Property
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6116
- Curriculum Level
- Foundation
- Areas of Study
- Property, Real Estate, and Trusts & Estates
- Type
- Lecture
Section 002 Information
Instructor

Section Description
Property is a central social institution whose legal definition poses fundamental questions about efficiency, fairness, the distribution of wealth, and the tension between public and private rights and interests. What can we own? What does it mean to own something? To what extent can government regulate or take away what we own? Anglo-American property law's answers to these questions developed mainly in the context of land. These same questions are posed today in the context of ownership of artistic and digital creations, of body parts, of cyberspace, and of one's earning capacity. We will examine these issues in both old and new settings.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2024
- Location
- JGH 104
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Wednesday
- Points
- 4
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics, other social sciences; and cultural studies
- Secondary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Open only to Columbia Law degree candidates; 2L's, 3L's, and LLM's should contact Registration Services.