SENIOR  SEMINAR  IN  LAW  &  lANGUAGE   -- Spring Quarter 2009

I. Course Information

LIGN 192 (1 unit credit): Section I.D. 654501
8 Meetings: Tuesday, 3:30 – 4:20 in AP&M 2452

Professor: Sanford Schane
Office Hours: Th 2:00-3:15, or by appointment
3101 AP&M - Tel. & Voice Mail (858) 534-7231
e-mail: sschane@ucsd.edu
Linguistics Dept. Tel. (858) 534-3600

Course website: http://ling.ucsd.edu/courses/lign192/

II. Course Objectives

• To examine the role of legal fictions within the law
• To analyze court cases

III. Course Requirements and Grading (Pass/NoPass only)

• Reading of all articles and court cases for discussion in class
• Attendance at class meetings
• Written homework assignments (to be turned in on date due)
• (No exams)

Reading Assignments (on course website)

Week	Reading	Homework
I	Introduction	----
II	Stout, Keffe cases	Stout & Keffe
III	Deveaux, Strawbridge cases	Deveaux & Strawbridge
IV	Letson case	Letson
V	Marshall case	Marshall
VI	Paul v. Virginia
VII	Pembina
VIII		----