This seminar will examine the central debates in general analytic jurisprudence, the study of the nature of law. We will discuss questions about the nature of legal obligation, the authority of the law, the relationship between law and morality, the nature of adjudication, and the overarching question: what is law? We’ll read and discuss writing by authors including John Austin, H.L.A. Hart, Lon Fuller, Ronald Dworkin, Leslie Green, Joseph Raz, and Scott Shapiro.3 credits, winter termProfessor Essert
