Eric Posner : Courses and Seminars
Banking Law
LAWS 80201
This course will consider the regulation of banks and other financial institutions in the United States. The focus will be on the current regulatory scheme, with some attention to the recent financial crisis, the history of banking regulation, and proposals for reform.
Spring 2012
Eric Posner
Contracts
LAWS 30511
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, is an introduction to commercial and consumer law and lays the foundation for advanced study in commercial transactions, corporations, restitution, consumer credit, insurance, labor and employment law, and investment securities. Substantively, the Contracts course deals with how contracts are formed, which contracts are valid, when a contract has been breached and the various remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and restitution. The course is also designed to introduce the student to legal methodology and to compare the common law with the techniques of statutory interpretation, particularly in connection with the Uniform Commercial Code.
The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Winter 2012
Eric Posner
Greenberg Seminar: US Foreign Policy after the "Arab Spring" and the Death of Bin Laden
LAWS 95902
This Greenberg seminar takes up questions of U.S. foreign policy, with special attention to the Middle East and South Asia, in the wake of Bin Laden's death and the Arab Spring. We will read recent work on specific countries and policy problems, as necessary supplemented by other material.
Graded Pass/Fail.
Autumn 2011
Daniel Abebe, Aziz Huq, Eric Posner
The Executive Branch
LAWS 68711
This seminar examines the theory and design of the executive branch of the U.S. government. Readings include a mix of original sources like judicial opinions and academic scholarship. Topics include: the theory of separation of powers; the role of the executive during emergencies; the Office of Legal Counsel; the unitary executive; signing statements and legal interpretation by the executive.
Autumn 2011
Eric Posner
