key components for the proposed treaty.
Spring 2013
Tom Manning
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Theories of Financial Regulation
LAWS 94504
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(2 to 3)
m, r, w, x
This seminar will focus on the intersection between law and finance. We will survey the major theories that explain why and how the government should regulate financial markets. Attention will be given to the movement to deregulate financial markets, the financial crisis of 2008, and the Dodd-Frank Act.
The seminar is jointly taught by a law professor and a business school professor with expertise in financial economics.
Law students may opt for two credits (series of short reaction papers) or three credits (major paper).
Winter 2013
Eric Posner, Luigi Zingales
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Workshop: Constitutional Law
LAWS 63612
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a, m, r, w
This workshop, conducted over three sequential quarters, exposes students to current academic work in constitutional law and theory and other areas of public law. Workshop sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers from outside speakers, at six to eight sessions to be conducted regularly throughout the academic year.
Enrollment may be limited.
This workshop may be taken for fulfillment of the Substantial Research Paper graduation requirement.
Grading is based on a substantial paper (or two shorter papers) plus brief reaction papers on each of the workshop papers.
As an alternative to writing a long paper, you may write two or more extended reaction papers (i.e., 10-12 pages) to the papers presented in the workshop. You have to get our approval in advance for this option. We encourage it if you find that you have a lot to say about some of the workshop papers. If you wish to receive Writing Project (WP) credit for this option, you must submit a draft of each of the two long response papers to us and satisfactorily incorporate our suggestions
Spring 2013
Aziz Huq, David A. Strauss
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Workshop: Constitutional Law
LAWS 63612
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(1)
a, m, r, w
This workshop, conducted over three sequential quarters, exposes students to current academic work in constitutional law and theory and other areas of public law. Workshop sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers from outside speakers, at six to eight sessions to be conducted regularly throughout the academic year.
Enrollment may be limited.
This workshop may be taken for fulfillment of the Substantial Research Paper graduation requirement.
Grading is based on a substantial paper (or two shorter papers) plus brief reaction papers on each of the workshop papers.
As an alternative to writing a long paper, you may write two or more extended reaction papers (i.e., 10-12 pages) to the papers presented in the workshop. You have to get our approval in advance for this option. We encourage it if you find that you have a lot to say about some of the workshop papers. If you wish to receive Writing Project (WP) credit for this option, you must submit a draft of each of the two long response papers to us and satisfactorily incorporate our suggestions
Autumn 2012
Aziz Huq, David A. Strauss
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Workshop: Constitutional Law
LAWS 63612
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(1)
a, m, r, w
This workshop, conducted over three sequential quarters, exposes students to current academic work in constitutional law and theory and other areas of public law. Workshop sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers from outside speakers, at six to eight sessions to be conducted regularly throughout the academic year.
Enrollment may be limited.
This workshop may be taken for fulfillment of the Substantial Research Paper graduation requirement.
Grading is based on a substantial paper (or two shorter papers) plus brief reaction papers on each of the workshop papers.
As an alternative to writing a long paper, you may write two or more extended reaction papers (i.e., 10-12 pages) to the papers presented in the workshop. You have to get our approval in advance for this option. We encourage it if you find that you have a lot to say about some of the workshop papers. If you wish to receive Writing Project (WP) credit for this option, you must submit a draft of each of the two long response papers to us and satisfactorily incorporate our suggestions
Winter 2013
Aziz Huq, David A. Strauss
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Workshop: Law and Philosophy
LAWS 61512
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(1)
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The Workshop will explore a broad range of topics that arise in ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of criminal law related to questions of freedom and responsibility: what is it to act freely? Is responsibility compatible with the causal determination of action? Does the assignment of responsibility in the criminal law make philosophical sense? How does addiction or mental illness affect ascriptions of responsibility in the law, and how should it? Readings will be drawn from philosophy, psychology, and criminal law theory.
Coates and Leiter will meet with enrolled students for two two-hour sessions in October to go over some classic readings on the subject of freedom and responsibility. We will then host six or seven outside speakers addressing these issues. Coates or Leiter will meet with the students a week in advance for one hour (4-5 pm) to go over the readings. Confirmed speakers so far include Pamela Hieryonmi (Philosophy, UCLA), Stephen Morse (Law & Psychiatry, Penn), Hanna Pickard (Philosophy, Oxford), Derk Pereboom (Philosophy, Cornell), and Gary Watson (Law & Philosophy, Southern California).
Attendance at all sessions of the Workshop is a requirement. JD students should contact bleiter@uchicago.edu with a resume and a brief statement of background and/or interest in the topic in order to secure permission to enroll. Philosophy PhD students may enroll without submitting these materials.
Spring 2013
Brian Leiter, Justin Coates
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Workshop: Law and Philosophy
LAWS 61512
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(1)
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The Workshop will explore a broad range of topics that arise in ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of criminal law related to questions of freedom and responsibility: what is it to act freely? Is responsibility compatible with the causal determination of action? Does the assignment of responsibility in the criminal law make philosophical sense? How does addiction or mental illness affect ascriptions of responsibility in the law, and how should it? Readings will be drawn from philosophy, psychology, and criminal law theory.
Coates and Leiter will meet with enrolled students for two two-hour sessions in October to go over some classic readings on the subject of freedom and responsibility. We will then host six or seven outside speakers addressing these issues. Coates or Leiter will meet with the students a week in advance for one hour (4-5 pm) to go over the readings. Confirmed speakers so far include Pamela Hieryonmi (Philosophy, UCLA), Stephen Morse (Law & Psychiatry, Penn), Hanna Pickard (Philosophy, Oxford), Derk Pereboom (Philosophy, Cornell), and Gary Watson (Law & Philosophy, Southern California).
Attendance at all sessions of the Workshop is a requirement. JD students should contact bleiter@uchicago.edu with a resume and a brief statement of background and/or interest in the topic in order to secure permission to enroll. Philosophy PhD students may enroll without submitting these materials.
Autumn 2012
Brian Leiter, Justin Coates
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Workshop: Law and Philosophy
LAWS 61512
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(1)
+, a, c/l, m, r, w
The Workshop will explore a broad range of topics that arise in ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of criminal law related to questions of freedom and responsibility: what is it to act freely? Is responsibility compatible with the causal determination of action? Does the assignment of responsibility in the criminal law make philosophical sense? How does addiction or mental illness affect ascriptions of responsibility in the law, and how should it? Readings will be drawn from philosophy, psychology, and criminal law theory.
Coates and Leiter will meet with enrolled students for two two-hour sessions in October to go over some classic readings on the subject of freedom and responsibility. We will then host six or seven outside speakers addressing these issues. Coates or Leiter will meet with the students a week in advance for one hour (4-5 pm) to go over the readings. Confirmed speakers so far include Pamela Hieryonmi (Philosophy, UCLA), Stephen Morse (Law & Psychiatry, Penn), Hanna Pickard (Philosophy, Oxford), Derk Pereboom (Philosophy, Cornell), and Gary Watson (Law & Philosophy, Southern California).
Attendance at all sessions of the Workshop is a requirement. JD students should contact bleiter@uchicago.edu with a resume and a brief statement of background and/or interest in the topic in order to secure permission to enroll. Philosophy PhD students may enroll without submitting these materials.
Winter 2013
Brian Leiter, Justin Coates
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Workshop: Legal Scholarship
LAWS 78711
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This workshop may be taken for a full year on only in the fall quarter. It is open to all students, JSDs and LLMs are welcome. Both versions count as 1 seminar.
Students registered for the full year are required to either write a paper of publishable quality or revise a previously written paper for publication. The goal is to prepare students for the academic job market. Special attention is paid to topic selection, how to approach working on an original (not synthetic) project, and presentation skills. Students enrolled for the year will be expected to conduct themselves as they would if they were junior faculty members at a top law school, reading and commenting on the work of their peers. Optional lunches to discuss writing will be held throughout the year in the same format as the Faculty Round Table. The goal is to create a learning community that will provide students with the type of scholarly atmosphere the faculty here enjoys. There will be meetings on average every other week during Winter and Spring Quarters.
The fall quarter only option is designed for several audiences: (1) students who want to decide if an academic career is for them; (2) students who wish to improve their skills as a public speaker; (3) students who want to improve their skills of critique while reading papers from a wide variety of subject areas; (4) and students who simply enjoy arguing about the law. Each week a young scholar present works-in-progress and students play the role of the faculty in a faculty workshop. The class and the professor then provide feedback and suggestions to the presenter on aspects of both presentation style and the substance of the paper.
The FALL ONLY version is graded on the basis of short reactions papers and class participation. The full year version may fulfill the WP or the SRP. May be taken concurrently with any other class or workshop.
During Winter, the workshop is expected to meet the first four Mondays of the quarter; during Spring, the last four Mondays of the quarter.
Winter 2013
Lisa Bernstein
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Workshop: Legal Scholarship
LAWS 78711
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This workshop may be taken for a full year on only in the fall quarter. It is open to all students, JSDs and LLMs are welcome. Both versions count as 1 seminar.
Students registered for the full year are required to either write a paper of publishable quality or revise a previously written paper for publication. The goal is to prepare students for the academic job market. Special attention is paid to topic selection, how to approach working on an original (not synthetic) project, and presentation skills. Students enrolled for the year will be expected to conduct themselves as they would if they were junior faculty members at a top law school, reading and commenting on the work of their peers. Optional lunches to discuss writing will be held throughout the year in the same format as the Faculty Round Table. The goal is to create a learning community that will provide students with the type of scholarly atmosphere the faculty here enjoys. There will be meetings on average every other week during Winter and Spring Quarters.
The fall quarter only option is designed for several audiences: (1) students who want to decide if an academic career is for them; (2) students who wish to improve their skills as a public speaker; (3) students who want to improve their skills of critique while reading papers from a wide variety of subject areas; (4) and students who simply enjoy arguing about the law. Each week a young scholar present works-in-progress and students play the role of the faculty in a faculty workshop. The class and the professor then provide feedback and suggestions to the presenter on aspects of both presentation style and the substance of the paper.
The FALL ONLY version is graded on the basis of short reactions papers and class participation. The full year version may fulfill the WP or the SRP. May be taken concurrently with any other class or workshop.
During Winter, the workshop is expected to meet the first four Mondays of the quarter; during Spring, the last four Mondays of the quarter.
Spring 2013
Lisa Bernstein
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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(1)
a, s, w, x
The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Spring 2013
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Jajah Wu
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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(1)
a, s, w, x
The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Winter 2013
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Kristin Greer Love
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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(1)
a, s, w, x
The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Autumn 2012
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Kristin Greer Love
