Class Notes

COURSE SCHEDULE (subject to change):

January 26 - Opening Ceremonies: introduction to the course, to the syllabus, to each other

January 28 - What is the Law?

THINKING THROUGH THE LAW

February 2 - Michel Foucault, from Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison (PDF) - Prof. Gold - Chapter 1

February 4 - Foucault continued (Chapter 1, Chapter 3

February 9 - Foucault continued (Chapter 3)

February 11 - Frederick Nietzsche, from Genealogy of Morals (2nd essay, 11 & 12)

FEARING THE LAW

February 16  COLLEGE CLOSED

February 18 - Franz Kafka, The Trial (up to page 87 - up to "Uncle Leni"

February 23 - Franz Kafka, The Trial (up to page 167 - up to "Block, the Merchant, Dismissal of the Lawyer")

February 25 - Franz Kafka, The Trial

March 2 - Franz Kafka, The Trial

KNOWING THE LAW

March 4 - Franz Kafka, The Trial

March 9 -   Douglas E. Litowitz, "Franz Kafka's Outsider Jurisprudence"

March 11 - Paper #1 Due. Final thoughts on The Trial.  Looking towards Bartleby.

March 16 - Herman Melville, Bartleby, The Scrivener

March 18 -  Herman Melville, Bartleby, The Scrivener

March 23 - Herman Melville, “Billy Budd”

March 25 - Herman Melville, “Billy Budd” -- see blog post

March 30 - Herman Melville, “Billy Budd”

April 1     - MIDTERM EXAM

MIXING UP THE LAW

April 6      -Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson

April 8  NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

April 13  NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

April 15  NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

April 20      -  Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson - up to Ch. 18

April 22      - Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson  - up to Ch. 21

BREAKING THE LAW

April 27 -   Poems from Guantanimo

April 29 - Poems from Guantanim

May 4 - Guantanamo project presentations and discussions

REMIXING THE LAW

May 6 - Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture

May 11 - Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture

              - Final Project Due

May 13   - Final Project presentations

May 18   - Final Exam

May 20   - Closing ceremonies