Richard A. Posner : Courses and Seminars
Greenberg Seminar: Kafka and the Law
LAWS 95902
Franz Kafka, the greatest lawyer writer of fiction, made law a theme of some of his most important fiction, such as the novel The Trial and the stories In the Penal Colony and The Judgment. And fiction by him that is not directly about law often deals with social problems with which law frequently deals. The seminar will read a number of his fictional works (which are short), and also some of his law-office writing, with a view toward identifying and analyzing the legal and policy themes (but also their philosophical and literary aspects) in his "day job" as a workers' compensation lawyer and in his fiction.
Interested students should write to all three professors by September 15, saying why they want to take the class and what their relevant background is in literature.
This class is capped at 15. 12 seats will be allocated to J.D. students and 3 to LL.M. students.
Graded Pass/Fail.
Autumn 2011
Richard A. Posner, Martha Nussbaum, Randy Berlin
Workshop: Judicial Behavior
LAWS 63812
The Workshop on Judicial Behavior provides students with a unique opportunity to read and analyze cutting-edge scholarship that focuses on how judges reach their decisions. In a case law system such as that of the United States, a realistic understanding of judicial behavior, which conventional legal instruction does not convey, is essential to the understanding and practice of law. Over the course of the academic year, six scholars from the fields of law and the social sciences will present their work.
By the end of the academic year, students will produce a major research paper on judicial behavior.
The Workshop is limited to twenty law students; interested students should contact Prof. Landes (land@uchicago.edu) by September 7, 2011.
It will meet six times over the course of the academic year.
Winter 2012
Richard A. Posner, Frank H. Easterbrook, William M. Landes, Lee Epstein
Workshop: Judicial Behavior
LAWS 63812
The Workshop on Judicial Behavior provides students with a unique opportunity to read and analyze cutting-edge scholarship that focuses on how judges reach their decisions. In a case law system such as that of the United States, a realistic understanding of judicial behavior, which conventional legal instruction does not convey, is essential to the understanding and practice of law. Over the course of the academic year, six scholars from the fields of law and the social sciences will present their work.
By the end of the academic year, students will produce a major research paper on judicial behavior.
The Workshop is limited to twenty law students; interested students should contact Prof. Landes (land@uchicago.edu) by September 7, 2011.
It will meet six times over the course of the academic year.
Spring 2012
Richard A. Posner, Frank H. Easterbrook, William M. Landes, Lee Epstein
Workshop: Judicial Behavior
LAWS 63812
The Workshop on Judicial Behavior provides students with a unique opportunity to read and analyze cutting-edge scholarship that focuses on how judges reach their decisions. In a case law system such as that of the United States, a realistic understanding of judicial behavior, which conventional legal instruction does not convey, is essential to the understanding and practice of law. Over the course of the academic year, six scholars from the fields of law and the social sciences will present their work.
By the end of the academic year, students will produce a major research paper on judicial behavior.
The Workshop is limited to twenty law students; interested students should contact Prof. Landes (land@uchicago.edu) by September 7, 2011.
It will meet six times over the course of the academic year.
Autumn 2011
Richard A. Posner, Frank H. Easterbrook, William M. Landes, Lee Epstein
