This is the capstone course for both the American Legal Studies and International and Comparative Legal Studies Majors. The course is an advanced seminar in legal philosophy as applied to contemporary domestic and international legal issues. It analyzes these issues using the perspectives of jurisprudence (the ideas and reasoning of jurists) and legal theory (using insight from disciplines such as science, economics, and political theory to address legal problems). It explores theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, developing, and preserving the rule of law. The course integrates legal coursework throughout the Academy curriculum and the Cadet?s respective legal studies major.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
Three written partial reviews and a final paper which analyzes a contemporary legal problem using the analytical tools of jurisprudence and legal theory.
