Study

This year-long, signature course exposes all first year students to foundational legal concepts, themes and issues in the study of law. The first semester presents a historical perspective on such basic ideas as the common law, equity, and American Legal Realism. We will consider the development of legal thought in the Anglo-American legal tradition, the role of external perspectives such as political science in understanding and practicing law, and the relationship between law and other forms of normative thought. The second semester will examine the rise of the administrative state and the central role of agencies and regulations in our legal system. The course will end with an extensive case study. Students will receive a total of 2 credits for this course. This course runs for the first six weeks of the semester in both the fall and spring, for a total of 2 credits.

Special Notes:

Class meets first 6 weeks of the semester: August 27-October 1. Additionally, this course runs for the first six weeks of the semester for both the fall and spring terms, for a total of 2 credits at completion.

Fall 2013

Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor
101.01	Course Credits 1		H. Jefferson Powell
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.101.01.F2013
Email list: LAW.101.01.F2013@sakai.duke.edu