Legal Methods
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6113
- Curriculum Level
- Foundation
- Type
- Lecture
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Jane C. Ginsburg
Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law
Section Description
This course is closed to LL.M.s.
An introduction to legal institutions and processes and the skills necessary in the professional use of case law and legislation. The sources, forms, and development of Anglo-American law, the analysis and synthesis of judicial precedents, the interpretation of statutes, the coordination of judge-made and statute law, and the uses of legal reasoning.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2021
- Dates
- August 26 - September 3
- Location
- JGH 101
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Dates
- August 26 - September 3
- Location
- JGH 101
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Points
- 1
- Method of Evaluation
- Other
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have been introduced to statutory interpretation, including close reading of statutes and application to facts
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Course is limited to Columbia Law School 1L students
Additional Section for Legal Methods
School Year & Semester
Fall 2021
Instructor
Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation
Points
1School Year & Semester
Fall 2021
Instructor
Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law
Points
1School Year & Semester
Fall 2021
Instructor
Betts Professor Emeritus of Law
Points
1