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Critique-Inspired Pedagogies In Canadian Criminal Law Casebooks: Challenging "Doctrine First, Critique Second" Approaches To First-Year Law Teaching, Sarah-Jane Nussbaum
Critique-Inspired Pedagogies In Canadian Criminal Law Casebooks: Challenging "Doctrine First, Critique Second" Approaches To First-Year Law Teaching, Sarah-Jane Nussbaum
Dalhousie Law Journal
This article is a critical evaluation of Canadian criminal law casebooks. The author explores the aims, practices, and challenges of these teaching texts by examining their relationship to critique-inspired pedagogical methods. A number of English-language Canadian criminal law casebooks add a welcome feature to the Canadian common law teaching landscape: all but one of six recently published casebooks teach doctrine and critique together. The research builds on an emerging scholarship of Canadian legal education by demonstrating evidence of critical political commitments and critique-inspired teaching methods within Canadian criminal law education. Yet casebook editors and other professors who utilize critical methods …
The Systems Approach To Teaching Business Associations, Lynn M. Lopucki, Andrew Verstein
The Systems Approach To Teaching Business Associations, Lynn M. Lopucki, Andrew Verstein
UF Law Faculty Publications
The systems approach applies the methods of systems analysis to law. The principal method is to describe the system, situate a problem within the system, and take system mechanics into account in solving it. The system might be the “legal system”—essentially litigation. But more often, it is a “law-related system”—one not composed of law, but one in which law plays a role. That system might be crime, the Internet, the corporation, or any other activity substantially affected by law. The analyst situates the application of law in the context of the physical system as it actually operates. In business associations, …
Why Write?, Erwin Chemerinsky
Why Write?, Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
This wonderful collection of reviews of leading recent books about law provides the occasion to ask a basic question: why should law professors write? There are many things that law professors could do with the time they spend writing books and law review articles. More time and attention could be paid to students and to instructional materials. More professors could do pro bono legal work of all sorts. In fact, if law professors wrote much less, teaching loads could increase, faculties could decrease in size, and tuition could decrease substantially. The answer to the question "why write" is neither intuitive …
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Jens David Ohlin
In the following Review, I analyze the leading criminal law casebooks on the market and describe the ways in which they do — and do not — respond to the needs of criminal law teachers. At least part of the issue is the changing nature of law teaching — what actually happens in the classroom has changed in the last three decades. Moreover, there may be less uniformity in classroom practice than in the past; in other words, what works in one law school might not work in another, due in part to the changing profile of law students, as …
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Jens David Ohlin
In the following Review, I analyze the leading criminal law casebooks on the market and describe the ways in which they do — and do not — respond to the needs of criminal law teachers. At least part of the issue is the changing nature of law teaching — what actually happens in the classroom has changed in the last three decades. Moreover, there may be less uniformity in classroom practice than in the past; in other words, what works in one law school might not work in another, due in part to the changing profile of law students, as …
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In the following Review, I analyze the leading criminal law casebooks on the market and describe the ways in which they do — and do not — respond to the needs of criminal law teachers. At least part of the issue is the changing nature of law teaching — what actually happens in the classroom has changed in the last three decades. Moreover, there may be less uniformity in classroom practice than in the past; in other words, what works in one law school might not work in another, due in part to the changing profile of law students, as …
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
The Changing Market For Criminal Law Casebooks, Jens David Ohlin
Michigan Law Review
Criminal law is a nasty business. The field takes as its point of departure the indignities that human beings visit upon each other—each one worse than the one before. A book or article about criminal law often reads like a parade of horribles, an indictment of humanity’s descent into moral weakness. For those who teach criminal law, everything else pales in comparison. Neither the business disputes of contract law nor the physical injuries described in a torts casebook can compare with the depravity of what we teach in criminal law. Criminal law professors are often addicted to their subject. Nothing …
Choosing A Criminal Procedure Casebook: On Lesser Evils And Free Books, Ben L. Trachtenberg
Choosing A Criminal Procedure Casebook: On Lesser Evils And Free Books, Ben L. Trachtenberg
Faculty Publications
Among the more important decisions a law teacher makes when preparing a new course is what materials to assign. Criminal procedure teachers are spoiled for choice, with legal publishers offering several options written by teams of renowned scholars. This Article considers how a teacher might choose from the myriad options available and suggests two potentially overlooked criteria: weight and price.
What Is Criminal Law About?, Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg
What Is Criminal Law About?, Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg
Michigan Law Review
In “The Changing Market for Criminal Casebooks,” Jens David Ohlin offers an appreciative, but nevertheless critical review of established criminal law casebooks. He then introduces his own offering by describing “a vision for a new casebook” that will better serve the needs and wants of contemporary students. Ohlin begins with the arresting claim that criminal law professors are passionate about their subject because they are fascinated by human depravity. Then, throughout his essay, he stresses efficient, consumer-focused delivery of doctrinal instruction as the defining task of a successful casebook. Moreover, he argues, casebooks should devote less attention to academic theories …
Open Legal Educational Materials: The Frequently Asked Questions, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Open Legal Educational Materials: The Frequently Asked Questions, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Faculty Scholarship
There has been considerable discussion in academic circles about the possibility of moving toward open educational materials—those which may be shared, copied and altered freely, without permission or fee. Legal education is particularly ripe for such a transition, as many of the source materials—including federal statutes and cases—are in the public domain. In this article, we discuss our experience producing an open casebook and statutory supplement on Intellectual Property Law, and answer many of the frequently asked questions about the project. Obviously, open coursebooks are less expensive and more convenient for students. But we found that they also offer pedagogical …
Improving Legal Education By Improving Casebooks: Fourteen Things Casebooks Can Do To Produce Better And More Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz
Improving Legal Education By Improving Casebooks: Fourteen Things Casebooks Can Do To Produce Better And More Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Explaining The Importance Of Public Choice For Law, D. Daniel Sokol
Explaining The Importance Of Public Choice For Law, D. Daniel Sokol
Michigan Law Review
The next generation of government officials, business leaders, and members of civil society likely will draw from the current pool of law school students. These students often lack a foundation of the theoretical and analytical tools necessary to understand law's interplay with government. This highlights the importance of public choice analysis. By framing issues through a public choice lens, these students will learn the dynamics of effective decision making within various institutional settings. Filling the void of how to explain the decision-making process of institutional actors in legal settings is Public Choice Concepts and Applications in Law by Maxwell Steams …
Why Write?, Erwin Chemerinsky
Why Write?, Erwin Chemerinsky
Michigan Law Review
This wonderful collection of reviews of leading recent books about law provides the occasion to ask a basic question: why should law professors write? There are many things that law professors could do with the time they spend writing books and law review articles. More time and attention could be paid to students and to instructional materials. More professors could do pro bono legal work of all sorts. In fact, if law professors wrote much less, teaching loads could increase, faculties could decrease in size, and tuition could decrease substantially. The answer to the question "why write" is neither intuitive …
The Role Of Case Studies In Natural Resources Law [Summary], John Copeland Nagle
The Role Of Case Studies In Natural Resources Law [Summary], John Copeland Nagle
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
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"John Nagle, Univ. of Notre Dame Law School" -- Agenda
Keeping An Eye On The Golden Snitch: Implications Of The Interdisciplinary Approach In The Fourth Generation Of Natural Resources Law Casebooks, Sarah Krakoff
Publications
No abstract provided.
Open Access In Law Teaching: A New Approach To Legal Education, Matthew T. Bodie
Open Access In Law Teaching: A New Approach To Legal Education, Matthew T. Bodie
All Faculty Scholarship
The "open access" movement seeks to change our approach to the distribution of scholarship in the fields of science, medicine, the social sciences, and law. This Essay argues for the application of these principles to legal education itself. Open access would mean greater flexibility, interaction, and innovation in the creation of course materials. It would lead to new teaching methods and new forms of feedback between student and professor. Open access centers on particular legal subject areas could facilitate national and international collaboration. Ultimately, the open access law school would ameliorate the growing standardization and commodification of legal education by …
The Future Of The Casebook: An Argument For An Open-Source Approach, Matthew T. Bodie
The Future Of The Casebook: An Argument For An Open-Source Approach, Matthew T. Bodie
ExpressO
Despite dramatic technological change, the thick, attractively-bound casebook remains ensconced as the written centerpiece of legal education. That will soon change – but its replacement has not been established. This paper argues that the legal academy should take this opportunity to implement an “open source” approach to future course materials. Guided by analysis and examples of commons-based peer production such as open source software, professors could establish electronic commons casebooks with a myriad of materials for every course. These joint databases would unshackle individual creativity while engendering collaboration on levels previously impossible. Although there may be concerns that such a …
The Canon Has A History, Richard A. Primus
The Canon Has A History, Richard A. Primus
Reviews
Legal Canons, edited by J. M. Balkin and Sanford Levinson, is a collection of fourteen essays on subjects related to canonicity in law and legal education. Balkin and Levinson have two principal aims. One is to expand the category of things that can be canonical: not just texts, they say, but also arguments, problems, narrative frameworks, and examples invoked in conversation or teaching. In their view, what makes something canonical is its ability to reproduce itself in the minds of successive generations.' If generation after generation of legal academics argues about the countermajoritarian difficulty, then the countermajoritarian difficulty is a …
Cases Versus Theory, Richard B. Collins
Free To Choose, Randy E. Barnett
Free To Choose, Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
No abstract provided.
Microeconomics Made (Too) Easy: A Casebook Approach To Teaching Law And Economics, Gregory S. Crespi
Microeconomics Made (Too) Easy: A Casebook Approach To Teaching Law And Economics, Gregory S. Crespi
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Cases and Materials on Law and Economics by David W. Barnes and Lynn A. Stout
Training Tomorrow's Banking Lawyers, John D. Hawke Jr., Melanie L. Fein
Training Tomorrow's Banking Lawyers, John D. Hawke Jr., Melanie L. Fein
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Banking Law and Regulation by Jonathan R. Macey and Geoffrey P. Miller
Teaching Conflicts, Improving The Odds, Gene R. Shreve
Teaching Conflicts, Improving The Odds, Gene R. Shreve
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Conflict of Laws: Cases, Materials and Problems by David H. Vernon, Louise Weinberg, William L. Reynolds, and William M. Richman
Insurance Law Out Of The Shadows, Kent D. Syverud
Insurance Law Out Of The Shadows, Kent D. Syverud
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Insurance Law and Regulation: Cases and Materials by Kenneth S. Abraham
God, Metaprocedure, And Metarealism At Yale, Linda S. Mullenix
God, Metaprocedure, And Metarealism At Yale, Linda S. Mullenix
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Procedure by Robert M. Cover, Owen M. Fiss, and Judith F. Resnik
The Anatomy Of A Leading Case: Lawrence V. Fox In The Courts, The Casebooks, And The Commentaries, M. H. Hoeflich, E. Perelmuter
The Anatomy Of A Leading Case: Lawrence V. Fox In The Courts, The Casebooks, And The Commentaries, M. H. Hoeflich, E. Perelmuter
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In spite of the wide diversity of training, practice, and location of lawyers throughout the United States, virtually all share one experience: the standard core curriculum of the first year of law school taught by the case method. The extent to which that experience in parsing cases in contracts, torts, and property shapes the American legal mentality is open to debate, but it undeniably has an impact. The first-year experience socializes law students in the culture of the law. During this period, students learn the language of the law and the ways that lawyers think. During this period, too, students …
The Shadow Of Natural Rights, Or A Guide From The Perplexed, Hadley Arkes
The Shadow Of Natural Rights, Or A Guide From The Perplexed, Hadley Arkes
Michigan Law Review
A Review of American Constitutional Interpretation by Walter Murphy, James Fleming and William Harris, II
Contracts Scholarship In The Age Of Anthology, E. Allan Farnsworth
Contracts Scholarship In The Age Of Anthology, E. Allan Farnsworth
Michigan Law Review
In the first part of this article, I trace the history of the Age. I observe that for nearly forty years, from 1881 to the time of World War I, there was a significant decline in contracts scholarship and conclude that the principal explanation for these lean years lies in the shift in scholars' focus from an audience of practitioners to one of students that resulted from the introduction of the case method. In the second part of the article, I look at the way in which the anthologists wielded the considerable influence that each had when only a few …
Intergenerationalism And Constitutional Law, Ira C. Lupu
Intergenerationalism And Constitutional Law, Ira C. Lupu
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Constitutional Law by Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis M. Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein and Mark V. Tushnet and Constitutional Law: Cases -- Comments -- Questions by William B. Lockhart, Yale Kamisar, Jesse H. Choper, and Steven H. Shiffrin
The Costs Of Complexity, Stephen B. Burbank
The Costs Of Complexity, Stephen B. Burbank
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Complex Litigation: Cases and Materials on Advanced Civil Procedure by Richard L. Marcus and Edward F. Sherman