Jurisprudence

Introduction to the field of jurisprudence, the academic discipline devoted to answering the fundamental question: What is law? We will explore the many ways that scholars have attempted to define law and legal systems against a series of related concepts, including morality, authority, power, politics, planning, rationality, coercion, obedience, and violence. Critiques the prevailing theories and attempts to construct the elements for an original definition of law through a series of short written assignments.