R. H. Helmholz : Courses and Seminars
European Legal History
LAWS 91901
This survey seminar examines major tendencies and most important events in European Legal History. The seminar begins with the codification of Roman Law by emperor Justinian and the emergence of Germanic law during the migration period and moves forward to the 20th century. The seminar covers subjects as the emergence of jurisprudence in the middle ages and the structures of the ius commune, the reception of Roman Law, the spread of humanistic jurisprudence, the rise of natural law, the codification movement and the totalitarian challenges to law in the first half of the 20th century.
Students grade will be based on a final exam and class participation.
Winter 2012
R. H. Helmholz
Property
LAWS 30411
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, provides an introduction to the legal relationships that arise out of or constitute ownership of property. Subjects covered may include, but are not limited to, such areas as the initial acquisition of rights in real and personal property, the nature of ownership of natural resources, the various types of concurrent and successive interests in land, and restraints on alienation. The course will also deal with the law relating to easements and covenants, landlord and tenant, and conveyancing.
The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Winter 2012
R. H. Helmholz
Property
LAWS 30411
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, provides an introduction to the legal relationships that arise out of or constitute ownership of property. Subjects covered may include, but are not limited to, such areas as the initial acquisition of rights in real and personal property, the nature of ownership of natural resources, the various types of concurrent and successive interests in land, and restraints on alienation. The course will also deal with the law relating to easements and covenants, landlord and tenant, and conveyancing.
The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Spring 2012
R. H. Helmholz
Public Land and Resources Law
LAWS 44501
This course introduces the law governing public lands in the United States, including the preservation and the exploitation of the natural resources on those lands. The course deals with the administrative structures and the legal doctrines that have been developed to control use of the public lands, and it takes up selected subjects to illustrate how the system works. Among possible subjects for inclusion are the national parks, timber policy, grazing rights, mining law, the protection of wildlife, and wilderness preservation.
Autumn 2011
R. H. Helmholz
Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Winter 2012
Bernard E. Harcourt, R. H. Helmholz, Alison LaCroix, Jonathan Masur, Richard H. McAdams
Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Spring 2012
Bernard E. Harcourt, R. H. Helmholz, Alison LaCroix, Jonathan Masur, Richard H. McAdams
Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Autumn 2011
Bernard E. Harcourt, R. H. Helmholz, Alison LaCroix, Jonathan Masur, Richard H. McAdams
