Mini-Courses

Along with the focus on dissertation writing and methodology, this year’s Agora will include a selection of ‘mini-courses’ on substantive topics in law. Eight courses shall be offered from which Agora participants will be able to select four. Each shall be taught by a distinguished member of the NYU School of Law faculty.

Agora attendees should consult the list of courses and email their preferences for each session to JSD@exchange.law.nyu.edu. Notification will be provided of course assignments with accompanying readings in advance of the Agora. We shall do our utmost to ensure that preferences are granted in each instance.

Law & Sociology

by Professor David Garland

June 22, 2010, June 23, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

This course is intended as an introduction to the central traditions of sociological thought as they apply to the study of law and legal institutions...

Law and Global Governance

by Professor Benedict Kingsbury

June 22, 2010, June 23, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

A 'governance perspective' on law focuses not simply what the rules are and what the authoritative sources of law are, but asks how the law is really made and applied and altered...

The Rule of Law

by Professor Jeremy Waldron

June 24, 2010, June 25, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

The aim of this course is not to cover the whole range of historical, philosophical and legal ideas concerning 'the rule of law'...

Censorship

by Professor Amy Adler

June 24, 2010, June 25, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

This First Amendment mini-course will explore the law and theory of censorship...

Legal Pedagogy in the United States

by Professor Peggy Cooper Davis

June 28, 2010, June 29, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Legal Pedagogy in the United States will trace the history of training for the legal profession from apprenticeships to contemporary, university-based law schools...

Multi-Level Regulation and its Governance

by Professor Richard Stewart

June 28, 2010, June 29, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Multi-level economic and social regulation is pervasive in federal systems such as the US, in Europe, and globally...

The Law of Democracy

by Professor Samuel Issacharoff

June 30, 2010, July 1, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Law of Democracy will examine critical issues in the legal regulation of the political system.

Law & Literature

by Professor Kenji Yoshino

June 30, 2010, July 1, 2010
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Balzac once famously said that he liked women's hair and that he liked soup, but not women's hair in his soup.