Eric Posner : Courses and Seminars
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
Second- and third-year students may earn course credit by independent research under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Such projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the particular member of the faculty in whose field the proposed topic falls.
Winter 2010
Eric Posner
Contracts
LAWS 30511
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, addresses the enforceability and interpretation of contractual arrangements, sanctions for their breach, and justifications or excuses for nonperformance. Special attention will be paid to the role of nonlegal sanctions in commercial relationships. The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Autumn 2009
Eric Posner
Contracts
LAWS 30511
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, addresses the enforceability and interpretation of contractual arrangements, sanctions for their breach, and justifications or excuses for nonperformance. Special attention will be paid to the role of nonlegal sanctions in commercial relationships. The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Winter 2010
Eric Posner
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
Second- and third-year students may earn course credit by independent research under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Such projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the particular member of the faculty in whose field the proposed topic falls.
Autumn 2009
Eric Posner
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
Second- and third-year students may earn course credit by independent research under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Such projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the particular member of the faculty in whose field the proposed topic falls.
Spring 2010
Eric Posner
Financial Crisis of 2008-2009: Legal Issues
LAWS TBD
The government's response to the Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 generated a number of legal controversies. This seminar will address, among others, legal issues raised by the bailouts of financial institutions, the authority of the Fed and the Treasury, the TARP law, bankruptcy reform, mortgage modification, and reform of financial regulation. Grades will be based on a major paper or series of short research papers. Writing for this seminar may be used as partial fulfillment of the JD writing requirement (SWP for JD '10; SRP or WP for JD '11 and JD '12).
Spring 2010
Eric Posner
Greenberg Seminar: The Global Financial Crisis
LAWS 95952
In this seminar, we will read journalistic accounts of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Possible readings include In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic by David Wessel, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Lawrence G. McDonald, House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street by William D. Cohan, and Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy by Barry Ritholtz.
Autumn 2009
Aziz Huq, Eric Posner
