Sections offered FALL 2022:
#32242 |
GREG CANADA |
MW 1:15 PM–2:30 PM |
HU 217 |
CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Class meets In Person. For more information visit https://covid.iu.edu/learning-modes/index.html
What is law? Is it whatever the sovereign decides or is there a higher moral law that limits what the sovereign can legislate? And what is the role of judges? Do they merely apply the law as it is legislated or is the role of adjudication more interpretative and harder to distinguish from legislation? When appellate courts interpret the law, how ought they go about doing this? Are they constrained by the written word and the intent of legislators or can they draw on other sources in their interpretation? Is law thoroughly political? Is the notion of justice by rule of law an ideological façade, the function of which is to mask law’s oppressive nature? As citizens, what constraints do we encounter when it comes to following the law? Do we have an on-going duty to obey the law or are there some cases in which disobedience is justifiable? In this 3-unit honors course, we will explore these and other questions about the nature of law, its application, and its reach.