S. Advanced Seminar in Jewish Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L8297
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- History and Philosophy of Law, Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, International and Comparative Law
- Type
- Seminar
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Michael Broyde
Adjunct Professor of Law
Section Description
This seminar, for students with prior significant training in Jewish Law, will focus on an argument that There is Not Much “Law” [at least as the term is used in American Law Schools] in Jewish Law. Your obligation in the seminar is to write a paper that focuses on one area of Jewish law or another (that we agree to) arguing whether the focus of Jewish law in the area you are working on fits into the general secular understanding of what law is or not. This course assume a fluency in rabbinic texts in Hebrew and will require an advanced paper.
Instructor: Michael J. Broyde ([email protected])
The first class meeting will take place on September 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2023
- Location
- JGH 304
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Points
- 1
- Method of Evaluation
- Paper
- J.D Writing Credit?
- Major (only upon consultation)
- LLM Writing Project
- Upon consultation
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 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 jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
- 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
- Academic research and writing
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in various lawyering skills, for example, oral advocacy, legal writing and drafting, legal research, negotiation, and client communication
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Permission only