Law & Literature

SLN #: 81077
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 024
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Murphy
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
LAW AND LITERATURE: This course will concentrate on exploring just one work of literature: Dostoevsky's novel CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. It is vital that the student use only the Everyman's Library translation of this novel (ordered for this course) by Pevear and Volokhonsky since many other translations are terrible and even the OK ones will have different pagination from the Everyman edition--something that will make references made in class hard to find and discuss. There are some other editions that use the P and V translation with the same pagination, so one of those will also be OK. NOTE WELL: THE PEVEAR AND VOLOKHONSKY TRANSLATION IS REQUIRED AND NOT JUST RECOMMENDED. IT IS ALSO NOT EXPENSIVE WHEN COMPARED WITH LAW BOOKS. YOU SHOULD BRING THAT TO CLASS ON THE FIRST DAY. ANY STUDENT WHO DOES NOT HAVE THIS TRANSLATION AND IS TRYING TO GET BY WITH ANOTHER TRANSLATION WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CLASS. ANOTHER NOTE WELL: THE INSTRUCTOR DOES NOT ALLOW LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO BE USED OR EVEN OPENED DURING CLASS. (They inhibit discussion and turn students into stenographers.) ALSO FORBIDDEN IN CLASS ARE HAND HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES, TAKING PICTURES, OR RECORDING CLASS MEETINGS. RECORDING WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY WITH THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE INSTRUCTOR.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Only the take home final which is an essay exam.
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term Or Other Exam: No
Paper Or In-Class Presentation: Perhaps but only on a volunteer basis
Participation Points: Useful student participation used to decide borderline cases
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Additional Attendance Policy: None

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.